Os Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrósio has announced a 33-man training squad to prepare for this coming Saturday’s vital home international against Los Tucanes in São Paulo. Brazil will take-on north-western neighbors, Colombia in a repechage match with the winner playing in the South American A Championship in 2016 while …

Some truly exceptional performances this week, but also a few duds. We’ve just about put together a solid team, but could use some improvement from the Americas contingent heading towards the new year. 1 – Matías Agüero (Leicester) Italian international but born and raised in Argentina. Got the nod ahead of …

Following a 2-0 series loss against Germany Brazil’s World Ranking has suffered with the world’s fifth largest country falling to 45th in the world. The new ranking sees Brazil falling behind both Trinidad & Tobago and Colombia to be 9th in the Americas. Prior to facing Germany Brazil was already ranked …

The 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 Guatemala Never is it clearer that progress has been made when a team defeats a side considered to be better. Not …

At last we come to the end of our comparison of Americas depth in terms of professionalism. We’ve looked at the forwards (front row / second row / back row), the halfbacks, and the midfield. Today it’s the speedsters who take centre stage – the outside backs. The South Americans …

The HSBC World Sevens series continues on the weekend at the spectacular Cape Town Stadium in South Africa. Only one team of the 16 did not take part in Dubai, with Zimbabwe taking the place of Japan. Americas pace-setters USA look to continue their fine form as they find themselves …

Canada’s Maple Leafs women’s side dropped their second match to England Academy by 22-19 on Saturday, once again giving up a healthy lead in a frustrating second half that saw them go scoreless. The loss is disappointing but the overall tour will be deemed a success as several players put …

The host nation of the 2015 South American Championship, El Salvador, opened their account with a convincing win earlier today over Panama. The 32-0 win places El Salvador in a strong position to challenge for the title. Los Torogoces converted a 10-0 half time lead into a six tries to …

The national men’s rugby team of Guatemala, Los Jaguares, completed the greatest ever win in their history today, defeating Central American rivals, Costa Rica. In what was a shock result on the opening day of the 2015 South American C Championship, Guatemala overcame Costa Rica 19-17. The winners have enjoyed …

Los Mayuatos defeated Santa Fé by a single point on Saturday afternoon to avoid being relegated to the second division of the Torneo Argentino de Uniones. The 21-20 result means Santa Fé will remain in the second division in 2016 in Argentina’s National Provincial Championship. The game went down to …