Brazil

Brazil Prepare for Germany this Saturday

The national men’s Brazilian rugby team, the Tupis are in Blumenau, Santa Catarina preparing to face Germany this coming Saturday. The fixture is to be the first of two test matches with the second taking place in São Paulo on Friday December 04. The 29 athletes selected by Argentine Head …

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Los Pumas 7s for Dubai and Cape Town

Los Pumas Sevens Head Coach Santiago Gómez Cora has named a 12-man roster for the first two rounds of the 2015-2016 World Rugby Sevens circuit. The South Americans will depart to compete at the Dubai (December 4-5) and Cape Town (December 12-13) legs of the competition. Included are five debutants: Renzo …

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World Rugby cuts back Women’s Circuit

The schedule for the 2015-16 HSBC Women’s World Rugby Sevens Series (WSWS) has been released, and as of now the circuit has been shortened to only four legs. Two of the host cities from last season, London and Amsterdam, are absent from the current schedule. Though there has been no …

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Canada, Uruguay Fall in World Rankings

Both Canada and Uruguay have fallen one place each in the World Rankings with Canada now ranked 19th in the world and Uruguay 20th. Moving ahead of both is Russia who completed wins this past week over Hong Kong, Portugal and Zimbabwe. Despite losing badly against Spain Chile remains 24th in …

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Colombia Rise to 8th in Americas

Completing the South American B Championship undefeated has seen Colombia rise to 44th place in the official World Rugby World Rankings. This sees Los Tucanes ranked just five places below Brazil, their opponents in the South American A play-off in which the winner will play in the 2016 South American …

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Historic Meeting Held in Peru

While the test teams from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela took to the field this week in Lima World Rugby authorities held a workshop featuring ten member nations of Sudamérica Rugby, the regional body responsible for rugby in South and Central America. “Rugby Americas will be able to help both regions …

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Colombia Win South American B Championship

Los Tucanes are the 2015 South American B Rugby Champions. The Colombian men’s national team went undefeated throughout the Four Nations tournament to complete a third consecutive tournament victory and set up a repechage play-off against Brazil, the bottom placed side from the 2015 South American A Championship. With Colombia having completed …

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