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In front of a packed Vélez Sarsfield New Zealand outclassed Argentina. A bruising period of twelve minutes proved the difference as New Zealand’s might saw them score four tries in quick time. The final score of 36-17 underlines the strength of the All Blacks. The scoring got underway after three minutes. …

All tickets to Saturday’s international match in Buenos Aires have been sold. The round five Rugby Championship match between Argentina and New Zealand is officially a sell out. The fixture is to be Argentina’s fourth home Rugby Championship match against New Zealand. The prior three matches took place in 2012, …

Martín Landajo will start at scrumhalf in place of Tomás Cubelli in one of three changes to the Pumas team to face New Zealand at Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Guido Petti has recovered from injury to take his place in the second row, with Javier Ortega …

Australia and South Africa have each named their sides to compete against each other at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday. The Springboks will be keen to use their home field advantage to avenge a 23-17 loss in Brisbane on September 10, and to stave off the challenge of Argentina …

TJ Perenara will start for New Zealand against Argentina in Saturday’s Rugby Championship match in Buenos Aires. The Hurricanes halfback replaces Aaron Smith in the run-on side, one of four changes made by coach Steve Hansen from the team that comfortably defeated the Springboks at AMI Stadium on September 17. …

Following the popularity of Americas Rugby News’ Foreign-Born Players at Rugby World Cup 2015, the hot topic of debate regarding player eligibility is to be looked at again. In this piece Americas Rugby News takes an in-depth look into the foreign-born players in each Rugby Championship roster. Included will be where they were born and how …

Head Coach Daniel Hourcade named a 30-man roster for Argentina’s home match against New Zealand. Los Pumas will play host to New Zealand in Buenos Aires on October 01. Missing from the 30-man roster is Juan Martín Hernández. The inside center was confirmed as being ruled out of the remainder …

Juan Martín Hernández will play no further part in the Rugby Championship. The Pumas first choice inside center requires an operation to the meniscus of his knee. As such he will miss the round five and six matches against New Zealand and Australia. The loss of Hernández is the latest …

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 Chile Having been on the under side of Up and Under in the past this week Chile’s governing body deserve a huge …

The world’s number one team, New Zealand will be without three leading players for their next match. The All Blacks will play away to Argentina in Buenos Aires in just under two weeks time on October 01. Flankers Same Cane and Jerome Kaino are both out injured as is fly …