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Racing 92 have approached Lucio Sordoni. L’Equipe reports that The Top 14 club is signing the Puma as a medical joker. Sordoni will cover for French test prop Demba Bamba who has undergone knee serge which will see him out of action for many months. It marks a return to …

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 Advantage Eagles Before Taking to the Field Canada’s home defeat against Japan was a record loss. It was also Canada’s …

Bordeaux completed back-to-back tournaments wins in France’s Supersevens series. Argentines Luciano González and Marcos Moneta were in the thick of the action for the victorious side in La Rochelle. Bordeaux were 19-12 winners over Monaco in the final. Bordeaux began the day by taking-on Toulouse. After a slow start in the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …