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The Utah Warriors have confirmed their staff for the 2019 Major League Rugby season, with four new additions to help returning Head Coach Alf Daniels. This season he will have the support of two Assistant Coaches, a Team Manager, and a full-time Trainer. Joining the side as Forwards Coach is …

Brazil has named a strong side to compete in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The upcoming event is to be the first of two legs of the 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens circuit. In Punta del Este Brazil is to complete in a challenging pool. It is lead by Argentina with Portugal, …

Americas Rugby News would like to thank each and every one of our readers for another great year. This was our fourth year of being and 2019 was by far our busiest to date. On the social media front we saw close to a 50% increase in our Facebook followers …

Hong Kong will be competing in the 2019 World Rugby Junior World Trophy. Set to take place in Brazil in July, Hong Kong are the third confirmed competitor joining hosts Brazil and the 2018 Junior World Championship relegated Japan. Hong Kong booked their place in the 2019 tournament by beating …

The pools and fixtures have been released for the upcoming Seven Punta. The 2019 competition is to mark 30 years of the competition in Uruguay’s beach resort town of Punta del Este. The 12 competing countries are divided into three pools of four. All three pools have two South American …

The Sudamérica Rugby Sevens circuit is just around the corner. 2019 will kick-off with international competitions in Uruguay and Chile in the beach resort destinations of Punta del Este and Viña del Mar. The two tournaments are to have the representation of six countries from South America – Argentina, Brazil, …

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. This week’s edition is the final for the year. Up and Under will return in January ahead of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. …

Argentina made history in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday by securing titles in both the men’s and women’s Beach Rugby competitions. The men successfully defended their title while the women ended Brazil’s hegemony in completing a first ever tournament victory in Ipanema. Played under the scorching heat of 40 degrees …

The match officials for the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) bring new light to the growing importance of the tournament. For the fourth edition of the competition there are to be referees from all six countries, something that has never happened before.  Representing Chile will be Frank Méndez. He joins …

Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Ipanema beach is to be the setting for an international Beach Rugby tournament on Saturday. The fifth edition of the competition will be played on Saturday from 4pm-6pm and is to be broadcast in Brazil on SporTV 3. The event will include both men’s and …