Nicaragua

Nicaragua Rugby has achieved Federation status. The Federacion Nicaraguense de Rugby is now an official acknowledged governing body. The feat is a critical development in the expansion of the sport throughout Central America. It marks an important step in Nicaragua following regional countries in obtaining World Rugby membership. Guatemala was …

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 …

The Americas Rankings for October 27 2019 take into consideration international competition involving the Americas from the past week. This means that there is one match in question – St Vincent and the Grenadines vs St Lucia from Saturday. St Lucia were 53-26 winners in the contest. They entered the …

The completion of the pool stage of RWC 2019 marks the end of the tournament for the Americas. Argentina, Canada, Uruguay, and the USA were all eliminated at the pool stage with Australia, England, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and Wales securing the eight Quarter Finals placings. Of …

As of today, October 06 2019 there are eight days remaining of the pool stage of Rugby World Cup 2019. Today is a match day with Namibia facing New Zealand and France taking-on Tonga. Neither match has implications for the Americas Rankings. Involvement of Americas countries concluded for the week …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend the Americas Rankings have been recalculated. The September 22 2019 edition is the first ever featuring Bolivia. Like all teams in the rankings Bolivia began with a ranking of 30.00 points. The debut of Bolivia in test match rugby was a 109-0 …

The Americas Rankings – September 14 edition have been updated following the completion of international competition this weekend. Competing in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic were two Caribbean sides in a Rugby Americas North (RAN) North Cup fixture between the 35th and 36th placed sides in the rankings. The Dominican Republic would …

The Americas Rankings – September 08 2019 mark the final edition of the RWC 2015-2019 cycle involving competition teams in the competition. The current edition of the rankings takes into account the USA’s 20-15 away win over Canada in Vancouver on Saturday. The match result sees the teams exchanging 0.243 …

With it now being September 01 2019 it is officially now the month in which RWC 2019 begins. In 20 days time the World Cup in Japan will feature twenty competitors, four of which are from the Americas. The rankings of all will be impacted. The Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) …

In a busy week the Americas Rankings have been updated for a second time. This is due to round two of the Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) having been completed and with round three, and other internationals, to follow this coming weekend. Colombia went 2-0 up in the ARCh on Wednesday. …