Brazil

It’s been a busy few weeks since our last league-wide update. Most notably the Toronto Arrows have revealed close to their entire roster for the 2019 Major League Rugby season and there have been heaps of sightings elsewhere as players arrive for preseason training. This time we’ve changed up our …

Pushing forward with his move to establish a ‘League of Nations’ World Rugby Vice Chairman Agustín Pichot has further criticized the existing set-up.  The former Pumas captain told L’Equipe that the big countries benefit from the small ones and that there is no solidarity. He seeks to change this by …

The kick-Off Times for Americas Rugby Championship 2019 have been confirmed. The 2019 edition of the Pan-Americas rugby competition is to be the fourth and the last before RWC 2019. The Americas is to account for four of the twenty teams competing in Japan 2019. This is a repeat of …

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 Andrés Zafra History was made in France on Saturday with Zafra becoming the first ever Colombian to score a try in …

On Friday and today the future of South America battled it out in Asunción, Paraguay. The 2018 Sudamérica Rugby U18s involved Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It was the first edition of the competition in the region. The competition took place at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, the home …

This episode features a good chat with Curry Hitchborn to talk about UBC and the pathway from college rugby to the pros. We also cover the last week of the international test window and what lies ahead for the Americas in the coming months. The ARN Podcast is available on: …

The last week of the November test window has now passed and it’s hard to believe it but we’re just a month away from being in a World Cup year. It’ll be mostly European club sides who supply our selections next week. This week we saw four teams in test …

Brazil couldn’t quite recover from an 11-point second half deficit, ultimately falling 30-29 to Salta in a Tuesday-evening fixture at Jockey Club. Despite outscoring their hosts five tries to three, a 20-point individual haul from Santiago Larrieu sealed their fate. Salta got off to a fast start. Larrieu missed his …

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 Canada Qualifies For RWC 2019 After falling to the USA last year and Uruguay in February it is finally mission accomplished …

Capped international competition has closed for 2018. This weekend’s November Internationals were the final fixtures with Americas Rankings on the line. Recalculations to the rankings see notable changes for the USA, Uruguay, and Canada. Canada qualified for RWC 2019 on Friday. In booking the final spot in Japan 2019 the North …