Leading Argentine outside center Marcelo Bosch is set to return to the starting lineup for Los Pumas for Sunday’s Rugby World Cup Semi Final against Australia in London. The Saracens number 13 missed the Quarter Final against Ireland after having been suspended for foul play against Namibia in Argentina’s previous …

South African Head Coach Heyneke Meyer has named an unchanged side for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup Semi Final against New Zealand at London’s Twickenham Stadium. The Springboks reached the final with a hard-fought come from behind victory against Wales last Saturday. Former South African captain Victor Matfield replaces Pieter-Steph du …

Continuing on from his world class form at the Rugby World Cup Canadian DTH van der Merwe produced a sensational debut performance for Welsh region the Scarlets against Irish province Leinster at the Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli. Crossing for two tries van der Merwe contibuted heavily to the Scarlets’ 25-14 win. …

27 year old former Pumas winger Belisario Agulla has agreed to terms to join Aviva Premiership side the Newcastle Falcons. The move sees him joining his older brother and veteran Puma, Horacio playing in England after both began playing abroad in France. Still with age on his side Belisario Agulla …

Canadian World Cup prop Djustice Sears-Duru has signed a one-month trial contract with renowned Aviva Premiership club Leicester Tigers. With Italian loosehead Michele Rizzo out for the majority of the season due to a knee injury and Samoan Logovi’i Mulipola also struggling for fitness, Tigers have offered the mobile 21-year-old …

The Feruchi staff have announced twelve players to represent Chile at next month’s International Valentín Martínez tournament in Montevideo. The Uruguayan capital will play host to an invitational tournament from November 6-8. The twelve selected Chilean players come from the regional unions of La Serena, Regional Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción and …

England’s Wayne Barnes and Jérôme Garcès of France have been appointed as referees for the World Cup semi-finals. Barnes comes as no surprise having been in impressive form throughout the tournament. He will oversee the second match between Argentina and Australia on Sunday October 25. Saturday’s meeting between New Zealand …

USA Eagle AJ MacGinty has signed with Irish Provincial side Connacht after impressing during the last few months after being named as the Eagles’ flyhalf. MacGinty, 25, became USA eligible earlier in 2015 and quickly earned his way into a starting role with the team. The addition of MacGinty to the …

For the second time in eight years Argentina will play in a Rugby World Cup Semi Final. The South American country of 43 million will face the two-time World Champions Australia next Sunday with the winner joining either New Zealand or South Africa. The translation of this, in rugby terms, …

The 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 Julian Savea He started the season overweight and – if we’re honest – pretty out of form. Even in the …

Scotland saw their semi-final hopes dashed when Bernard Foley’s kick sailed through the uprights with a minute to spare, earning Australia a famous 35-34 victory in a thrilling match that will live long in the memory. Among other reasons, the contentious nature of key decisions from referee Craig Joubert will …

Americas rugby lives on in the World Cup as Argentina defeated a stunned Irish side 43-20 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The first and last quarters belonged to the Pumas, but there were some tense moments in the middle as Ireland very nearly dug their way out of a …

Three tries from Julian Savea highlighted a stunning performance from the All Blacks at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. New Zealand humiliated France, scoring nine tries en route to a 62-13 victory in their quarter-final. Any questions of form were put swiftly to bed as the All Blacks dominated the …

A try in the 75th minute from Fourie du Preez put the Springboks into the semi-final as they survived a remarkable performance from Wales at Twickenham. Dan Biggar’s penalty goal some 10 minutes earlier had put Wales into the lead, and some resolute defense kept South Africa off the boad …

Ireland have suffered another hammer blow ahead of their quarter-final against Argentina on Sunday as Jonny Sexton has been forced to withdraw with a groin injury. The star goal kicker was injured in the final pool game against France but was earlier in the week declared fit for duty. Sadly …

Well the pool stages are now done and dusted, 40 matches gone by the wayside with 12 teams back for an early round of golf. That means it’s business time, and there are some tasty match-ups for the quarters, with zero unanimous picks! The standings after the pool stages have …

Wallaby stars Israel Folau and David Pocock will miss out on the quarter-final against Scotland through injury. Australia’s impressive strength in depth, however, is apparent with Kurtley Beale lining up at fullback and Ben McCalman filling in at the back of the scrum. Michael Hooper returns from suspension to take …

Scotland will have to make due without first choice forwards Ross Ford and Jonny Gray for their quarter-final fixture against the Wallabies on Sunday. The pair were suspended for three weeks for a dangerous double-tackle on Jack Lam in the final pool match against Samoa. An appeal will be heard …

Jebb Sinclair has been named on the flank for London Irish as they host Leicester Tigers at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on Sunday. The fixture kicks off the Aviva Premiership season for the two teams with high hopes after a busy off-season of acquisitions. Sinclair returns for his fifth …

Titi Lamositele has been named on the bench for Saracens as the Aviva Premiership club hosts Sale Sharks in their season opener at Allianz Park on Saturday. The US Eagles prop fills in for Juan Figallo as reserve tighthead after the Argentine was called up to the Pumas’ World Cup …