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Holiday break? No such thing in the Aviva Premiership! The flogging continues as Round 12 squeezes in just before New Years with a couple days of Christmas fit in early in the week for a few lucky ones. With traditional powerhouses Saracens, Leicester, and Northampton struggling, it’s the likes of …

Chile will send their strongest available side to contest the Punta del Este 7s. The first leg of the Sudamérica series kicks off on January 6, with the team departing for Uruguay on January 3. Representing the Cóndores will be a host of test players mixed with top sevens exponents. …

Having already qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, Argentina will cast their net further for the second leg of the Sudamérica Sevens series. The young, experimental side selected for the first leg in Punta del Este will see three changes for in Viña del Mar. Severiano …

As ever there was no shortage of memorable tries scored by Americas players in 2017. After scouring hours of game tape and subjecting our brains to replay after replay, we’ve come up with a short list of our favorites from international rugby over the past 12 months. The Americas Rugby …

Americas Rugby News would like to wish all of our readers a happy holiday season! Once again it’s been a busy year in the rugby world, rugby across the Americas continues to grow at a rapid rate and 2018 promises to be the biggest year yet. The Americas Rugby Championship …

Brazil has named a 12-man squad to take part in the upcoming Sudamérica Sevens Series. With two spots in the Rugby World Cup Sevens up for grabs, the team can’t take any chances with Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, and Paraguay also in the mix. The top two between the five South …

The French Pro D2 steps into the second half of the season with Montauban on top of the table and odds-on favorites for promotion. Grenoble have moved into second place after defeating Bayonne 28-23 in the only game on Thursday evening. Argentine prop Juan Pablo Orlandi and Chilean lock Pablo …

Marcelo Torrealba has been named the Chilean Rugby Player of the Year for 2017 by the independent Chilean Circle of Sports Journalists. The 21-year-old playmaker received the prestigious ‘Cóndor de Oro’ award in a ceremony on Tuesday evening. Rugby is one of 50 sports recognized by the organization. Torrealba was …

A new annual competition for Americas nations outside the Americas Rugby Championship will begin in August 2018. As initially reported in August of this year, the new tournament will provide regular fixtures for developing nations outside their regular regional competitions. World Rugby Vice-Chairman and Americas Rugby President Agustin Pichot confirmed …

Referees from six different national unions have been appointed to take charge of the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship. All but one match will be adjudicated by officials from the Americas. Andrew Brace of Ireland will take charge of the tourney opener which will double as the first leg of the …