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Blitzboks players Ryan Oosthuizen, James Murphy and Heino Bezuidenhout, have all been included in South Africa’s roster for Punta de Este. This coming weekend’s international competition in Uruguay is the first of two events of the 2019 Sudamerica Rugby Sevens.  South Africa enter as the reigning champions, having won the …

What a year it was for rugby across the Americas in 2018. Historic victories, individual records, and some truly monumental developments that could shape the regions for years to come. Below we take a chronological look back at the incredible year that was. January 7 – Chile defeat South Africa …

Colombia are to host Argentina for the first time in 2019. The countries will play in Medellín as part of the second edition of the Sudamérica 6 Naciones A. Colombia’s home game is to be against the Argentina XV, the national ‘A’ side of South America’s rugby powerhouse country. Colombia’s …

The 5 Countries Who Booked their Places at RWC 2019 This Year

Just days following the opening of new training facilities in Chile a High Performance program is off the ground in Paraguay. December 27 marks the official launch of Paraguay’s High Performance Rugby system in Asunción. Termed the PROGRAMA DE ALTO RENDIMENTO U.R.P – S.N.D. the program has as its objective …

Americas Rugby News would like to thank each and every one of our readers for another great year. This was our fourth year of being and 2019 was by far our busiest to date. On the social media front we saw close to a 50% increase in our Facebook followers …

Hong Kong will be competing in the 2019 World Rugby Junior World Trophy. Set to take place in Brazil in July, Hong Kong are the third confirmed competitor joining hosts Brazil and the 2018 Junior World Championship relegated Japan. Hong Kong booked their place in the 2019 tournament by beating …

The pools and fixtures have been released for the upcoming Seven Punta. The 2019 competition is to mark 30 years of the competition in Uruguay’s beach resort town of Punta del Este. The 12 competing countries are divided into three pools of four. All three pools have two South American …

The Sudamérica Rugby Sevens circuit is just around the corner. 2019 will kick-off with international competitions in Uruguay and Chile in the beach resort destinations of Punta del Este and Viña del Mar. The two tournaments are to have the representation of six countries from South America – Argentina, Brazil, …

Canada and the USA will play Pacific Nations Cup games in Fiji, World Rugby has confirmed. Taking place in late July and early to mid August the competition will see six Tier 2 countries having vital warm-up matches ahead of RWC 2019. World Rugby have also confirmed that the pools …