Guatemala

Rugby gained a new test-match playing country this past weekend as Honduras played for the first time, hosting north-western neighbors Guatemala on Saturday. Wearing blue uniforms and playing at the Estadio Municipal of Las Vegas, Santa Barbara Honduras made a respectable start, losing 25-7. Honduras Head Coach Matthew Harper told Americas Rugby …

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 Aaron Carpenter The former Canadian captain has worn the skipper’s armband for the past two weeks for Cornish Pirates, and led …

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 …

The Central American republics of Guatemala and El Salvador met earlier today in a warm-up fixture for the upcoming South American C Championship to be played in El Salvador next month. Joining Guatemala and El Salvador in the four-nations tournament will be Costa Rica and Panama. With the Copa Hermãn Arrua …

Honduras is to become the newest member of the global rugby family on November 28. On this date Honduras will playb test match rugby for the first time in history, taking on north-western neighbors, Guatemala in an official inernational match sanctioned bu Sudamérica Rugby. The fixture will be played at the …

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 …

Los Tucanes are the 2015 South American B Rugby Champions. The Colombian men’s national team went undefeated throughout the Four Nations tournament to complete a third consecutive tournament victory and set up a repechage play-off against Brazil, the bottom placed side from the 2015 South American A Championship. With Colombia having completed …

The Federación Hondureña de Rugby (Honduras Rugby Federation – FRC) have confirmed the lineup for the upcoming international match against Guatemala. Honduras will face Guatemala on November 28 in a home test match at Las Vegas, Santa Barbara. Head Coach Matthew Harper has named his lineup for the match but is …

Following the Rugby World Cup Semi Finals results a headline in the New Zealand Herald declared that the tournament was to have the Dream Final, that being New Zealand vs Australia. Putting ability aside I found myself taken by just how little of a dream it is to have two previous …