Buenos Aires clubs Belgrano, Hindú, and San Luis have booked three of the four Semi Finals spots in the 2018 URBA Top 12. The trio were confirmed as competing in the play-off’s this weekend. After 20 rounds of the regular season they are out of reach of the remaining nine …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 21 2018
The Americas Rankings have been updated for October 21 2018. They have been recalculated to take into account the final round of the Sudamérica 4 Naciones B in Guatemala. The competition was played over three match days with Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Peru being the participants. An unfortunate series of …
Read More »Augspurger, Dolan Reflect on Eagles in 2018
In a recent World Rugby video USA Eagles senior players Nate Augspurger, and Cam Dolan reflected on the Eagles in 2018. The duo have been heavily involved in the rise of the national men’s team in the years following RWC 2019. Coming off a winless campaign in England the Eagles …
Read More »South American U18’s 7’s To Debut in November
Inovation continues in the Americas. The latest project sees the South American U18’s 7’s set to debut in November. Santiago, Chile will play host to the new competition with five countries set to compete in the inaugural Sudamérica Rugby U18’s Men’s competition. Taking to the filed in Santiago will be …
Read More »Central American Women’s in Costa Rica
This weekend sees the 2018 Central American Women’s tournament being played in Costa Rica. The Central American Republic will host the two day Women’s Rugby 7’s tournament on Saturday and Sunday. Taking part are the senior Women’s sides from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panama. The fourth competitor is to be …
Read More »Two Pumas in World XV to face Japan
Two Pumas have been included in the World XV selection to face Japan. No8 Leonardo Senatore and inside center Santiago González Iglesias have been named in the squad to play against Japan in Osaka on Friday October 26. The fixture will be played at the Higashiosaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium. The same …
Read More »Teams ready for Glendale Sevens
All 12 participating teams have now assembled at Infinity Park for the Glendale Sevens, the first stop on the 2018-19 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series. The USA has previously held events on the circuit in Houston, Atlanta, and Las Vegas, but this will be the first time that Colorado has played …
Read More »Challenge Cup – Round 2 Preview
The second week of the European Challenge Cup sees three games played on Friday and seven scheduled for Saturday. Half the matches will feature Americas player. Facundo Bosch will start at hooker for Agen against Benetton Treviso on Friday with Colombian lock Andrés Zafra named on the bench. Former Pumitas …
Read More »Team of the Week
Late but not forgotten! There was a heck of a lot of games to get through over the past week. Two rounds of the Americas Pacific Challenge, the opening weekend of the Challenge and Champions Cups, the final round of the Mitre 10 Cup, plus the usual RFU Championship and …
Read More »Uruguay send World Cup reps to MLR combine
Uruguay will send nine players to the Major League Rugby combine in Glendale next week. Players from Brazil, Chile, and Canada will also be present for the week-long selection camp that will include a trial match for a ‘Rugby Americas XV’ against the Raptors on Saturday, October 27 at Infinity …
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