Colombia

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 …

With Andrés Zafra in the starting line-up, Agen were 23-22 winners got over Bayonne. The Colombian wore the number 4 shirt as he packed down in the second-row. He was joined by new recuit, Argentine prop Jerónimo Negrotto who was a 57th minute replacement. The result was a massive boost to …

After considerable delay, the match schedule for the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby has been confirmed. As per the tournament launch in November, five teams will compete in the main competition with a sixth – Cafeteros Pro from Colombia – to play two exhibition games in May. The league …

World Rugby have confirmed the pools and match schedule of the first stop on the inaugural Challenger Sevens Series. Created as a second tier development tool for the World Sevens Series, the first tournament will be held over two days in Viña del Mar, Chile, beginning on February 15. There …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Jamaica International competition is underway for 2020. In the first match of the year, Jamaica traveled to Europe and returned home with …

The calendar of international competition for Americas Rugby has been unveiled by Sudamérica Rugby. The annual competition included marks an expansion which will see 2020 being the busiest yet on record for the Americas. In total more than twenty different official competitions are to be played. Included are Sudamérica Rugby …

Every year we seem to say the same thing – “this was the biggest ever for rugby in the Americas” – and this was no exception. In fact we will boldly predict that 2020 is even bigger. This year could be a tipping point with big names signing on for Major …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Ceibos Argentina’s desire of an expanded player base to add to Los Jaguares is now a reality. Los Ceibos have an …

Colombians Diver Ceballos and Geovanny Carvajal are moving to Uruguay, reports Ignacio Chans. The flanker and center are to join second-rower Danny Giraldo in moving to play for Peñarol from Colombia for the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. The trio are all internationally capped players for Los Tucanes. …