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. …
Read More »South Americans in MLR – Week 14 Preview
Week 14 of Major League Rugby (MLR) will be a busy one for South American players. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay are all to have players taking to the fields. This is the case despite NOLA Gold having a bye. Opening week 14 will be a Friday clash between the …
Read More »Pro 14 – Week 21 Preview
Week 21 of the Pro 14 season is a special derby round which sees all matches exclusively being played between teams from the same union. In Wales it is time for the annual Judgement Day. The national stadium, the Millennium Stadium will play host to a double-header with the Dragons …
Read More »English Premiership – Week 20 Preview
Only three rounds remain in the regular season of the English Premiership. This weekend will see week 20 of the competition, a round with key match-ups with both an eye to the play-off’s and to avoiding relegation. First up will be the bottom placed Newcastle Falcons at home against the …
Read More »Super Rugby Preview – Jaguares vs Brumbies
Saturday will see the start of a non-stop ending to the 2019 Super Rugby season for Los Jaguares. The Argentine franchise’s home game against Australian side the Brumbies is the first of eight straight games in as many weeks. It is to be followed by a home game next weekend …
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