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Colombia to Play Two Tour Matches in Argentina

Colombia’s national men’s rugby team, Los Tucanes are to play two tour matches in Argentina this month. FECO confirmed the objective of the tour is face rivals of a relevant level and to test new players that are in consideration for international duty this year. Los Tucanes are looking to defend their …

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Team of the Week

With only three games to look at and a number of PRO Rugby’s stars of the foreign variety selection was a little tricky but thankfully there was just enough Americas talent on show to put a decent side together. With Los Jaguares now finished it’ll be purely domestic rugby including …

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Star-Studded Great Britain Rosters for Rio

Great Britain have put forth two high-quality sides in their bid for Olympic glory in Rio de Janeiro next month. As expected, each side is predominantly made up of English players, with only a select few from Wales and Scotland included and none from Northern Ireland. Tom Mitchell captains the …

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Gonzalo Camacho Named in Buenos Aires Roster

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Gonzalo Camacho will play for Buenos Aires in the Argentine Provincial Championship. The former Pumas winger is one of 37 players selected to begin training on Wednesday. The Buenos Aires selection will defend their title in the 72nd edition of the Torneo Argentino de Uniones (Argentine Provincial Championship). Buenos Aires …

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Gonzalo Tiesi Retires from Rugby

Gonzalo Tiesi has retired from rugby.the Argentine outside center made the announcement on twitter where he declared: “the end of this incredible voyage. I will always be thankful for what I have lived during these 12 years”. Aged 31 the Buenos Aires enjoyed a successful career abroad. Playing in both …

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A ‘Great’ Americas 7s Side

With Olympic fever building by the day and the majority of sides now named, there is still the big reveal of the Great Britain team to come tomorrow. What a luxury to be able to select the best of three core sides on the HSBC Sevens Series to contest for …

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Japan names Olympic 7s squads

Japan have announced their men’s and women’s entrants to the 2016 Olympic 7s in Rio. Following suit with other nations, they have kept the faith with the players who ran out during their respective HSBC Sevens Series outings. The women finished 11th overall in a somewhat disappointing season that saw …

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Up and Under

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 Chile There were two significant breakthroughs for Chile in recent days. Firstly the sport in the country is set to be boosted in …

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Denver take Express route to victory

Denver are one step closer to the top of the PRO Rugby log as they hammered the disappointing Sacramento Express by a score of 59-13 at CIBER Field on Sunday. Sacramento scored first, as they often do, through the boot of Mirco Bergamasco but it was all Denver for the …

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Jaguares Bow out By Beating Lions

A strong second half showing saw Los Jaguares ending their inaugural Super Rugby season with a win. The Argentine franchise will have learned a lot and Daniel Hourcade can now begin Rugby Championship preparations in advance. Early on in Buenos Aires the Lions had the better of play. Through controlled …

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