Colombia

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 With three wins from as many matches Los Tucanes won the South American B Championship. Colombia now march on to face …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following round two of the South American B Championship. The updated Americas Rankings – October 09 2016 sees a rise for Peru. Argentina remains well out on top in the Americas. The South Americans nonetheless have taken a hit. Saturday’s loss to Australia sees …

Colombia march on in Rugby World Cup qualifying. Los Tucanes 35-10 win over Venezuela sets up a Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier against Mexico in the next round. For Los Tucanes the result was expected. Getting there, though, was by no means easy. It took a lot of concentration and discipline. …

Week 8 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, …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following round two of the South American B Championship. The updated Americas Rankings – October 07 2016 see Colombia rising and Peru falling. Colombia’s 41-14 win over hosts Peru lifts Los Tucanes from 46.51 to 47.09 rankings points. With it Colombia extends its lead over Mexico …

A strong second round performance from Colombia saw Los Tucanes downing Peru in the South American B Championship this afternoon. The 41-14 win has seen Colombia set up a winner-takes-all final against Venezuela on Saturday. A dominant opening half gave Los Tucanes a 31-07 lead. The first saw Colombia putting …

Venezuela made it two from two in RWC Qualifiers this afternoon, defeating Ecuador 52-10. The win sets up a winner-takes-all fixture against Colombia this coming Saturday. In a game featuring nine tries Venezuela scored seven of them. The first of which came after just four minutes. Second-rower Luis Lopez went …

It’s quite a spread of players in our weekly selection, with five countries represented by players found in action around the globe. A sub-par showing by the Pumas left the door open for a couple players who have never before featured in the select side. Big wins for Mexico and …

Colombian Andrés Zafra Tarazona has been named in Lyon’s roster for the European Challenge Cup. The  20-year-old is now on the verge of becoming his country’s first ever player to play European rugby. The 110kg and 1,95m second-rower joined Lyon from Colombia ahead of the 2016-2017 Top 14 season. This …

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 Los Tucanes are a team going places. Colombia’s desire to win promotion out of the South American B Championship was on show …