Mexico have claimed the Rugby Americas North title with a comprehensive 32-3 win over Guyana in Coyoacán, Mexico City, on Saturday afternoon. In doing so they also push on to the next round of the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, where they will play the winner of the South American ‘B’ …
Read More »Argentina not good enough as New Zealand win in Buenos Aires
In front of a packed Vélez Sarsfield New Zealand outclassed Argentina. A bruising period of twelve minutes proved the difference as New Zealand’s might saw them score four tries in quick time. The final score of 36-17 underlines the strength of the All Blacks. The scoring got underway after three minutes. …
Read More »South American B Championship Live Streaming
The 2016 South American B Championship will get underway this weekend. On Sunday afternoon in Lima, Peru two matches are to take place. First up will be Colombia vs Ecuador. The match will see the 2015 champions facing the team that finished bottom. Having been winless Ecuador entered repechage, facing …
Read More »USA Selects named for Pacific Challenge
San Diego Breakers head coach Ray Egan will take a young squad to Montevideo for the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge tournament. Of the 26 players only 10 have senior test caps with none reaching double digits. Joe Taufete’e is the most capped with 7 and the sole representative from the …
Read More »Argentina vs New Zealand is a Sell Out
All tickets to Saturday’s international match in Buenos Aires have been sold. The round five Rugby Championship match between Argentina and New Zealand is officially a sell out. The fixture is to be Argentina’s fourth home Rugby Championship match against New Zealand. The prior three matches took place in 2012, …
Read More »Ohio Bash Brothers in USA 7s Camp
Imposing Ohio Aviators wing duo Alex Elkins and Spike Davis have been included in Mike Friday’s first post-Olympic Eagles 7s training camp for the upcoming 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series. The pair are joined by San Francisco Rush flanker Alec Gletzer and San Diego Breakers loose forward Chris Turori to make …
Read More »Americas Players in Mitre 10 Cup / NRC
Week 7 of New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup competition got off to an early start on Tuesday but it wasn’t until earlier today that any Americas players were involved. Chris Baumann made his 7th consecutive start at tighthead prop for Wellington in the resounding 60-21 win over Southland. Bill Fukofuka …
Read More »Mexico vs Guyana to be Streamed Live
Mexico vs Guyana will be streamed live. The two countries will meet in a Rugby World Cup Qualifier on Saturday in Mexico City. The winner-takes-all match will see the World Cup dream ended for one and it living on for the other. Both teams have made it this far by …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 7
Week 7 of the 2016-17 Top 14 season will see matches played on Saturday and Sunday in France. The competition features world class athletes from around the globe. Included are players from the Americas. This season’s edition is to continue with the importance of Americas players. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Trinidad …
Read More »Americas Players in RFU Championship – Week 5
Ciaran Hearn will make his Greene King IPA Championship debut when London Irish travel to Lady Bay to play Nottingham on Friday. The Canadian midfielder has recovered from a minor Achilles strain that kept him on the sidelines for the first four weeks of the season. His compatriot Jebb Sinclair …
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