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Round three of the Rugby Championship takes place on Saturday in New Zealand and Australia. The All Blacks play host against Argentina while the Wallabies take-on South Africa. In rounds one and two New Zealand recorded comfortable wins over Australia. Argentina and South Africa, in contrast, played out two different …

Juan Figallo will be sidelined until 2019. The Pumas Tight Head was injured playing for Saracens in the English Premiership on Sunday. Figallo played Rugby Championship matches against South Africa in Durban and Mendoza before returning to England. He played against the Newcastle Falcons, injuring his posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) …

Uruguay’s hopes of competing in the Bronze Final were dashed as they were defeated 26-15 by Portugal in their Round 3 match at the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Bucharest on Wednesday. The Teritos were shackled by a stingy Portuguese defense who won several turnovers in their own end and …

History was made in Medellín on Saturday. Colombia’s 44-29 victory over Paraguay saw Los Tucanes claiming their first ever win over Los Yákares. It was a day of celebration for Colombia and a day of reflection for Paraguay. Some 14 years after their first test match, Colombia achieved the impossible …

San José is to host the Sudamérica Rugby U19 ‘B’ competition in September. Starting on Friday, the Costa Rican capital will play host to the tournament which will involve four countries. Joining Costa Rica will be Guatemala, Panama, and Peru. The inclusion of Peru sees the competition continuing with the …

The USA is looking to the future with Agustín Pichot. The World Rugby vice-chairman and former Argentine captain has been nominated to the USA Rugby Board of Directors. USA Rugby goes on record as identifying this as a collaboration between World Rugby and USA Rugby for sustainable growth to cement …

Uruguay will play Portugal in what is effectively an extra knock-out match to decide who advances to the Bronze Final at the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Bucharest. Wednesday’s match will be a replay of the tournament opener a year ago when Portugal edged the Teritos 20-18 at a rain-soaked …

Andrés Bordoy has joined the Jaguares’ coaching staff, doing so from France. The former Pumas prop will join the Gonzalo Quesada regime after 8 year coaching Pau, a club now firmly in the Top 14. From Rosario, Bordoy played his club rugby for Duendes, the same club as Juan Imhoff …

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 Colombia The greatest result in the history of Colombian history took place on Saturday. Los Tucanes recorded their first ever win …

After a six year absence Gastón Cortés is returning to again be a Puma. The Tight Head prop will join Los Pumas in New Zealand on Tuesday, three days after playing for the Leicester Tigers against the Exeter Chiefs. Cortés is the third ‘European’ to be selected by Mario Ledesma …