Following Rugby World Cup 2015 in England and Wales World Rugby have announced record financial results for 2015 and a record investment programme for 2016. World Rugby reports that the revenue is higher than expected with nearly £345 million. This is on the back of improved broadcast and sponsorship markets for …

Former Bayonne No 8, Benjamín Macome has been added to the upcoming national training camp. The Tucumán forward joins the 22-man roster announced on November 22. As such Macome will be free to play for Los Jaguares in the Super Rugby opener. Los Jaguares and the Argentina XV will both begin …

Four new names are in line to don the Eagles 7s jersey for the first time during the opening rounds of the 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series. The new season begins this coming weekend in Dubai, with Cape Town to follow a week later. Head coach Mike Friday will have nine …

Argentina’s scrum showed notable improvement this month. Against Japan, Wales, Scotland and England the Pumas were able to push back all opposition. Unlike in the past there is not one front-row combination that is the tock of the scrum. Instead Argentina has different players with different attributes. Ramiro Herrera is …

Rugby Canada Chairman of the Board Tim Powers has published an open letter on the Rugby Canada website. The letter addresses staunch criticism of Rugby Canada following their decision not to come to an agreement with PRO Rugby and also a perceived lack of transparency with the Canadian rugby community …

World Rugby has confirmed a sixth round on the 2016-17 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series. Las Vegas will play host at Sam Boyd Stadium concurrently with the men’s bracket set to kick off on March 3, 2017. Originally revealed by DJ Coil Rugby in October, the confirmation comes just prior to …

Rugby is to be used as a recovery and insertion tool for the youth deprived of the liberty of INISA – the Instituto Nacional de Inclusión Social Adolescente (the National Institute for Adolescent Social Inclusion). Following a meeting with Alejandro Lemes and Ignacio Inchausti of the URU with Gabriela Fulco …

2017 is to be the Colombian-French year. The Federación Colombiana de Rugby (FER) have informed that National Sporting Director, Mauricio Henao ha had a number of productive meetings in Paris with the Federación Francesa de Rugby (FFR). The theme to come out of the meetings is that 2017 is to …

On Saturday Germany completed a 2-0 home series win over Brazil. Having won the first test in Heidelberg the South Americans were off the pace in Leipzig, losing 36-14. The result confirmed Germany’s superiority and gives Brazil plenty to work on ahead of the Americas Rugby Championship. Brazil’s  next assignment, though, …

Five debutantes have been named by Richie Walker to compete in the opening round of the HSBC Sevens Series in Dubai this coming weekend. Only four players return from the team that competed at the Olympic Games in August with a new group setting their sights on Tokyo 2020. Olympic …

Nine members of Canada’s Bronze Medal-winning Olympic Sevens team will reunite for the opening round of the HSBC Sevens Series in Dubai this coming weekend. Leading the side in the absence of injured captain Jen Kish is leading points scorer Ghislaine Landry. The other two absentees from the Rio group …

Uruguay’s official ‘A’ side, the Uruguay XV will play for promotion in the Campeonato Argentino. Following a highly successful campaign in the third division, the Uruguay XV will face Alto Valle in repechage. The winner will play in the second division of Argentina’s Provincial Championship in 2017. The Oscar Duran …

Agustín Creevy led from the front on Saturday. The Argentine skipper had a superb match against England in both attack and defense. Creevy ran well with ball in hand, tackled well, made turnovers and also was strong in the set-piece. The performance of the captain was not enough to win …

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 Buenos Aires Buenos Aires are once again Argentine Provincial champions. Former international flanker Tomás de la Vega led Buenos Aires to a …

The November Internationals were not kind to Argentina. The South Americans arrived in the U.K. via Japan where they had won and risen to 6th in the world. The ranking was still lower than that from a year earlier. Yet now Los Pumas sit in 9th spot and have no further matches …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – November 28 2016 shows final positions for Tier 1 and 2 sides. Argentina’s away loss to England sees no change to the rankings. England entered the future with a …

On Saturday Argentina played for the final time in 2016. The South Americans took on England at London’s Twickenham Stadium. It was Los Pumas’ second visit to the stadium this year. Argentina moved its home match against Australia to London during the Rugby Championship. As had been the case against …

Buenos Aires are the Argentine provincial champions. The team captained by Tomás de la Vega ran out 9-5 winners over Córdoba in the Campeonato Argentino Final on Saturday. De la Vega lifted the Ángel Guastella Cup to complete national activities for the year. The former Pumas flanker was one of …

This afternoon’s match between England and Argentina saw a place from either side sent off. In the first half English winger Elliot Daly saw red while in the second half replacement Puma Enrique Pieretto did. Both players are to now face disciplinary hearings and will possibly be suspended. Daly’s sending off …

Samoa and Canada faced-off in Grenoble, France on Friday evening. The neutral venue was treated to a thrilling match which went down to the wire. Samoa entered as favorites and were able to edge out there North Americans, winning 25-23. Samoa’s win had a lot to do with a stand-out …