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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 …

The 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 In years gone by Argentina has suffered greatly from the transition process which occurs in the year after Rugby World …

Spain took a giant leap forwards towards the goal of qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan by outclassing Chile 54-10 in a test match played in Torrelavega this afternoon. Head Coach Santiago Santos was understandably happy in his post-match interview when he said “we are very satisfied with …

Representatives from 10 national unions and federations, all members of Sudamérica Rugby, took part in the successful Leading Rugby workshop in the Peru capital of Lima over three busy days of meetings and presentations. Leading Rugby is a World Rugby development programme to inspire the leaders of unions to grow …

Chile’s two-match tour of Spain got underway with an intense match against Basque Country which was won by the home side 31-17. Chile now has the opportunity to improve ahead of the test side’s final match of the year, a test against Spain on Saturday. The match against the Basque …

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 …

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 …

Just before Los Condores fly out from Santiago to Spain Americas Rugby News had the opportunity to talk with fly half Francisco González Moller. Having played club rugby in New Zealand the pivot has experienced first hand how well organized systems result in quality returns. The experience not only shaped …

Los Condores Head Coach Paul Healy has selected a 26-man roster for the upcoming international matches in Spain. The South Americans will play against the Basque Country on Tuesday November 17 and an official test match against Spain on Saturday November 21. Included for the tour are French based players …

In what is surely a first in professional rugby, two Canadian internationals will captain their clubs against each other in the first round of the British & Irish Cup this Saturday at Mennaye Field in Penzance. Richard Thorpe runs out for the first time since the World Cup to lead …