Following round two of the South American C Championship there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 08 2016 show Guatemala and Costa Rica gaining points. Costa Rica’s 41-10 win over Panama sees Costa Rica gaining rankings points. Costa Rica has gone from 31.50 points …

Costa Rica saw off Panama in the South American C Championship on Wednesday. In winning 41-10 Costa Rica secured its place in the tournament final against Guatemala on Saturday. Panama will face El Salvador in the Bronze Final. Costa Rica were made to work hard for their win. Panama started strongly with …

Guatemala hammered El Salvador to reach the 2017 South American C Championship Final. Playing at home Los Jaguares underlined their progress in recent years by defeating Los Torogoces 53-0. Guatemala was the better team for the duration. The home side scored three first half tries to lead 19-0. In the …

The world’s southernmost city is to host a 2017 Americas Rugby Championship match. Ushuaia will play host to the Argentina XV vs Brazil on Saturday February 25. The fixture is to be a fourth round match and one of three home matches for the Argentina XV. The Argentina XV will …

Uruguay’s full venue list for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship has been unveiled. Los Teros are to play their first and second round matches away before having home advantage in rounds three, four and five. Like in 2016 Los Teros will open their campaign in North America. This time though …

European club rugby was back in full swing on the weekend with international players all returning to their employers. There are still a few Americas players not quite back in action but enough spread around to put together a very respectable choice team this week. Brazil were also wrapping up …

Buenos Aires’ Benjamín Espinal has been included in the Stade Français squad for the Challenge Cup. The 25-year-old Tight Head prop joined the French club in October as a medical joker. He made his senior debut for the Top 14 club on November 13, doing so as a replacement against Toulon. …

Bahía Blanca has landed a 2017 Americas Rugby Championship fixture. Local website La Nueva has confirmed that the Argentina XV will host Uruguay in the city on February 11. The match will take place at Club Villa Mitre. The city had bid to host test matches in the past. In 2014 it …

Gonzalo Quesada is to depart Stade Français at the end of the season. The former Puma will leave his post of Head Coach to be replaced by Greg Cooper. The former All Black will take over on a three-year deal. Quesada arrived at Stade Français from Racing 92 in 2013. During …

Perry Baker will captain the USA Eagles 7s team in Cape Town this weekend. Regular skipper Madison Hughes will sit out the tournament to begin a two-month recovery and conditioning program with the coaching staff wary of an excessive workload over the 2016 calendar year. This will be the first …