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Uruguayan Juan Carlos Bado is the new Head Coach of Getxo. The Spanish Basque club has unveiled the former Rugby World Cup Tero now being head of the club. Getxo plays in the División de Honor, the elite division  of Spanish rugby. The former Teros second-rower was involved in Rugby …

Argentine prop Ramiro Herrera is leaving Super Rugby to play in the Top 14. The news coming out of Midi Olympique this morning is shattering for Daniel Hourcade and Los Pumas. The French rugby publication notes that the Tight Head prop has agreed to terms to move to Stade Français …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Pool of Death There is still two years of international competition to go but brace yourselves! The Pool of Death in Japan …

World Rugby Vice Chairman, Agustín Pichot has asked for the Rugby Championship to expand to include Japan. The former Pumas captain made the request in an interview with the Telegraph. Japan is involved in Super Rugby. The Japanese side, the Sunwolves, defeated the Blues yesterday to end their second season …

Germany is to face Americas teams in November 2017. The Central Europeans are to have three home internationals, two of which will be against countries from the Americas. On November 11, 18 and 25 Germany will play host to South Korea, the USA and Brazil. The November Internationals series follows …

From July 11-23 Joël Dumé is working with Chilean referees. The French National Director of refereeing is looking to help the development of officials in the country. Chile has notably been absent from having referees in the Americas Rugby Championship. An accomplished official himself, Dumé has refereed over 20 test …

Tonga has qualified for Rugby World Cup 2019 and will face Argentina and the USA. The Pacific Islanders secured the Oceania 2 spot thanks to Fiji’s 38-16 win over Samoa in Apia this evening. Played on Saturday afternoon, local time, the Samoans had a 16-14 half time lead. In failing to …

Uruguay flanker Juan Manuel Gaminara is set to lead the Teros in their Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying series for the Americas 2 spot in January. The 28-year-old was named captain of the team following the retirement of 2015 World Cup captain Santiago Vilaseca, and was part of the team …

The June tests have come and gone and they were largely a mixed bag, edging more towards positive and certainly an upgrade on the miserable November that the Americas endured. Brazil took a miracle win over Portugal but were taught a lesson by Romania, while Argentina stumbled against England but …

Apia Park in Samoa’s capital is to be the setting for the final of the 2017 Pacific Nations Cup. The Flying Fijians take-on Samoa in search of ending a perfect campaign. The Tri-Nations tournament has Fiji, Samoa and Tonga playing each other twice. The current state of Fiji being as …