Americas Rugby News

Formally created in June 2015, this website's goal is to increase media exposure of the Tier 2 rugby nations, and create a hub with a focus on the stories of rugby in the Americas - North, Central and South.

Peñarol Name Seven New Players

Peñarol continues to announce recruits for the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Following the announcement of the signing of u20s flanker Maxime Sonneveld, Seven further players have joined the Uruguayan SLAR team. The latest recruits are a mixture of senior players and u20s. A notable signing is that …

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Heartbreaking Rugby Matches

The winning side in a rugby match takes the glory though in rugby there are also the heartbreaking moments. The moments live in the memory with many often seeming like they happened yesterday. Below are a sample of five very hard results for teams from the Americas. To view Heartbreaking …

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Rodrigo Fernández Criado Joins Los Ceibos

Three weeks after having been called by to train with Los Jaguares, Rodrigo Fernández Criado has signed for Los Ceibos. In joining Los Ceibos, Fernández Criado officially begins his professional rugby career. The second-rower made his debut for Belgrano in the URBA Top 12 in June 2019. Like many others …

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Ceibos sign World Cup center Lucas Mensa

Los Ceiboes have pulled off a notable coup in signing a RWC Puma. With the inside center position being covered at Los Jaguares, Lucas Mensa will not play Super Rugby but SLAR in 2020. The 23-year-old Mensa played two test matches for Argentina in 2019. Hie test debut was against …

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Maxime Sonneveld Joins Peñarol from Los Teritos

Peñarol continues to announce recruits for the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). A player for the future to have signed is Maxime Sonneveld, who joins Peñarol from Los Teritos. The Uruguayan u20s player comes from Old Boys Club in Montevideo. Sonneveld played for Uruguay in this year’s Junior …

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Olímpia Lions sign two players from Africa

The Olímpia Lions player recruitment continues for the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The latest names to have signed for the Paraguayan team both come from Africa. They are Liam Hendricks (South Africa), and Max Katjikeko (Namibia). Hendricks and Katjikeko follow the arrivals of Gabriel Ascárate, Federico Gutiérrez, Facundo …

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Peñarol Sign Bradley Thain from South Africa

Peñarol have signed Bradley Thain from South Africa. The 22-year-old is the second import player to join the Uruguayan SLAR team, following Colombia’s Danny Giraldo. The signature of the latter was confirmed by Uruguayan rugby expert, Ignacio Chans. Thain is the third scrum-half at Peñarol. He joins Uruguayan Santiago Arata, …

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Peñarol Begins Announcing Roster for SLAR

Uruguay’s first professional rugby team, Peñarol has begun announcing its player roster to compete in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The roster is heavily based on Los Teros names from RWC 2019 though it is to also contain players from Argentina, Colombia, Portugal, South Africa, and Tonga. Head …

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