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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Women’s Eagles’s Claim Bronze The USA’s quest for Olympic Qualification got off to a strong start as the Women’s …

Bucharest, Romania will be the setting for a test match between two Rugby World Cup 2023 competitors on Saturday. Uruguay face Tonga at the beautiful Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf. Both teams go in to the match having registered wins last weekend. Uruguay produced a notable away win over Romania. …

Argentina have suffered a double blow ahead of facing England. Two veteran players have been ruled out of the opening match of the tour to the UK this month. One player has been called-up as a replacement. Winger Santiago Cordero will miss the match as will scrum-half Tomás Cubelli. No …

A roster of 34 players are preparing for Los Pumas’ two Rugby Championship matches against the Springboks. Argentina will have home advantage in the first match in Buenos Aires on Saturday, September 17. The second match will be in Durban on Saturday, September 24. Michael Cheika’s 34-man roster contains returning …

Dallas have unveiled their new Head Coach for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Agustín Cavalieri joins the Jackals from Italy, where he was Forwards Coach of the national men’s u20 side. Originally from Rosario in Argentina, this is the first leading role for the 39-year-old nicknamed ‘Cuca’. Cavalieri enjoyed …

Michael Cheika has made changes to Argentina’s roster. Los Pumas will tour New Zealand playing their round three and four Rugby Championship matches against the All Blacks in Christchurch and Hamilton. Six alterations have been made from the squad that took-on the Wallabies in Mendoza and San Juan. The missing …

Urgent matters over rugby player eligibility have surfaced for the third time in a handful of days. The three players all played for Italy and enjoyed long careers. The three men also all played at Rugby World Cups. Player eligibility is defined in Regulation 8 by World Rugby. It can be achieved …

Argentina made history against Scotland on Saturday in Santiago del Estero. A last second try to Emiliano Boffelli gave Los Pumas a 34-31 victory and a series win by two games to one. With it Michael Cheika’s side now turn their attention to the Rugby Championship. Played at the magnificent Estadio …

Uruguay and Romania meet in game two of a two match series on Sunday. Romania did very well to win game one after an early red card. Uruguay were second best but had fought back from a 17-3 half-time deficit and were leading 22-20 with ten minutes left to play. …

Argentina and Scotland square-off in the winner-takes-all series decider on Saturday. The match will be historic; never before has the city of Santiago del Estero hosted a rugby test match. The city’s modern Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades will be be a sight to behold. After years of producing Pumas …