South Africa continued their dominance on the 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series, winning their third event of the new season in Sydney and second consecutive after Wellington last weekend. The Blitzbokke redeemed their Day One loss with a convincing 29-14 win over rivals England in the Cup Final. In doing so …
Read More »Two Senior Jaguares Ruled out of Super Rugby Opener vs Kings
Preparation problems continue ahead of the new season. Two senior Jaguares players have been ruled out of the Super Rugby Opener vs the Kings. Veterans Nicolás Sánchez and Juan Manuel Leguizamón will miss the start of the season after having suffered injuries in warm-up matches. Last Friday’s training game saw the …
Read More »USA Eagles Coach Linked to French Club
USA Eagles Head Coach has been linked to French club Oyonnax, reports Midi Olympique. The speculated move would see John Mitchell leaving his post prematurely. He took up the position with USA Rugby on a four year deal. Midi Olympique has made it known that Mitchell’s services will become available …
Read More »Up and Under
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 North American Women’s 7s What an exciting weekend for Americas rugby, especially on the Sydney leg of the HBSC Women’s Sevens Series. For …
Read More »Americas Rankings – February 06 2017
The opening round of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship sees test rugby underway for the year. The six best teams from the Americas played in the first of five rounds with two of the three matches being capped. The opening fixture in São Paulo saw the lower ranked Brazil gaining …
Read More »ARC 2017: Canada vs Argentina XV – Full Match
Canada and the Argentina XV met in the opening round of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. Cold weather saw the field covered in snow in the days leading up to the contest and, indeed on the day of the match itself. The ground staff deserve praise for clearing the key …
Read More »Cubelli Out for Four Months, To Undergo Surgery
Tomás Cubelli has been ruled out of rugby for four or five months. The Argentine scrum-half was injured playing in a Super Rugby Warm-up on Saturday. The Pumas scrum half started for the Brumbies against the Waratahs. He was forced to leave the field with a problem in his knee. …
Read More »ARC 2017: Brazil vs Chile – Full Match
The second annual Americas Rugby Championship got underway on Friday. Brazil had home advantage against Chile and were eager to make use of it. In the corresponding fixture one year ago it was Chile who were victorious. Los Cóndores’ 25-22 win would be Chile’s best performance of the tournament. A …
Read More »Argentina slide past Canada in the snow
In a game that will be remembered more for the conditions of the pitch rather than what happened on it, the Argentina XV defeated Canada by a score of 20-6 in the first round of the Americas Rugby Championship at Westhills Stadium in Langford on Saturday. At kickoff the players …
Read More »USA fight back to Secure Victory over Uruguay
The USA completed a successful fightback to secure victory over Uruguay in Texas. The second match of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship was a thriller. The 29-23 fixture bodes well for the future of a competition of substantial potential. It took little time for the scoring to begin. Both teams were …
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