Brazilian professional rugby celebrated their most significant win in its five year history. Os Cobras were deserved 25-19 winners over Peñarol in Montevideo on Friday. Os Cobras’ glory comes with Peñarol in a serious crisis; the reigning Super Rugby Americas Champions have 2 wins and 5 losses this season. The …
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English Premiership side Gloucester defeated Welsh region the Ospreys on Friday. The match was a European Challenge Cup Quarter Final. The 23-13 victory featured 18 points from Puma Santiago Carreras. The play-maker from Córdoba played at fullback for Gloucester. His 18 points came in the form of six penalties. Carreras …
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Super Rugby Americas leaders Pampas play host to Yacare on Friday. The match sees two of the form teams of the competition batting it out in Buenos Aires. Los Pampas are running red-hot while Yacare are coming off a break following an upset road defeat against the Raptors in Colorado. …
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Argentina will play twelve rugby test matches in 2024. This is the same number as in 2021, 2022 and in 2023. As in the tears outside of Rugby World Cups the fixtures will come in three varieties: (i) July Internationals, (ii) Rugby Championship and (iii) November Internationals. July will begin …
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Con el objetivo de mejorar el Súper Rugby Américas, elevar el tiempo de balón en juego, preservar la competitividad y reforzar el respeto, el Board del SRA aprobó una serie de modificaciones y reafirmaciones reglamentarias. Estas modificaciones se dan previa a la octava fecha, en el punto medio del torneo. …
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Colombians have joined Super Rugby Americas 2024. April sees the number of Colombians in the South American league increasing from one to six. These players are spread across three different teams in the competition. Yacare and Peñarol both now have two Colombians each on their rosters. Yacare welcomes center / …
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Uruguay have a new Head Coach. After a lengthily search, the URU have name Argentine Rodolfo Ambrosio as the new coach of Los Teros. Ambrosio replaces Esteban Meneses who was in charge of Uruguay from 2016-2023. The 62-year-old is well known in South American Rugby. Ambrosio coached Brazil during the …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP USA Women claim Silver in Hong Kong The USA Women’s Eagles won Silver at the Hong Kong Sevens. The North …
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The USA Women’s Eagles won Silver at the Hong Kong Sevens. The North Americans fell to New Zealand in the final. The 36-7 win underlined what was an impressive campaign from the tournament winners. Michaela Blyde scored a hat-trick in the final for New Zealand. I gave the champions a …
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Saturday’s Super Rugby Americas 2024 fixture will see Os Cobras at home against Los Pampas. Both teams are fresh after the Easter Break. The Brazilian side are chasing their second win of the season while the visitors from Buenos Aires are looking to remain in the top two. CURRENT STANDINGS …
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