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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Peru Two wins in a week have seen Peru win the 2018 Sudamérica 4 Naciones B competition. A 36-14 win over …

Australia weren’t the only team to earn a come-from-behind win in the Rugby Championship on the weekend. New Zealand wrapped up the competition with a 32-30 win over South Africa in Pretoria and did so in dramatic fashion. The Springboks were keen to follow up their shock win at Wellington …

On Saturday in Salta Agustín Creevy wrote his name down in history. The flanker who converted to hooker became the most capped Argentine captain of all time. In leading his country against Australia he surpassed Lisandro Arbizu’s mark of 48 tests as skipper. The 33-year-old has captained Argentina since 2014. …

Argentine forwards Matías Alemanno and Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro have reached 50 test caps. The duo reached the mark yesterday playing in the final round Rugby Championship fixture against Australia in Salta. Both players are not tied on 50 test caps together with Mauricio Reggiardo and Leonardo Senatore. They became the 32nd …

Peru defeated their hosts Guatemala 34-0 in Antigua on Saturday to clinch the 2018 Sudamérica 4 Naciones B competition. They had earlier in the week defeated Costa Rica 36-14. The competition was marred by the absence of Venezuela who were forced to drop out after their visas were denied, leaving …

For the third time in 2018 Canada have been defeated by Uruguay. This time it was the ‘A’ sides of each team, with the hosts earning a 35-21 victory at the Americas Pacific Challenge. A dominant scrum powered the South Americans with Federico Favaro landing five successful kicks at goal. …

The 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge opens on Saturday with six senior ‘A’ teams on show at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Each team has taken a different approach for the competition with Uruguay and Canada sending their strongest available sides while others have sent traditional development sides. Argentina are undefeated …

Week 7 of the Top 14 takes place this weekend. Five matches are to be played on Saturday and two on Sunday. Involved are to be a number of players from the Americas as outlined in the following preview. In the opening match of Week 7 Patricio Fernández will feature …

The Celtic-Italian-South African league continues this weekend. On Friday and Saturday Pro 14 matches will be played in Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales. The following previews thew involvement of Americas’ players. Two of the three Friday matches in Week 6 will take place in Scotland. In the capital city Edinburgh …

Week 6 of the English Premiership will be played this weekend. Fixtures are to be spread from Friday to Sunday in what is a special derby round. The following preview details the involvement of Americas’ players. Friday’s fixture sees Bath at home to the unbeaten Exeter Chiefs. Left out of …