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 Canada An impressive opening performance in the Americas Rugby Championship sees the Canadians topping the standings. The bonus point home victory over …

Argentine prop Jerónimo Negrotto will leave Tarbes at the end of the season to join French Pro D2 rivals Stade Montois, commonly known as Mont-de-Marsan. The specialist tighthead has been a regular in the Tarbes front row this season, starting seven games with 13 appearances in total since joining the …

Kevin Swiryn’s knee injury suffered while playing against Australia in the Wellington 7s has now been confirmed as an ACL tear. It’s the second such injury to a US Eagles 7s player in a matter of days, with Brett Thompson going down in training only four days earlier. Both players …

Lucas González Amorosino has signed a two year contract with the Argentina Rugby Union (UAR) to play Super Rugby for Los Jaguares. As revealed on Friday in a long list of significant news from the Union, the creative outside back will start training with Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club (BACRC) …

Rugby 7’s has been confirmed for the 2017 Central American Games in Managua, Nicaragua. The Comité Ejecutivo de la Organización Deportiva Centroamericana (Central American Sporting Executive Committee – Ordeca) made the confirmation this weekend. At the Crown Plaza Hotel in Managua Ordeca declared that Rugby Sevens is to join the region’s version …

The President of the Americas Rugby Championship, Agustín Pichot has asked the question “Why can’t Uruguay Play Super Rugby?” This was one of a number of revelations to be outlined – others include possible Super Rugby futures for Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and the USA and a second division for the Americas …

Long rumored and originally reported in November, sources have indicated to Americas Rugby News that Denver is now certain to be one of the two PRO Rugby franchises still to be officially unveiled. The team will be based in Glendale and play out of Infinity Park, currently the home of …

Both Canada and Argentina closed out their Sydney 7s accounts with victories as the two Americas sides each took home some silverware on the latest stop of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Canada went undefeated on Day 2 to win the title of Bowl Champions, while Argentina won their final …

In front of a crowd of just over 10,000 at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, the USA Eagles and Argentina XV opened up their Americas Rugby Championship accounts with a match for the ages. The two sides battled it out for over 80 minutes in an entertaining and action filled …

Canada got the Americas Rugby Championship off to the best possible start taking maximum points a dominant display of running rugby as they defeated Uruguay convincingly at Westhills Stadium in Langford. A frantic opening quarter saw the home team score twice and from then on the men in red never …

The first ever Americas Rugby Championship fixture is now over. Chile hosted Brazil in Santiago, completing a tight 25-22 win. With it Los Cóndores can breathe a sigh of relief as the prospect of collecting the inaugural wooden spoon is now all but over. Chile went into the Americas Rugby …

Today marks the fundamental change in international competition in the Americas. With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship beginning World Rankings are to be on the line for Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay in their matches. Argentina and the USA are to play too but with it being the Argentina XV …

Mike Friday’s USA Eagles 7s and Santiago Gómez Cora’s Argentina have qualified for the Cup draw in Sydney in a virtual repeat of last week’s Day 1 results on the HSBC World Sevens Series. Canada meanwhile slumped to their second winless opening day of the season, dropping all three matches …

It’s a slightly quieter week for Americas player in England’s Aviva Premiership, but nine is still a reasonable number to keep track of. Argentina, Canada, and the USA are all represented as the league bring the first half of the season to a close. World Cup Pumas Horacio Agulla and …

While the revamped Americas Rugby Championship is set to begin this weekend, there’s still a significant number of Americas players involved in professional games this weekend, including 18 in the French Pro D2. Players from Argentina, Canada, Chile, and Uruguay will be glued to their screens this weekend to watch …

Evan Olmstead is the one of 11 Americas players set to play this weekend in England’s second division of professional rugby, the Greene King IPA Championship. The Canadian second row was just a week ago signed by London Scottish and will make his European pro debut from the bench. On …

Los Condores have named their team to face the Tupis in their first match of the Americas Rugby Championship, to be played at Parque Mahuida, Santiago, on Saturday. Veteran loose forward Benjamín Soto has been named as captain in a team that shows seven changes to the side that was …

The next round of the HSBC World Sevens Series is just a couple hours away and the final squads for the three Americas teams involved have been confirmed. A knee injury suffered by Kevin Swiryn in Wellington opens a space for Martin Iosefo in Mike Friday’s Eagles 7s team. Canada …

A number of changes have been made to the original Americas Rugby Championship schedule, and Americas Rugby News has now confirmed kickoff times and broadcast details with ESPN. Below takes into account all revisions and time zone corrections, including the most recent from Americas Rugby Championship officials: Changes to Chile’s …

Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrosio has confirmed Brazil’s starting line up for Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship match. The Brazilians will face Chile in Santiago and have named a strong side to push for an away victory. Of the starting XV 11 players have been retained from the side which started …