A fantastic game of rugby was played on Friday to open round two of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. Brazil played host to Uruguay in São Paulo and performed remarkably well, pushing the Rugby World Cup 2015 team to the limit. Based on this fixture the future, certainly, bodes well …

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 Ben Cima Goal kicking matters so much that it can win and lose matches. Regardless of the team a specialist is mandatory …

Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend. As of February 15 2016 there are no changes in overall position. There has, nonetheless, been movement in rankings points. Canada’s ranking points have been altered, seeing the 63,62 points decreased to a new ranking of 63,42 points. This …

An monstrous 55 metre penalty goal with time up on the clock by All-American flyhalf Ben Cima gave his side a famous victory over rivals Canada to earn a trip to the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Zimbabwe. The kick stunned the Canadian team, confident going into the match, who …

Three tries in a under 10 minutes for captain Todd Clever sealed a comeback win for the Eagles as they defeated Canada 30-22 in another exciting Americas Rugby Championship match at Dell Diamond. The win extends the USA’s winning streak to four over their neighbors and leaves them level with …

A home win in San Juan this evening saw the Argentina XV completing a bonus point victory. What had been an error-ridden performance, involving a high number of unforced errors and multiple tries blown turned into a comfortable 52-15 victory following a late flurry. A strong start from the home …

At Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, Los Jaguares did not have an ideal debut, losing 29-14 to the Stormers in a Super Rugby Warm-up. The fixture was the first of two before debuting in the competition against the Cheetahs later this month. Played over four periods of twenty minutes, the …

The Americas Rugby Championship is already a big hit. The inaugural addition of the competition has delivered competitive matches with the opening round match between the USA and Argentina XV doing more than going down to the wire. The full match can be viewed in the following video. Among other …

Gastón Cortes returned to the Bristol lineup on Friday against Ealing, one of two Argentina players in action this weekend in the Greene King IPA Championship. Jersey hooker Martín García Veiga is the other, up against two of the nine Canadians featuring on Saturday in the form of Bedford Blues …

Both Canada and the USA have named their sides to play in a one-off match on Saturday evening with the winner earning the right to contest the World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament in April. Canada defeated their Southern counterparts in two matches last year, and will be keen to repeat …

The opening game of round two of the Americas Rugby Championship has just been completed at the Arena Barueri in São Paulo. The 33-29 win for Uruguay was a showcase of what is possible for the future of rugby when lesser unions are given equal chances. Two minutes into the game …

It is all-go this weekend as the Aviva Premiership marches on despite the Six Nations taking place. With England having hosted the Rugby World Cup last September and October the season needed to be compacted to fit everything in which sees the Premiership clocking-in an additional round this weekend. Involved …

In a match against the Queensland Reds on Friday evening (local time), Tomás Cubelli scored for the Brumbies who won what was a Super Rugby warm-up fixture. Played at the famous Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, the home side was downed by Cubelli’s franchise the Brumbies. The 31-18 win was the …

A Powerful Jaguares Lineup has been named to take-on the Stormers on Saturday. The teams will meet in a Super Rugby warm-up fixture at 11am Argentine time in what is to be the first ever match of Argentina’s first professional team. Head Coach Raúl Pérez has named thirteen players to …

Todd Clever is captain of the US Eagles once again. Months after being unceremoniously dumped from the squad by former coach Mike Tolkin, the Newcastle Falcons loose forward will extend his Eagles record to 43 tests as skipper in the pivotal second round Americas Rugby Championship contest against Canada on …

Los Cóndores have confirmed their lineup for Saturday’s match against the Argentina XV at Estadio Bicententario in San Juan. Three changes have been made to the run-on side, with another four coming among the reserves. Claudio Zamorano and Luis Sepúlveda are promoted from the bench to fill in for unavailable …

Alistair Clark will start at openside flank in the only change to the Canadian lineup for Saturday’s North American derby against the US Eagles in round two of the Americas Rugby Championship at Dell Diamond in Austin, Texas. The Ontario Blues stalwart made quite a splash in his test debut …

Pablo Bouza has confirmed his team to play Chile at the Estadio Bicentenario in San Juan on Saturday. The starting lineup shows a whopping 10 changes the side that played to a 35-all draw against the US Eagles in Houston, with six more new names on the bench. Loosehead prop …

Tom Bliss has signed with PRO Rugby. The 22-year-old former Wasps scrumhalf had been playing with Ealing Trailfinders this season, and the Greene King IPA Championship club has now confirmed that he has been released to take up a contract with an unnamed franchise in the new American professional league …

Despite round two of the Six Nations taking-place there is to be a full round of play in the Guinness Pro 12 this weekend. In Newport, Wales this evening the Newport-Gwent Dragons will receive Irish province, Connacht in the first Guinness Pro 12 fixture of round 14. Named at fly half …