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The US Eagles will be playing their two home matches of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship in the great state of Texas. USA Rugby has now officially confirmed that the February 4 match against Uruguay will indeed take place at Toyota Field in San Antonio. The second home fixture is …

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 Guatemala A dream week in Guatemala City saw the home side winning all three matches in the South American C Championship. …

With the completion of the South American C Championship international competition has concluded for 2016. The final weekend of international competition saw Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama all taking to the field in Guatemala City. Panama’s historic first-ever victory over El Salvador sees one side rising and …

Following round two of the South American C Championship there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 08 2016 show Guatemala and Costa Rica gaining points. Costa Rica’s 41-10 win over Panama sees Costa Rica gaining rankings points. Costa Rica has gone from 31.50 points …

The world’s southernmost city is to host a 2017 Americas Rugby Championship match. Ushuaia will play host to the Argentina XV vs Brazil on Saturday February 25. The fixture is to be a fourth round match and one of three home matches for the Argentina XV. The Argentina XV will …

Uruguay’s full venue list for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship has been unveiled. Los Teros are to play their first and second round matches away before having home advantage in rounds three, four and five. Like in 2016 Los Teros will open their campaign in North America. This time though …

European club rugby was back in full swing on the weekend with international players all returning to their employers. There are still a few Americas players not quite back in action but enough spread around to put together a very respectable choice team this week. Brazil were also wrapping up …

Bahía Blanca has landed a 2017 Americas Rugby Championship fixture. Local website La Nueva has confirmed that the Argentina XV will host Uruguay in the city on February 11. The match will take place at Club Villa Mitre. The city had bid to host test matches in the past. In 2014 it …

This year’s edition of the end-of-year international series again saw countries from the world over playing test match rugby in Europe. Yes, in Europe. This is the subject of the latest edition of Forward Thinking: Make November Northern Hemisphere Tours. Dated North vs South Terminology Many members of the global rugby …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 05 2016 shows changes for a number of countries. In the South American C Championship the results have implications for all four. Guatemala’s 34-0 win over Panama sees Guatemala rocketing …