Santiago Gómez Cora has named the Pumas roster for the Oktoberfest 7’s. The Argentine national men’s 7’s side will travel to Munich, Germany next Monday to compete in the two-day event. Los Pumas 7’s will play in Pool B of the Oktoberfest 7’s, facing England, Germany and Uganda in the …

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 Namibia vs Uruguay November Series The long overdue series between Namibia and Uruguay will finally happen. The Namibian Rugby Union have confirmed …

FC Barcelona Rugby have acquired the services of an Argentine fly half. The uncapped Bautista Guemes has joined the Spanish club, making his debut this past weekend in the División de Honor. Aged 27, Guemes is now playing his rugby in Spain. The move comes after he previously played for …

Argentine play-maker, Patricio Fernández scored for Clermont on Saturday. The reigning Top 14 champions slay Brive in a round four home match. Clermont were extremely impressive in downing Brive 62-6. The result sees Brive remaining winless thus far in the 2017-2018 season. The club is bottom of the table and …

Four of the six Rugby Championship rounds have come and gone. Argentina have an 0-4 record and face an extremely challenging final two matches to get a victory. Saturday morning’s defeat against Australia asked the question as to whether or not the learning needed to be done is in fact …

In the end it wasn’t quite the spectacle that was hoped for. The stifling humidity at Talen Energy Stadium sapped the life out of the game that saw numerous handling errors and was short on pace and continuity. A disappointing crowd of 6,271 was announced, far below the 18,000 capacity …

Old Christians Club have been crowned Uruguayan Club Champions. The Montevideo club won the 2017 Uruguayo de Clubes Final, downing Old Boys 23-11 this afternoon. In winning the title, Old Christians Club made it three national titles in as many years. In front of a healthy crowd at the Parque Rivera, …

Australia played host to Argentina earlier today. The fixture was the first of two between the countries in 2017. It was a fourth round Rugby Championship match and saw both teams chasing their first win of the competition. The teams are to meet again on October 07. The match will …

The fallout from this morning’s defeat in Canberra sees more problems than solutions. Both of the starting Pumas wingers have been hit with injuries, leaving Daniel Hourcade with more to do than simply find a way to victory. The starting back-three in Canberra was 11 Ramiro Moyano, 14 Matías Moroni …

Argentine Juan Manuel Leguizamón made history today. In featuring from the bench against Australia the No 8 from Santiago del Estero became the 5th most capped Puma of all time. Aged 34, Leguizamón has been a Puma since 2005. He earned his debut that year against Japan. During his career …

The teams are set for a curtain-raiser at Talen Energy Stadium with the USA Collegiate All-Americans hosting Oxford University. Both sides have selected strong teams with former Junior All-American Conor Kearns leading out the visitors. Alongside Kearns in the Oxford side is newly arrived Canadian wing Dan Moor who makes …

Argentina fell in what was a familiar final quarter failing. Los Pumas were beaten 45-20 by Australia in Canberra this morning. The defeat came despite Argentina having been leading 13-10 at half time. Los Pumas’ performance was, in many ways, a repeat of prior outings this year. The defeat means …

With much of the Americas focus on the match in Philadelphia on Saturday the French Top 14 will take a back seat, but there are still a dozen-odd players of note to look forward to over the course of the weekend. Entering Week 4 the contenders are starting to make …

American rugby fans will be treated to their second ever Aviva Premiership match on US soil on Saturday when Newcastle Falcons take on Saracens at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia. This is not an exhibition match, this is a full-on fixture that will be shown on the big screen for …

Americas participants are few and far between this week in the third round of the Aviva Premiership. Several, in fact, are stateside for the big match in Philadelphia but only four will play in that match, with another three slated elsewhere and one on Aviva ‘A’ League duty. USA fans …

With some players still working their way back from injury and others getting acquainted with their new clubs there’s perhaps fewer Americas players in action this weekend than is ideal as the Greene King IPA Championship enters its third week. That said there are still seven named to match day …

Round 3 of the Guinness Pro 14 kicks-off today. The Celtic, Italian and South African league will see three Friday fixtures and the remaining four being played on Saturday. The Americas will be represented in league matches on Saturday. Jeff Hassler will start again for the Ospreys. The Canadian flier will …

It’s not the most exciting week for Americas fans of the Pro D2. Even in a slow week, however, there are participants in five of the eight matches across the French second division. The Argentines dominate selection with only one player from the USA accounting for all of the Americas …

The Americas Pacific Challenge will return for a second year in 2017. Once again the tournament will take place in Montevideo with all matches taking place at the Estadio Charrúa. Six teams of the second senior national (‘A’) level will take part with five returning from 2016. Argentina, Canada, Samoa, …

The Aviva Premiership makes its return to North American shores on Saturday as the Newcastle Falcons take on Saracens, two-time defending European Champions, at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia. It’s the second time that England’s top professional division has taken its wares to the USA, the first taking place at …