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 …

Brazil Fell to Germany in Freezing Leipzig this afternoon. The Central Europeans completed a comprehensive win, outscoring the Brazilians by five tries to one. The 36-14 scoreline was notably more impressive than that of game one. Germany started the match in full control. Basic work from a lineout saw Jaco …

England exacted their revenge on Canada with a dominant 39-6 win at Twickenham on Saturday. Once again it was the breakdown that proved costly, with numerous turnovers allowing England to counter-attack with lethal consequences. While Canada were clearly affected by fatigue playing their third game in a span of only …

Romania completed the perfect November series, downing Uruguay this afternoon. The 36-10 win follows victories over the USA and Canada. In losing Los Teros return home winless. Esteban Meneses’ players fell to both Germany and Spain prior to losing in Bucharest. The team will rest up before preparing for the …

Argentina were outperformed by England in London this afternoon. The 27-14 loss sees Los Pumas end their U.K. tour winless. With it the South Americans are ranked 9th in the world and now rely on a poor Six Nations campaign by one or more of France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales …

In a match very reminiscent of the first test in Béziers, France defeated the USA Women’s Eagles by a score of 31-6 at Altrad Stadium in Montpellier on Friday. The story was the same – a close 12-6 game at halftime and then a one-sided second stanza with France scoring …

Los Pumas have been forced to make a change to their lineup to play England at Twickenham today. Joaquin Tuculet has failed a late fitness test and will be replaced in the starting lineup by Juan Pablo Estelles, who starts on the left wing. Santiago Cordero will shift to fullback. …

Germany has made three changes to their starting team to face Brazil at Bruno Place Stadion in Leipzig on Saturday. A victory would give them a perfect November campaign with last week’s 16-6 opening test win over Os Tupis at Heidelberg preceded by a surprise 24-21 upset of Uruguay in …

An incredible 20 points from the boot of 19-year-old D’Angelo Leuila propelled Samoa to another precarious win over Canada with the final score 25-23 at the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble on Friday. Making his first international start, the left-footed Samoan flyhalf kicked four penalty goals and two drop goals …

Brazil has made three changes for the second test against Germany. The teams meet in Leipzig in Saturday to complete the two-match series. Having won 16-6 in game one it is the Germans who are favorites. For game two Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrosio has made changes to the pack. While the …

New US Eagles cap Nick Civetta is poised to make his Premiership debut on Friday evening. The tall second row has been named as a replacement for Newcastle Falcons when they travel to Franklin’s Gardens to take on Northampton Saints. It will be the second senior Falcons appearance for Civetta, …

Only one away from a clean sweep of the Americas in their November test series, Romania have made three changes to their team to face Uruguay on Saturday in Bucharest. Andrei Radoi rotates into the starting hooker role with Eugen Capatana switching to the bench, Valentin Poparlan replaces Marius Antonescu …

It was another traumatic week for our intrepid panel, with all six Americas teams beaten to the finish line and our so-called gurus left to retreat with their tails between their legs. With most of our friends from the USA camping out with family and big birds and others choosing …