Club Olimpia will be Paraguay’s team in the Super Liga Sudamericana (SLAR). Confirmation was made today on twitter by Club Olimpia President Marco Trovato. Written in Spanish Trovato’s tweet read: “Coming next year, the OLIMPIA Rugby franchise is to compete in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby as the only …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Toronto Arrows In their biggest win of their short history, the Toronto Arrows defeated the Seattle Seawolves 29-7 on Sunday. The …
Read More »Juan Figallo Is Back
Juan Figallo is back to full fitness. The Argentine tight head prop has been named to play in today’s Premiership Rugby Shield Semi Final for the Saracens Storm against the Northampton Wanderers. The roster for the match is largely made up of wider squad members. In the case of Figallo …
Read More »With seven Argentines, Sanitas Alcobendas win Copa del Rey
In a fierce final Sanitas Alcobenas of Madrid were 24-23 winners over FC Barcelona to win the Copa del Rey on Saturday. Played at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid a crowd of more than 7,000 were in attendance to see Sanitas Alcobendas win the Copa del Rey for the first …
Read More »Brazil Crowned Sudamérica Forúm Sevens Champions
Brazil have been crowned champions of the 2019 Forúm Sudamérica Sevens. The competition was a regional event to serve as a warm-up ahead of Lima 2019, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifiers. Played in Asunción, Paraguay As Yaras eased through the competition, winning all of their matches to continue to be …
Read More »Súper Liga Sudamericana To Begin in March 2020
The Súper Liga Sudamericana is to start in March 2020, Sudamérica Rugby has confirmed. It comes despite earlier reports having noted that the South American Professional league would begin in 2021. In an official announcement from Sudamérica Rugby today it has been confirmed that the competition will be known as …
Read More »Super Rugby Highlights – Jaguares vs Brumbies
Los Jaguares played host to the Brumbies in Buenos Aires on Saturday. The match was the final fixture in round 11 of the 2019 Super Rugby season. For both teams it was an opportunity to build on impressive away victories in South Africa. What started as a match with impressive …
Read More »Jaguares outdo Brumbies in Buenos Aires
Los Jaguares were 20-15 winners over the Brumbies this evening in Buenos Aires. They did enough to outdo the Australians and claim a third consecutive Super Rugby victory. In doing so the Argentine side moves up to 6th place overall with 23 competition points. Gonzalo Quesada’s team were very well …
Read More »RFU Championship – Week 22 Preview
It’s the final round of the season for the RFU Championship and there’s only some mid-table final rankings to be sorted. London Irish have clinched promotion while Richmond are doomed for National One. All six matches will take place on Saturday with only three involving Americas players. Two familiar foes …
Read More »Top 14 – Week 23 Preview
In week 23 of the Top 14 a sprinkling of Pumas will take to the field in France. With there being a total of 26 rounds of the regular season it is time for players to give it there all to press for the opportunity to play in RWC 2019. …
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