Week 3 of the 2016-17 Top 14 season will see matches played on Saturday and Sunday in France. The competition features world class athletes from around the globe. Included are players from the Americas. This season’s edition is to continue with the importance of Americas players. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Trinidad & …
Read More »Americas Rankings – August 28 2016
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – August 29 2016 sees Argentina extending their lead a the top. As a result of defeating South Africa in Salta on Saturday Argentina has increased its ranking. The South Americans went into the match on …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 2
Week 2 of the 2016-2017 Top 14 season will see matches played on Saturday and Sunday in France. The competition features world class athletes from around the globe. Included are players from the Americas. This season’s edition is to continue with the importance of Americas players. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Trinidad & …
Read More »Team of the Week
International rugby returned this weekend with Los Pumas having some success against the Springboks but also letting themselves down at key moments. The Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand and French Top 14 also got underway giving us a few more Americas players to look out for, while the URBA Top …
Read More »2016 PRO Rugby Dream Team
The first professional rugby competition contained entirely within the Americas has completed and for the first time Americas Rugby News chooses a select team including players from other nations. PRO Rugby might have been short on world class stars, but there were some veterans who showed they were here for …
Read More »Americas Rankings – August 22 2016
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – August 22 2016 sees Argentina dropping slightly due to having lost away to South Africa on Saturday. Before the fixture Argentina had 80.20 points and was 9th in the world. Either side of …
Read More »Up and Under
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 Colombia, Mexico u18s Peru and Venezuela have been involved in the South American Championship for an awful lot longer than have Colombia. …
Read More »Bustos Moyano, Huete Contribute to the Downing of Toulon
South Americans Martín Bustos Moyano and Pablo Huete contributed to Bayonne’s win this afternoon over Toulon. In the seventh and final opening round match of the Top 14 season the Basque club came out 28-23 winners. Both players started the match. Busts Moyano played fullback while the Chilean Huete played …
Read More »Americas Stars to Feature in Bayonne vs Toulon
Americas stars are to feature in Bayonne vs Toulon, the final match of the opening round of the Top 14 season. Taking place at 6:15pm local time today the Stade Jean-Dauger will see Argentina, Chile and the USA all represented. Starting in the second-row for the home side will be …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 1
Despite the French summer far from being over the country’s rugby season is set to start. Just 57 days after last season’s final Week 1 of the 2016-2017 Top 14 season gets underway on Saturday. With players have briefly rested before returning to training they are now set to play …
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