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 Argentina Possibly the best half of rugby of any team in the tournament thus far was that produced in the second …

Patrick Parfrey has been summoned to join up with Canada’s World Cup squad as an injury replacement. The versatile back, who has started tests at both flyhalf and inside centre, will take the spot of Connor Braid, who came off injured early in the narrow defeat to Italy on Saturday. …

Ireland were made to work for it, but came away convincing 44-10 winners over a game but outmatched Romanian side. The game at Wembley Stadium set a new World Cup record with a reported 89,267 in attendance, eclipsing the mark set at the same stadium for the New Zealand-Argentina match …

Namibian Head Coach Phil Davies has named his lineup for Tuesday’s Pool B match against Tonga in Exeter. The Welshman has made eight changes from the side that faced New Zealand in London on Thursday. Veteran captain Jacques Burger will lead the team in search of their first win in …

It was a tale of two halves as Scotland used a huge second half surge to overcome a 13-6 halftime deficit to defeat the USA in Leeds. Scotland scored five second half tries to secure a bonus point and a 39-16 victory. The USA put forth a strong first half …

Los Pumas second-rower Mariano Galarza has lost his appeal and will play no further part in the Rugby World Cup. The Gloucester forward’s claim was refused this afternoon by an Appeal Committee chaired by Prof Lorne Crerar (Scotland), sitting with Justice Graeme Mew (Canada) and Robbie Deans (New Zealand). The …

The world’s number two, Australia, faced Uruguay in Birmingham and sealed a bonus point victory to enter next weekend’s crunch match against England in a strong position. Uruguay did not manage to score but delivered a meritable performance in losing by a margin which could have expected to have been significantly larger …

South African captain Jean de Villiers will play no further part in the Rugby World Cup it was confirmed this morning. The midfielder suffered a fractured jaw in captaining his team to a 46-6 victory over Samoa in Birmingham yesterday. He has been replaced by Jan Serfontein who will join the …

Tongan Head Coach Mana Otai has confirmed his lineup for Tuesday’s must-win Pool C match against Namibia at Sandy Park in Exeter. The Pacific Islanders are in search of their first win of the tournament after having lost against Georgia on day two of the World Cup in Gloucester. With …

A vital fixture to the Quarter Finals picture saw the two host nations battling it out at London’s Twickenham Stadium with Wales completing a remarkable win after having suffered further injury set-backs with Hallam Amos, Liam Williams and Scott Williams all forced from the field. The availability of all three …

A second straight upset defeat wasn’t in the cards for South Africa as they post a convincing 46-6 victory over Samoa. In a position where they could not afford another loss, South Africa got a hat trick from JP Pietersen and 14 points from the boot of Handre Pollard. “Last week still hurts,” said Springbok …

Canada suffered a heartbreaking 23-18 defeat at the hands of Italy at Elland Road on Saturday. The North Americans played the more expansive rugby, but ultimately it was the power of the pack – and some questionable officiating – that saved the game for the Azzurri. The Canucks got off …

Former USA Eagle Captain Todd Clever scored a try in his debut for the Newcastle Falcons in their Kings of the North match against the Leicester Tigers last night. The Kings of the North is a series of pre-season matches between Premiership clubs in the North of England. The Falcons …

Predictions take 2… b! The second part of this week’s predictions, this time covering the half-dozen games ahead on Saturday on Sunday. There are a couple doozies up ahead, so read below to hear from the pros! The midweek action went pretty much entirely as predicted, though once again Bryan’s dissension …

Whisper it softly, but Canada have an enormous opportunity on Saturday. Yes, against Italy – fully professional Six Nations participants, clear favorites by the bookies, haven’t lost to the Canucks since 2000. And yet, if there was ever a time for them to be beaten, it’s now. Much has been …

In search of their first win of the World Cup Los Pumas took on Georgia in the battle of the scrum titans. It did not start well as Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro lost his feet in the opening scrum giving Georgia a clear penalty which they kicked into Pumas territory. Nerves, …

USA Eagles Head Coach Mike Tolkin has made one change to his team for Sunday’s Pool B clash against Scotland in Leeds. The one change sees hooker Phil Thiel being named to start ahead of Zach Fenoglio who started against Samoa last Sunday in Brighton. Tolkin has also made one …

Romanian Head Coach Lynn Howells has announced his team for the Pool D match against Ireland in London on Sunday. In doing so he has opted for a total of eight changes to the starting line-up on comparison to that which faced France, also in London, on Wednesday evening. The tough …

Brazil’s national men’s Rugby Sevens team will fly to Kenya on Tuesday September 09 to participate in the Safari Sevens which will be played at the Safaricom Stadium Kasarani on October 03 and 04. The annual tournament involved 16 teams from different parts of the world with the expectation of …

Irish Head Coach Joe Schmidt has named a much changed side for his tem’s second Rugby World Cup Pool match against Romania in London on Sunday. Captain Paul O’Connell drops to the bench with Jamie Heaslip having been named captain in his place. Cian Healy returns from injury to start …