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The Cayman Islands will make be the fourth team at the Americas Rugby Challenge later this year as they recorded a one-sided 58-14 win over Guyana in George Town on Saturday afternoon. Picture-perfect conditions set the stage for a spectacle of attacking rugby as the fans were treated to a …

Colombia, Mexico, and Paraguay will all watch with interest as the Cayman Islands take on Guyana on Saturday. The fixture is a winner-takes-all match for the 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge. Guyana competed in the inaugural edition of the competition in 2018 and must now defeat the Caymans to return again …

Sergio Parisse will lead an altered Italian side against Wales in Rome on Saturday. The Argentine-Italian will again play at n8 though Head Coach Conor O’Shea has gone for changes from last weekend. O’Shea has moved Michele Campagnaro from wing back to his natural position of outside center. The left …

SANZAAR have trimmed their number of referees from 17 to 15 for the 2019 Super Rugby season. The officials included include six from New Zealand; five from South Africa; three from Australia; and one from Argentina. Included are newcomers AJ Jacobs (South Africa), and Damon Murphy (Australia). They join Egon …

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 Uruguay Few would have dared suggest that the creation of the Americas Rugby Championship would see Uruguay mounting a four-test winning …

Test match rugby got underway for 2019 this weekend. In round one of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) there were two matches counting towards the Americas and World Rankings. The big winner was Uruguay. Los Teros’ miraculous 14-man win over Canada sees the teams trading 0.31 rankings points. For Uruguay …

Records are made to be broken and today a long-standing one equalized. Since long before retiring, following RWC 2003, Ireland’s Keith Wood has held the World Record for the most test tries scored by a hooker or a prop. In October 2001 Wood scored his 12th test try to match …

Sergio Parisse is set to overtake Brian O’Driscoll’s appearance record in the Six Nations. In his 66th tournament appearance the Argentine born Italian captain will start at no 8 for Italy’s away match against Scotland on Saturday. Head Coach Conor O’Shea has named Parisse in a forwards pack also featuring …

With the controversial events of 2018 the issue of eligibility and Foreign-Born Players remains a hot topic. The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship will involve players who qualified for a country other than that which they were born in. With widespread use of nationalizing players via Regulation 8, World Rugby extended residency …

In May 2017 World Rugby changed player eligibility, making it much harder for a player to qualify via residency. In no small part was the change of extending residency laws from three years to five a response to the share number of foreign-born players to have played Six Nations rugby in the …