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South Africa is to host back-to-back u20 World Championships in 2023 and 2024. World Rugby confirmed the decision in an announcement that also included pools for the 2023 tournament. The Americas’ giant, Argentina, join South Africa, Italy and Georgia in Pool C of the 2023 u20 World Championship. South Africa …

In less than nine months time Los Cóndores will be competing at Rugby World Cup. RWC 2023 will be the first involving Chile. The South Americans are the first new competitor since Russia qualified for RWC 2011. Chile’s involvement is hugely significant for the sport in the country and in …

Benetton’s healthy supply of Argentine players has grown. Another Argentine hooker will play in the European elite. Benetton have signed 21-year-old Bautista Bernasconi on a deal from 2023-2025. The move will be the first foreign experience for Bernasconi. In terms of Argentine players, Benetton leads the United Rugby Championship (URC). …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Argentina the Champions of Hamilton Sevens Los Pumas 7’s started 2023 with a bang. The Argentines are the champions …

The 2023 Six Nations sees changes in player eligibility to that from prior years. World Rugby’s eligibility law changes entitle eligible players to represent a second country following a three-year stand-down period from their last binding representative appearance for their first country. The change of nationality saw a variety of players …

All of the Rugby World’s eyes are on Chile in 2023. Los Cóndores’ qualification for the Rugby World Cup is what is new about France 2023. How the Chileans qualified is what others’ seeking to qualify ought to scrutinize over deeply. An article published by World Rugby last week was …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Cobras Looking to Sting with Brazilians Brazil’s professional rugby team, Os Cobras, have confirmed their player roster for Super …

The American Raptors have entered into a partnership with Los Cafeteros Pro and the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (FCR). The relationship is for Super Rugby Americas 2023. The upcoming competition sees the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) rebranded. Los Cafeteros Pro competed in SLAR 2021 and 2022. The Colombian …

There is less than nine months to go until Argentina face England at the World Cup. The fixture is the pivotal match in Pool D. The group also contains Chile, Japan, and Samoa. Los Pumas will play the matches in the order of England, Samoa, Chile and Japan. Argentina has …

RWC 2023 will feature new matches at the Rugby World Cup. There are to be fixtures that have never taken place before in RWC history. There are new games in each of the four pools. Three teams will be facing an entire new list of teams in their respective RWC …