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Chile’s Men’s 7’s team are on their way to Spain. Los Cóndores 7’s will compete in this coming weekend’s Madrid 7’s tournament. It is the second of two competitors in the Spanish capital this month. Argentina were champions of the first edition of the men’s tournament. The Chileans are preparing …

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 Los Pumas Sevens Argentina were round champions of this weekend’s Madrid Sevens. Los Pumas 7’s went undefeated in the …

Argentina were round champions of this weekend’s Madrid Sevens. Los Pumas 7’s went undefeated in the two day tournament Click here for the Day One results. On Day Two Argentina started against Portugal. The South Americans were on top throughout the contest. Rodrigo Etchart scored two tries while Franco Sábato, …

Argentina impresso on Day One of the Madrid Sevens. Los Pumas 7’s won 40-12 against Spain and 24-17 against the USA on the opening day of the competition. Joaquín de la Vega was the star against Spain. The former u20 fly half scored a hat-trick. Franco Sábato and Marcos Moneta …

This weekend will see the return of international sevens rugby as Madrid plays host to an Olympic warm-up tournament. It’s the first such competition for many of the countries competing since the postponement of the World Sevens Series nearly a year ago. Originally slated for six teams in each division, …

The Rugby World Cup hosting process is broken; new candidates are reluctant to bid. Try as World Rugby might to encourage new bids there is not a line of fresh candidates to host their flagship tournament. The evidence paints a telling image, one of RWCs returning to prior countries as …

Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2023 qualifiers will begin in Europe in March. The qualifying tournament of the Rugby Europe Championship has been announced. Favorites Georgia will travel to Portugal on the opening round of the qualifiers. Russia will play host to Romania in the other match on the opening weekend. …

Martin Iosefo will captain the Men’s Eagles when they compete at the Madrid Sevens later this month. Iosefo was the dominant player in the Golden Eagles intra-squad series held in December and leads the side in the absence of regular skipper Madison Hughes. The tournament has been arranged as part …

Chris Brown has named a group of 16 Women’s Eagles players that will travel to Spain for two upcoming sevens tournaments. With the World Sevens Series still on hiatus, an Olympic preparation tournament has been organized in Madrid for the weekends of February 19-21 and February 26-27. The 12-person roster …

This past weekend saw not only a full return to action for much of Europe, but also the return of international rugby as both the Six Nations and Rugby Europe Championship played tests. As such there was no shortage of candidates for our weekly honor roll. Starting in the Premier …