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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 …

Jamaica head coach Steve Lewis has named a 13-man traveling squad for the upcoming World Rugby Challenger Series. The Crocs will be competing in a pool of 16 teams at the Viña del Mar and Punta del Este tournaments with a spot at the Hong Kong Sevens on the line …

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 …

International competition is underway for 2020. In the first match of the year Jamaica defeated Gibraltar in a thriller, winning 17-15 at Europa Point on Saturday afternoon. The home side, Gibraltar, started strongly. Fly half, Benn Morris landed a 15th minute penalty to open the scoring. Five minutes later he …

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 …

The Americas Rankings for November 17 2019 take into account Saturday’s test match between Chile and Portugal. The match brought to a conclusion Portugal’s two match tour of South America. In game one Portugal fell to a narrow defeat against Brazil. The outcome of that match brought with it a …

Mike Petri will return for a second season of Major League Rugby. The former US Eagles scrumhalf headlines a second group of returning players confirmed by Rugby United New York. Also named are prop James Rochford, second row Trevor Cassidy, and outside backs Mike St. Claire and Connor Wallace-Sims. Petri …

Following the completion of international competition for the week the Americas Rankings have been recalculated. The November 10 2019 edition of the Americas Rankings see a gain for Brazil. Os Tupis played host to Portugal in São Paulo on Saturday. The home side’s 26-24 victory saw Brazil obtaining a 1.049 …