Canada has confirmed the playing roster for the upcoming World Rugby Junior World Trophy. Taking place in Bucharest, Romania Canada is North Americas one participant and joins Uruguay in representing the Americas. The u20 competition will feature eight countries. They are to be divided into two pools with Canada and …

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 Canada Behind the scenes Canada will be celebrating Namibia’s qualification for RWC 2019. There are two reasons for this – (a) …

Changes have been made to the Pumas roster for Mendoza. Argentina will play host to South Africa on Saturday in a round two Rugby Championship match. The Mendoza test match takes place seven days after the round one match in Durban. The Springboks were 34-21 winners in the opening round, …

The USA South Panthers have named their playing roster to tour Europe. On August 25 a 31-man squad and a group of six coaches will meet in Budapest, Hungary to begin a nine day tour of Central Europe. The tour will see matches played against the test teams from Hungary, …

England defeated Canada 27-17 at Wanderers Grounds in Halifax on Saturday to claim the Women’s u20 Tri-Nations Cup. It capped an undefeated tour for the visitors, who looked composed despite torrential rain in the first half and a Canadian team intent on winning the collisions. Heavy contact marked the early …

Calculations have been made following the completion of international competition this weekend. The August 19 2018 Americas Rankings see El Salvador gaining points at the expense of Honduras. Taking to the field on Friday was Canada. The North Americans did so as the Canada Selects, the national ‘next of XV’. …

Brazil is to face the Maori All Blacks at the iconic Estadio do Morumbi. The home of São Paulo Futebol Clube will play host to the international on November 10. It is to be the second of a three match tour of the Americas in which the Maori All Blacks …

El Salvador downed neighbors Honduras in a thriller, winning 27-24. The fixture was the second of three matches in the 2018 Centroamericano, the rebranded South American C Championship. In the opening match Honduras hosted Panama. At the game’s midway point Honduras were well placed, leading 20-12. Panama, though, mounted a …

Round one of the Rugby Championship has come and gone. It featured Australia vs New Zealand and South Africa vs Argentina. The home side was victorious in both matches. Of the two the closer was the second with Argentina scoring three tries against South Africa. The Springboks were the better …

Argentina fell 34-21 to South Africa in Durban this afternoon. The loss marked the beginning for Los Pumas in the 2018 Rugby Championship. Game two will be in seven days time against the same opposition, this time though in Mendoza. In all South Africa crossed for six tries while Argentina …

The teams are now set for the World Cup Repechage to decide the final qualifier for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Namibia’s win on Saturday sealed their position as Africa 1, meaning Kenya will join Hong Kong, Canada, and Germany in the last-gasp tournament. Stade Pierre Delort in …

Namibia are headed to the World Cup for the sixth consecutive time after defeating Kenya 53-28 at Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday. The result secures their position at the top of the table in the Rugby Africa Gold Cup and their status as Africa 1 representatives at the …

Australia hosted New Zealand in Sydney this morning to open the 2018 Rugby Championship. an incredible second half display from the All Blacks saw them turning around a 6-5 halftime deficit to win 38-13. The result underlines New Zealand as heavy tournament favorites for the Rugby Championship. Their second round …

Canada’s preparations for RWC 2019’s Repechage Tournament continued today. The national ‘A’ side, the Canada Selects played their second of two tour matches against Top 14 clubs, facing 2017 champions Clermont. While the visitors had moments of quality rugby ultimately the Canada Selects Fell to Clermont, losing 54-15. It was …

On Saturday Namibia and Kenya have everything to play for. The countries meet in an Africa Gold Cup match, one which doubles as a straight RWC qualifier with the winner booking the 19th of 20 places at RWC 2019 in Japan. Both Namibia and Kenya are undefeated in the race to …

Canada’s u20 Women will square off against their England counterparts for the second time in as many weeks in the final match of the Tri-Nations Cup. With both sides having bested the USA, the spoils will go to the winner despite England claiming victory in the first encounter. After falling …

Kyle Baillie will make his return to the Canadian lineup for their match against Clermont Auvergne on Friday. The 27-year-old lines up on the blindside flank having recovered from a shoulder injury sustained while playing for London Scottish in the RFU Championship. Five changes in all are made to the …

The top-ranked team in the Americas remains Argentina. Despite the advances of the Eagles in recent months, Los Pumas are realistically the only Americas team likely to challenge for a Quarter Final spot at the 2019 World Cup. This may seem an unreasonable expectation given their extremely poor record since …

Mario Ledesma has added a second European-Based player to Los Pumas. The French Top 14 hooker, Facundo Bosch will join Argentina in Mendoza for the second round of the Rugby Championship. Uncapped, Bosch has been called-in to the roster following injury to Julián Montoya. The second-choice Argentine hooker was ruled …

The eighth edition of the Rugby Championship begins on Saturday. For Argentina it is the beginning of a new era as the coaching regime of Mario Ledesma begins. Ledesma is the third Pumas coach since the inaugural competition in 2012. Argentina’s tournament begins away to South Africa in Durban. It …