Colombia’s Women finished 10th at an international Sevens event which took place this weekend in Ireland. The South Americans played matches against opposition from Africa, Europe, Oceania and Asia for the first time in history and completed a win against Samoa. Colombia also had matches against Holland, China and Kenya …
Read More »South American B Under 19s kicking-off on Sunday
The Under 19 teams from Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela are to compete in the South American B tournament in La Guajira, Colombia. The four nations competition serves as a repechage qualifier with the winner advancing to face Paraguay who finished bottom of the South American A competition played recently …
Read More »Las Tucanes, bound for Ireland
Colombia’s women’s rugby team Las Tucanes are to arrive in Ireland today to participate in the upcoming qualifying tournament for the World Rugby Sevens World Series. They will participate in group B, joining Holland, China and Kenia. The qualifying tournament is to feature a total of twelve competitors of whom …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 8): Colombia’s Spectacular Progress
With a population of 46.7 million Colombia is the fourth most populated country in the Americas with only the populations of the USA, Brazil and Mexico being larger. Those three have all regularly come up as being key markets by World Rugby in their strategic plans with the central reason …
Read More »Up and Under
The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams on the weekend. UP Uruguay History was made in Montevideo on Saturday as Los Teros defeated the Argentina XV 30-26 in what was the first ever …
Read More »Venezuela and Colombia draw 2015 Series
Los Tucanes se responded to Friday’s loss by completing a 45-15 win over Los Criollos in the second round of the international series disputed in Cordero. Also in action were the Venezuelan Bravos who defeated Los Cafeteros of Colombia 19-17. Lastly the Venezuelan u18’s defeated their counterparts 25-10. The fixtures …
Read More »Venezuela complete last gasp 24-22 win over Colombia
In an electrifying match played at the estadio de Cordero in Edo. Táchira Venezuela completed a 24-22 win. The exciting match saw the lead change hands five times. A try to fullback Larry Brito which was converted by Jerús Contreras gave Venezuela the win on fulltime. In other matches involved in …
Read More »Peru to host 2015 South American B Championship
A week after the Rugby World Cup 2015 final the 5th-9th ranked South American countries will gather in Lima, Peru to contest this year’s South American B Championship. The four team competition will be played at Colegio Markham de Lima. Organized by Sudamérica Rugby in conjunction with the Federación Peruana de Rugby (Peruvian Rugby …
Read More »Colombia to host South American B U18’s
The Estadio Federico Serrano Soto Riohacha in La Guajira, Colombia has been selected in conjunction with the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (Colombian Rugby Federation – FCR) as the host venue for the upcoming Sudamericano Juvenil B, or South American Under 18 B championship. Participating in the tournament will be Sudamérica Rugby members Peru …
Read More »Colombia Investing in Academies to boost Rugby
With the objective of improving the conditioning of Colombian rugby representative teams in international competition the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (Colombian Rugby Federation – FRC) is investing in academies with the goal of improved performances. The governing body has identified the following as being of vital importance to Colombian rugby: 2016 …
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