Brazil

This week’s edition of Up and Under brings to a close international activity for the year. The weekly segment will return again in January 2018.   UP Chile In the first meeting between Germany and Chile the South Americans recorded a big win. Played on Saturday at the Sparda Bank …

Brazil ended their 2017 campaign with a trip to Villajoyosa to play Spain on Saturday. It was the first ever meeting in a test match between the two sides. Brazil handed first starts to front rowers Michel Gomes and Endy Willian, and a test debut for second row Mauricio Canterle. …

International competition came to a close for 2017 on Saturday. With it the Americas Rankings – November 26 2017 edition is to be the final one for the year.  Test match rugby will return on January 27 2018 with Canada hosting Uruguay in a Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifier. Argentina …

Spain demolished Brazil today in what was a huge win. Los Leones were by far the better team. There 67-28 victory more than makes up for their loss last weekend against Canada. Taking place in Vilajoiosa the match was the final opportunity for both countries to play in 2017. For …

The 2017 November Internationals have seen a number of firsts. Yet another will join this list on Saturday as Spain face Brazil for the first time in history. Brazil’s players could not be in higher spirits. Their win last weekend over Belgium has underlined the tremendous ongoing progress that is …

What a weekend for the Americas! Six games in all, five of them wins! It’s certainly the best single day of November results in Americas history, and might well be the best single day period. Only Chile were defeated and that was largely due to fielding a reserve side against …

Bolivia debuted in the Halcones Zicosur 7’s. Played this past weekend in Tucumán, Argentina Bolivia joined teams from Brazil, Chile,Uruguay and Argentine provinces at the regional event. Paraguay and Peru also had teams involved in Zicosur, albeit not in the rugby. Bolivia is the only Spanish speaking country in South …

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 Argentina Daniel Hourcade will be keeping his job. Under immense pressure heading into November, the Head Coach of Los Pumas got …

The Americas Rankings have been updated following the completion of international competition this weekend. The November 19 2017 rankings see improvements for Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Uruguay and the USA. A return to winning ways for Argentina sees the South Americans overtaking Fiji in the World Rankings. The 31-15 win sees …

Among Saturday’s extensive international fixtures was an historic meeting between Belgium and Brazil. Played in front of a packed house at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, the match proved a thrilling encounter with the enthusiastic crowd contributing to a wonderful atmosphere. Belgium handed test debuts to sevens star Vincent Hart …