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There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – October 02 2016 sees changes to a host of countries. Despite losing by 19 points at home Argentina remains well out in front on 80,93 points. Los Pumas will have a strong opportunity at …

Venezuela enjoyed a dream start to their South American B Championship campaign, defeating Peru 33-8 this afternoon. A solid first half effort laid the foundation for victory. After a scoreless opening quarter Venezuela opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. A penalty from fly half Roberto Schaefer was cancelled out …

The 2016 South American B Championship is underway. In the opening fixture Colombia ran riot against Ecuador, winning 75-5. Colombia’s impressive win was by 13 tries to 1. It was also a game in which Colombia demonstrated vastly superior discipline. Ecuador’s problems saw four different players yellow carded. Captain Sebastián …

Old Christians are the champions of Uruguay. The Montevideo club defeated rivals Old Boys 14-11 in the national club final on Saturday. For Old Christians it was a day for the history books. The Blues won the three titles: first division, intermediate and pre-intermediate. In the first division final Old …

Head Coach Daniel Hourcade named a 28-man roster for Argentina’s final match of the Rugby Championship. Los Pumas will make history by playing against Australia in London, England on October 8. Added to the roster are Santiago García Botta, Marcos Kremer, and Manuel Montero. All three trained with Los Pumas …

Mexico have claimed the Rugby Americas North title with a comprehensive 32-3 win over Guyana in Coyoacán, Mexico City, on Saturday afternoon. In doing so they also push on to the next round of the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, where they will play the winner of the South American ‘B’ …

In front of a packed Vélez Sarsfield New Zealand outclassed Argentina. A bruising period of twelve minutes proved the difference as New Zealand’s might saw them score four tries in quick time. The final score of 36-17 underlines the strength of the All Blacks. The scoring got underway after three minutes. …

The 2016 South American B Championship will get underway this weekend. On Sunday afternoon in Lima, Peru two matches are to take place. First up will be Colombia vs Ecuador. The match will see the 2015 champions facing the team that finished bottom. Having been winless Ecuador entered repechage, facing …

San Diego Breakers head coach Ray Egan will take a young squad to Montevideo for the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge tournament. Of the 26 players only 10 have senior test caps with none reaching double digits. Joe Taufete’e is the most capped with 7 and the sole representative from the …

All tickets to Saturday’s international match in Buenos Aires have been sold. The round five Rugby Championship match between Argentina and New Zealand is officially a sell out. The fixture is to be Argentina’s fourth home Rugby Championship match against New Zealand. The prior three matches took place in 2012, …