Guatemala hammered El Salvador in what was the country’s first test match of 2017. Played at the Estadio del Ejército in Guatemala City, Los Jaguares were far too strong for Los Torogoces as they won by a record margin of 114-0. The fixture was for the Copa Herman Arrua 2017. …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. This week saw an unusually high volume of stories which transpires into a larger selection than normal. UP Canada Women Are they up? …
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An agreement between Venezuela and Uruguay sees the unions united and working together. Put into action together with the assistance of Sudamérica Rugby, the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay (URU) and Federación Venezolana de Rugby (FVR) have the ambition of capitalizing on and achieving notable improvement from different athletes under …
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The 2017-2018 season is just around the corner. Teams from the Aviva Premiership, Top 14, Guinness Pro 14 and lower divisions have all begun their activities. This has included game time for Americas players in pre-season matches. A rematch between last season’s Top 14 Final saw Toulon facing Clermont on Friday. …
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Los Pumas are presently en route to Johannesburg. The Argentine national side will face South Africa in the opening round of the 2017 Rugby Championship next Saturday. It will be the second match following the opener in Sydney, Australia earlier in the day as the Wallabies host New Zealand. Below …
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Uruguayan pair Franco Lamanna and Agustín Ormaechea have signed new professional contracts in France. Lamanna departs Pro Recco of the Italy’s Serie A to join Mazamétain of Fédérale 2, while Ormaechea will spend the 2017-18 season with Strasbourg in Fédérale 1 after leaving the Stade Montois and the Pro D2 …
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Former US Eagles captain Chris Wyles will lead Saracens in a pre-season friendly against the USA Islanders select side on Thursday. The ‘Atlantic Cup’ match takes place at the National Stadium in Devonshire, Bermuda, with kickoff slated for 7:30pm local time. Lining up for the European champions are a host …
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Guatemala is preparing for this year’s international competition. The Central American republic will compete in Costa Rica from August 27 to September 03. While Guatemala faced Ecuador in South American B Championship repechage in 2016 there will be no such fixture this year. Instead Ecuador has decided against competing and …
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History will be made in 2017 as Nicaragua joins the South American C Championship. The addition of the Central American Republic ensures that the competition will have four teams this year. Nicaragua joins Guatemala, Panama and, hosts, Costa Rica. El Salvador have dropped out of competing in the 2017 tournament. …
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Colombia and Peru are to host the 2017 South American B Championship in October. This year’s edition will see a decrease of participants from four to three. Not competing is Ecuador who opted to drop out of this year’s competition. Without Ecuador the competition will include Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. …
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