Los Jaguares downed the Sharks today in Buenos Aires to close in on the play-off’s. The 29-13 victory was the sixth consecutive win from the Argentine franchise and was played in front of 19,213 supporters, the most in franchise history. With an eye to the play-off’s today’s match was vital …

The second half of the Major League Rugby regular season begins in Texas on Friday evening when Austin Elite host the San Diego Legion at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex. It’s the same venue where the two teams met in the preseason with the Legion coming away 32-24 winners. Both …

Junior All-American prop David Ainu’u has been drafted into the Senior Eagles squad for the June test series. Still just 18 years old, he made headlines when he joined the Toulouse Academy side in December. Hailing from Olympia, he joints fellow Washington native Titi Lamositele in the group that is …

The penultimate weekend of Top 14  takes place this weekend. Spread over Friday and Saturday the two Semi Finals will take place in Lyon with the winning clubs qualifying for the Top 14 Final at the Stade de France in Paris next weekend. In the first Semi Final Lyon take-on …

It is to be Jaguares only playing for Argentina in the June Internationals. Despite clearance having been given for European-Based players to return none are to do so against Wales or Scotland next month. For now the policy of 2016-2017 remains in force. This means Los Pumas are to be …

The English Premiership season concludes on Saturday. The 2018 final is a repeat of 2016 with Saracens and the Exeter Chiefs meeting at London’s Twickenham Stadium. The club’s both impressed in their Semi Finals last weekend with neither the Wasps nor the Newcastle Falcons being able to keep up with …

The 2018 Super Rugby season continues. On Friday Los Jaguares host the Sharks in a vital match with an eye to the play-off’s. The Argentine side have 29 competition points, one more than the Sharks. Los Jaguares Had Coach Mario Ledesma has made just the one change from last Saturday’s …

The 2018 Juegos Suramericanos are almost here. Taking place at 2500m altitude the Bolivian city of Cochabamba host the 2018 edition of the South American Games. This year’s Juegos Suramericanos begin on Friday with Rugby 7’s featuring from Sunday to Tuesday (May 27-29). There are both Men’s and Women’s Rugby …

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe will captains the Barbarians in his retirement match. Taking place in London on Sunday, Corcho will bring to an end his playing career. With it one of Argentina’s greatest players will begin his post-playing career. Playing for Argentina from 2004-2015, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe captained his …

Belgium, Romania, and Spain are out. That is what we were effectively informed when World Rugby released the findings of the independent Judicial and Disputes Committee into the eligibility breaches during the Rugby Europe Championship. Given all three had been found guilty of fielding ineligible players in matches that doubled …

Segundo Tuculet To Play in England. The 24-year-old Argentine back has departed French club Narbonne to join English side the Ealing Trailfinders. This sees him exiting the Pro D2 side at the competition of his one year contract and opting against his option of an additional season. Narbonne finished bottom place …

Three one-sided results in the final round of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones gave us plenty of options to pick from but we were also handed another great performance from the Jaguares and a cracking game of rugby in Seattle on Sunday. There are lots of players who didn’t make the …

The upcoming 2018 November Internationals are to begin the 11th year of international competition for Los Pumas since Rugby World Cup 2007. With that tournament carrying so much importance in producing structural change for Argentina it is appropriate to piece together an Argentina Dream Team of the Decade. 1 – …

Samoa will field a team heavily fortified by top European professionals for their upcoming Pacific Nations Cup and World Cup Qualifying fixtures. Delays caused by the Rugby Europe investigations have seen their schedule heavily altered but are now confirmed. Among the notables named by head coach Dickie Tafua are giant …

Further Advancements for the Liga Sul Americana de Rugby have been made. South America’s professional rugby competition was born with it serving the needs of the four union South American unions in the Americas Rugby Championship – Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Before the competition became official it expanded to …

Subject of visa a medical David Tameilau joins the Glasgow Warriors on a two-year contract, the club has confirmed. The move means the 28-year-old will link up with the Pro 14 side in July and remain at the Scottish club until May 2020. This will see him well positioned to …

The Argentina XV’s defeat against Brazil will go down as one of the least likely results in South American history. Not merely the result itself but exactly what came to happen in the second half. An official ‘A’ side from a World Cup finalists from three years earlier blow a …

Namibia head coach Phil Davies is not taking any chances in the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers, taking his best available side to compete for the Rugby Africa Gold Cup. The winner of the regional competition advances directly to Rugby World Cup 2019 as ‘Africa 1’ while the second-place team will …

Utah Warriors goal kicker Kurt Morath is a surprise inclusion in the Tonga squad for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup. The 33-year-old is one of only two players in the squad with 30 or more caps along with Bristol midfielder Siale Piutau but has not been seen in an Ikale …

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 Brazil History was made on Saturday with Brazil wining the inaugural Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’. Os Tupis did so in style …