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The pools have been confirmed for this coming weekend’s Seven Challenge Series: Montevideo. Sixteen teams will compete in four pools on February 22-23 at the Estadio Charrúa, South America’s premier rugby-specific facility. All four pools contain competitors from the Americas. In Pool A hosts Uruguay are to face Mexico, Papua …

Germany are the champions of the first leg of the World Rugby Challenger Series. The central Europeans won the Rugby Sevens tournament this past weekend at the Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar, Chile. Sixteen countries were involved in the tournament, which is officially the Tier 2 version of the …

Chile were the best of the Americas on day one of the Sevens Challenger Series in Viña del Mar. Los Cóndores were victorious in all of their three matches today, while Zimbabwe were second placed in the pool with wins over Brazil and Mexico. The day one results see Chile …

Two teams who suffered opening round losses will attempt to swivel their fortunes around in the second match of the Major League Rugby Vegas Weekend. Rugby United New York were completely undone by the Free Jacks at Sam Boyd while the Gilgronis suffered a similar fate opposite the Arrows in …

Argentina, Colombia and Mexico are set to compete in the upcoming Women’s Sevens Challenger Series. Taking place in March in Stellenbosch, South Africa, the two South American countries will be competing for places on the Women’s Sevens Series circuit. Joining Argentina, Colombia an Mexico in the tournament will be Belgium, …

The New England Free Jacks opened their Major League Rugby accounts with a stunning 34-14 victory over a deflated Rugby United New York in Las Vegas on Sunday. With ATL also triumphant in their debut, two of the three expansion sides emerge from the opening weekend with a winning record. …

Last of the expansion sides to make their regular season debuts are the New England Free Jacks. Their Major League Rugby opener is the start of a classic sporting rivalry against Rugby United New York. It won’t take place in Boston, however, but rather the neutral venue of Las Vegas, …

Julio Giraldo is set to make Major League Rugby history in Las Vegas. The openside flanker will be part of Rugby United New York’s traveling squad for the first two games of the season. Should he make a match appearance, the 24-year-old would be the first Colombian to do so …

As reported by Brazilian rugby experts, Portal do Rugby, Brazil’s national governing body, the CBRu has approved Corinthians for the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. The decision means that at long last, Corinthians is officially going to compete in SLAR and that Brazil now has a professional …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Canada Sevens It’s been a while since Canada’s men have been in the ‘Up’ column but it is thoroughly deserved this …