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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 Canada Come Right Against Australia Canada overcame a slow start to come away with a 22-10 win over Australia …

Julián Montoya and Matías Moroni have conquered the top of English professional rugby. The Argentine players started for the Leicester Tigers in Saturday’s English Premiership Final. The Leicester Tigers were 15-12 winners over Saracens. Montoya started at hooker and Moroni played outside center. The two men were Super Rugby teammates for …

Pablo Matera made history on Saturday. The Pumas flanker won the Super Rugby title with the Crusaders. Never before had an Argentine won Super Rugby. Matera’s career has seen him go from Asociación Alumni in Buenos Aires to now being a champion with the best of the best. The Crusaders …

Argentina’s preparations for Rugby World Cup 2023 took on a new meaning last week. The announcement of a 33-man roster to face Scotland in the July 2022 Internationals was a clear reveal as to Michael Cheika’s plans for the 2023 World Cup in France. Argentina are in Pool D of …

Bayonne will be the new home of Facundo Bosch. The Argentine hooker will join the club from La Rochelle, starting in the 2022-2023 Top 14 season. Bosch moves from La Rochelle as a two-time European finalist and as a current European Champion. La Rochelle lost the 2021 European Champions Cup …

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 Canadian pack too strong for Eagles in New Zealand Canada were intent on making a statement in their opening …

June is the business end of professional leagues. The Finals of the English Premiership, United Rugby Championship (URC) and Super Rugby will all take-place later this month. The URC Final will be on June 17, one day before the English Premiership and Super Rugby Finals. The Top 14 will conclude …

The Argentina XV roster to tour Georgia and Portugal contains players based in ten countries. Argentina, Australia, Chile, Colombia, England, France, Italy, Scotland, USA and Wales each had one or more players on a professional team of theirs in 2022. Rugby, of course, does not have a global season. Players …

Santiago Carreras has signed a new deal with Gloucester. He will remain at the English Premiership club that he joined from Argentina in 2020. He does so as a regular in the Gloucester starting line-up and for Los Pumas. Carreras began RWC 2019 as a replacement against France. He was …

A powerful Argentina roster has been named to face Scotland in July. Los Pumas will host Scotland in three matches, all of which will be played in Northern Argentina. The series is the first of its kind between the teams. New head coach Michael Cheika has made it clear that …