Argentina’s final assignment of the year is coming up this Saturday against a strong Barbarians lineup in London. The composite side are to play their second match this week after completing a comprehensive ten tries to two win over Gloucester to win 62-14 on Tuesday. For Argentina the match is …
Read More »Chile Prepare for Spain after losing against Basque Country
Chile’s two-match tour of Spain got underway with an intense match against Basque Country which was won by the home side 31-17. Chile now has the opportunity to improve ahead of the test side’s final match of the year, a test against Spain on Saturday. The match against the Basque …
Read More »Jonah Lomu passes away in Auckland
New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu has died at home in Auckland at the age of 40. The news was confirmed by former All Blacks doctor John Mayhew earlier this morning. Lomu had been battling nephrotic syndome, a severe kidney disorder, since he was diagnosed in mid-1995. He underwent a …
Read More »Sudamérica Rugby Has a New Logo
Following a lengthily process, which was open to the public, Sudamérica Rugby has decided upon a new logo as shown above. The new logo came about following the changing from CONSUR to Sudámerica Rugby earlier this year. Present for the decision were Sebastián Mejía Gil (Colombian captain), Paula Ishibashi (Brazilian Sevens player), …
Read More »García Named in Italian Training Squad
Mendoza center Gonzalo García has been selected by Italian Head Coach Jacques Brunel for the upcoming Six Nations training camp in Treviso. Set to take place next week the training camp will bring together a roster made up entirely of Italian based players. Missing are players contracted to clubs outside …
Read More »Colombia Rise to 8th in Americas
Completing the South American B Championship undefeated has seen Colombia rise to 44th place in the official World Rugby World Rankings. This sees Los Tucanes ranked just five places below Brazil, their opponents in the South American A play-off in which the winner will play in the 2016 South American …
Read More »Argentine Budget to Rise from 100 to 250 million Pesos
In 2016 the UAR is to increase the annual budget from 100 million Argentine Pesos to 250 million. Argentine newspaper Clarin confirmed the increase which has come about due to the union now having 15 major sponsors and receiving previouosly unheard of profits from the broadcasting of matches involving Los …
Read More »Sacramento gets PRO Rugby Franchise
Yesterday, PRO Rugby North America announced Sacramento as the first of six locations for teams in their upstart competition. Set to kick off this coming Spring, PRO Rugby plans to release the name of each host city over the course of the next week or so. Sacramento is expected to …
Read More »Team of the Week
The terrible events in Paris caused a number of games to be postponed, but we’ve still managed to put together a quality XV of players who were in action elsewhere. 1 – Marcos Ayerza (Leicester) Good day at the office for the Tigers stalwart as he played a leading role in …
Read More »Up and Under
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 Pro Rugby Player Potential Last Monday’s announcement that professional rugby is coming to the USA in April 2016 was music to …
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