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.

Parisse Leads Altered Side Against Wales in Rome

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Sergio Parisse will lead an altered Italian side against Wales in Rome on Saturday. The Argentine-Italian will again play at n8 though Head Coach Conor O’Shea has gone for changes from last weekend. O’Shea has moved Michele Campagnaro from wing back to his natural position of outside center. The left …

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ARC Preview – Uruguay vs Chile

The second round of the Americas Rugby Championship begins on Friday evening when Uruguay host Chile at the Estadio Charrúa. Traditionally this might been a competitive match but Los Teros are now 12 spots ahead of Chile on the World Rugby Rankings and have not lost to the Cóndores since May …

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Ardron to start for Chiefs against Reds

Tyler Ardron has been named at lock for the Chiefs in their Super Rugby warm-up match against the Reds at Ballymore on Friday. The Canadian international packs down beside captain Michael Allardice in a mixed team that includes All Blacks scrumhalf Brad Weber and new signing Jack Debreczeni. Ardron is …

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ARC Team of the Week

It wasn’t quite the explosive start to the Americas Rugby Championship we were hoping for, though for two teams it was very much happy days. Canada flopped in Montevideo, Brazil’s backline let themselves down at Neuquén, and Chile were thrashed by the Eagles. There was still competition in some spots …

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DC reveals MLR team name and logo

Washington DC’s future Major League Rugby franchise now has a name and a shiny new logo. The new team, who will officially join the league in the 2020 season, will be called ‘Old Glory DC’ with their new logo featuring a shield design with a silhouette of the Capitol Building …

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Three week suspension for Santiago Arata

Uruguay scrumhalf Santiago Arata has been suspended for three weeks following his red card against Canada this past weekend during their opening round match of the Americas Rugby Championship. The 22-year-old was sent off by referee Federico Anselmi for a dangerous head-high tackle on Canadian winger Andrew Coe in the …

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Chile name squad to face Uruguay

Pablo Lemoine has named a group of 25 players in his Chile squad to prepare for Friday’s match against Uruguay in the second round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Los Cóndores are looking to improve in their 71-8 thrashing at the hands of the USA in Maipú this past weekend. …

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NOLA sign Eagles flanker Lamborn

The New Orleans Gold sent another ripple through Major League Rugby on Tuesday afternoon. Already off to a perfect start in the new season, NOLA have confirmed the signature of US Eagles flanker Tony Lamborn. He joins the team from the Southland Stags in the Mitre 10 Cup. Born in …

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MLR Team of the Week

Week 2 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season gave us three games to peruse, and given the results it should be no surprise that the NOLA Gold enjoy the greatest representation for the second week running. In the end at least one player from each team managed to squeeze …

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