Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP Wellington Fells the Effects of Argentina Statement win over New Zealand Pablo Matera captained Felipe Contepomi’s Pumas to a 38-30 …
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Spain is interested in hosting the Men’s Rugby World Cup in 2035 and the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2037. Writing for Marca, Fernando M. Carreño confirmed that Spain Rugby (FER) told World Rugby in December 2023 that they would like to host the tournaments. GOING ALONE The communication was …
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New Zealand and Argentina face-off in Wellington in the first of two 2024 Rugby Championship matches between the teams in New Zealand. The August 10 match is unlike prior beginnings to new Rugby World Cup cycles. The prior cycle saw Los Pumas beating the All Blacks for the first time …
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Argentina’s 31-man roster for the 2024 Rugby Championship came with some notable inclusions and omissions. There are changes from Felipe Contepomi’s roster that faced France and Uruguay in July. The combination of the two rosters helps indicate which players are in Contepomi’s planning and who is out of favor. This …
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Wallabies Head Coach Joe Schmidt has named a 36-man roster for the 2024 Rugby Championship. Australia’s campaign will begin at home with two test matches against world champions South Africa. The Wallabies face the Springboks in Brisbane on August 10 and in Perth on August 17. The matches follow Australia’s …
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Argentine Head Coach Felipe Contepomi has named a 31-man roster for the 2024 Rugby Championship. The team will face New Zealand in Wellington on August 10 and in Auckland on August 17. Both matches will be 4:05am kick-off time in Argentina. The roster consists of players who play in Argentina, England, …
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Uruguay play host to Scotland on Saturday. The match will be the first ever clash between the teams in Uruguay and just the second overall. The one prior clash was last century with Scotland having home matches, during Wales’ World Cup. Twenty-five years Scotland is looking to complete a clean-sweep …
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The 2024 Rugby Championship starts on August 10. The first and second rounds see Australia hosting South Africa for two test matches and New Zealand hosting Argentina also for two test matches. The July 2024 Internationals served as on-field preparation for the Wallabies, Springboks, All Blacks and Los Pumas. The …
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A rugby celebration will take place on Saturday. The battle of the Rio de la Plata sees Uruguay playing host to Argentina in a test match. It is the battle for South American, and Americas, supremacy as the no 2 hosts the no 1. The match is new yet old. …
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An enterprising Argentina came good against France in Buenos Aires on Saturday. A week after an underwhelming showing against Les Bleus in Mendoza, Los Pumas played impressive and aggressive rugby to run out 33-25 winners. The win meant France were denied a first test series win in Argentina since 1998. …
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