Ahead of facing South Africa in Salta Daniel Hourcade has welcomed back Matías Moroni from Olympics duty. The Pumas center missed out on playing in the opening round of the Rugby Championship due to his involvement with Los Pumas 7’s. On Tuesday Moroni will join Los Pumas who will begin their preparation …
Read More »2016 PRO Rugby Dream Team
The first professional rugby competition contained entirely within the Americas has completed and for the first time Americas Rugby News chooses a select team including players from other nations. PRO Rugby might have been short on world class stars, but there were some veterans who showed they were here for …
Read More »Americas Rankings – August 22 2016
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – August 22 2016 sees Argentina dropping slightly due to having lost away to South Africa on Saturday. Before the fixture Argentina had 80.20 points and was 9th in the world. Either side of …
Read More »Toulon Targeting Guido Petti
French source Midi Olympique is reporting that Toulon has made an offer to Guido Petti. Furthermore it has reported that the Argentine second-rower will indeed leave Los Jaguares in the coming days to be unveiled as Toulon’s latest signing. The contract is to be a two-year deal. This would mean that …
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 Colombia, Mexico u18s Peru and Venezuela have been involved in the South American Championship for an awful lot longer than have Colombia. …
Read More »Colombia, Mexico Win Big in South American U18’s
The under 18 sides of Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela were all in action today. The four countries played in what was the opening day of the 2016 South American under 18 Championship. Played in South America’s only World Rugby certified artificial surface in Chiclayo, Peru the competition is to …
Read More »Bustos Moyano, Huete Contribute to the Downing of Toulon
South Americans Martín Bustos Moyano and Pablo Huete contributed to Bayonne’s win this afternoon over Toulon. In the seventh and final opening round match of the Top 14 season the Basque club came out 28-23 winners. Both players started the match. Busts Moyano played fullback while the Chilean Huete played …
Read More »Castres Open Strongly with Urdapilleta Scoring 11 Points
Castres Olympique opened their Top 14 season with a 28-11 win over Pau on Saturday. Former Puma Benjamin Urdapilleta had a fine match as he created two tries and scored 11 points. He was captained by Uruguayan Rodrigo Capó Ortega. Castres won the fixture despite losing scrum half Rory Kockott to …
Read More »Americas Stars to Feature in Bayonne vs Toulon
Americas stars are to feature in Bayonne vs Toulon, the final match of the opening round of the Top 14 season. Taking place at 6:15pm local time today the Stade Jean-Dauger will see Argentina, Chile and the USA all represented. Starting in the second-row for the home side will be …
Read More »Guatemala Name Roster for Repechage Clash with Ecuador
The 23 men to represent Guatemala’s national men’s team, Los Jaguares, next Saturday have been selected. The Central Americans will travel south to Ecuador to play in a Rugby World Cup qualifier. As the winners of the 2015 South American C Championship Guatemala are now one match away from the …
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