Colombia and Paraguay won again in the South American ‘B’ Junior Championship. Following-on from their opening round victories the two countries did even better today. The junior sides of both countries ran riot, hammering Peru and Venezuela respectively. In the first of todays’s matched Paraguay overcame Venezuela, winning 64-14. It sent …

Just two days after announcing a revised squad for England’s two-match tour of Argentina, head coach Eddie Jones has been forced to make further updates. Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor and Worcester Warriors prop Nick Schonert – both called up as injury replacements – have now been ruled out themselves with …

Uruguayan star Felipe Berchesi is on the move. The World Cup flyhalf is leaving Carcassonne and has signed a two-year contract with Dax, with an option for a third year. Berchesi will be replacing another South American goal kicker on the roster with Argentine international Ignacio Mieres moving to newly-promoted …

Three Pumas are to start for the Barbarians. The composite side will play against Irish province Ulster on Thursday. It follows a match against England in London on Sunday. Included in the run-on team are Horacio Agulla, Patricio Albacete and Facundo Isa. Both Agulla and Albacete are veterans who have …

Psalm Wooching will play for Aviva Premiership club Harlequins in the upcoming World Cup 10s tournament to be held in Mauritius on June 17 and 18. The 23-year-old outside back will be under close observation from coaching staff with an eye towards a potential deal for the upcoming Premiership season. …

25 players have been selected for Chile to face the Argentina XV. The teams are to meet on Saturday in a 2017 Sudamérica Cup fixture. Included in the roster are two of Chile’s France-based professionals in Bayonne pair Ramón Ayarza and Pablo Huete. A third, though, is missing with Francisco de la …

Rhys Ruddock has been appointed captain for the Irish tour of the USA and Japan. The Leinster flanker was today named leader of his country by Head Coach Joe Schmidt. Ruddock is the son of former Welsh Grand Slam Six Nations winning coach, Mike Ruddock. He was born in Dublin to …

Los Pumitas began their World Rugby u20 campaign today. The South Americans downed the host nation, Georgia 37-26. The victory was by five tries to two and this included scoring the first five tries of the match. Los Pumitas were deserved winners. They played aggressive rugby, showing signs of their …

In ten days time Los Pumas will play their first test match of the year. It is to begin the second of a four year process between Rugby World Cups. This year sees a reduction of test matches from 13 to 12. The first match will be on Saturday June …

Argentina have drawn hosts Georgia for their first match of the 2017 World Rugby u20 Championship. The match will be played at the Avchala Stadium in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Both sides will be looking to get their tournament off to a flying start but perhaps with differing tournament …

A new weekly feature from Americas Rugby news that brings a collection of articles from around the rugby globe that catch our attention. Not all of these are ‘hot off the press’ and some may not have anything directly to do with the Americas, but all are worth looking at. …

There are a total of 28 countries chasing the remaining 8 vacancies at Rugby World Cup 2019. These countries are from all of World Rugby’s designated regions. In the case of the Americas the regions of Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby are combined for the purposes of Rugby World Cup …

Four Canadians have been selected to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Langford 7s. While they came up short in the Cup Final, Canada was the dominant side on the first day of the competition and thrashed England in the Quarter Final before ousting the Olympic champions Australia in …

Uncapped players have been named in Argentina’s roster for England and Georgia. Los Pumas are to play at home for three June Internationals, the first two of which are against England in San Juan and Santa Fé. The third will be against the Lelos in Jujuy. New Blood Head Coach …

Paraguay and Colombia won their respective opening matches of the South American ‘B’ Championship. Played in La Guajira, Colombia they defeated Peru and Venezuela by scorelines of 67–0 and 30–0. In the tournament’s opening match Paraguay took-on Peru. Los Yakarés juniors held a commanding 45-0 lead at the midway point. The star performer …

Eddie Jones has been forced to make changes to his England roster to tour Argentina after injuries further deprived him of four players that were named in the original squad last month. Dropping out of the group are Northampton prop Paul Hill, Exeter hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ospreys flanker Sam Underhill, …

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 Uruguay It is mission accomplished for Uruguay. Los Teros have advanced to the final round of Americas qualification for Rugby World Cup …

Canada put in a commendable performance at the Langford 7s but couldn’t quite get the prize they so badly wanted, instead settling for Silver as they were beaten by New Zealand in a thrilling Cup Final. The pressure of being the host side appeared to take its toll at the …

Uruguay overcame the threat of Chile on Saturday to win the South American ‘A’ Championship. In doing so Uruguay also eliminated Chile from the Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifiers. The fixture was the second of two between the countries in 2017. The Americas Rugby Championship has seen them now playing …

Test match rugby this weekend saw changes in the Americas Rankings. Gains were made by Brazil and Uruguay, the respective winners of their South American ‘A’ fixtures. There were, however, no positional rises or falls in the Americas Rankings. Brazil’s record-setting win over Paraguay has given Os Tupis a 0.48 …