Japan defeated Uruguay 5-0 in the final of the Montevideo Challenger Series. The outcome means that Japan and Chile are the two countries to have claimed the qualifying places in the next round of the World Sevens Series. Played on Saturday and Sunday at the Estadio Charrúa, Los Teros 7’s …
Read More »Montevideo Challenger Series: Chile, Jamaica and Uruguay into Quarter Finals
Day One of the Montevideo Challenger Series saw mixed results from the Americas’ competitors. Not he one hand, Chile, Jamaica and Uruguay all impressed and will compete in the Quarter Finals on Sunday. On the other hand, Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay all lost all three of their matches. In Pool …
Read More »Pools for Sevens Challenger Series: Montevideo
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 …
Read More »Germany are champions at Viña del Mar’s Challenger Series
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 …
Read More »Benetton Re-sign Tomás Baravalle Until 2022
Pro 14 side, Benetton have confirmed the re-signing of Tomás Baravalle. The Treviso based club has confirmed that the Argentine hooker will remain at the Italian side until 2022. The contract sees the former Argentina XV player securing his longterm future in an elite-level competition. In what was his first …
Read More »Canada book Italy for July in Halifax
Canada will play Italy in Halifax on the July 11 weekend, likely at Wanderers Grounds though the venue is yet to be confirmed. The fixture is the second match set for the new test window which has been shifted from June. A non-test against the French Barbarians will be played …
Read More »RWC Rewind: Canada vs Italy 2003
Canada and Italy have a rivalry at the Rugby World Cup. Japan 2019 unfortunately did not see a close contest between the two. 16 years earlier, however, the North Americans competed strongly, pushing the Azzurri to the limit. The match was decided by goal kicking as Canada matched Italy for …
Read More »Italy Call Up Argentina XV Center Juan Ignacio Brex
The dream of playing test match rugby is close to being realized by Juan Ignacio Brex. The 27-year-old has been called up by Italy to prepare for the upcoming Six Nations Championship. Brex joins fellow Argentine player, and captain, Sergio Parisse on the roster. The N8 will retire from international …
Read More »Chile, Uruguay host World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Chile, and Uruguay are to host the new World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. The competition will begin in February 2020 and see South American hosting legs in Viña del Mar and Montevideo. The men’s Sevens Challenger Series will consist of 13 teams from all six of the World Rugby defined …
Read More »Argentina to host France and Italy in July 2020
Argentina are to play host to France and Italy in the July 2020 Internationals. The home series will be the first time for Los Pumas to play test rugby since their early exit from RWC 2019. France will tour Argentina, competing against the South Americans in a two match series. …
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