Ben Cima has done it again. The All-American flyhalf landed a long-range penalty goal on full-time to break a deadlock against Uruguay, earning JD Stephenson’s team the win and 5th place overall. While their tournament standing has not met their hopes going in, they will be pleased to end on …
Read More »Dominican Republic Notch up win over Curaçao
Rugby’s continued expansion in the Americas took on added meaning on Friday as Caribbean nation the Dominican Republic notched up a win over Curaçao. The 32-12 victory saw the two nations playing for the ‘Copa Dominico-Curazoleña de Rugby’. With the presence of Pablo Septién, of Rugby Americas North and the …
Read More »Uruguay Overpower Paraguay in Asunción
Following their opening round win over Brazil in São Paulo Uruguay made it two from two as Los Teros overpowered Paraguay in Asunción this afternoon. In defeating Los Yakarés 60-15 the Uruguayans are now the odds-on favorites to win the South American A Championship. As big as the final scoreline …
Read More »All-Americans named to face Uruguay
JD Stephenson has made three changes to his Junior All-American side to face Uruguay in the 5th place match of the World Rugby u20 Trophy on Sunday. The disappointment of what might have been will need to be left aside after a pair of two-point losses knocked them out of …
Read More »Brazil and Chile Draw in São Paulo
Brazil and Chile competed to a 20-20 draw in the second round South American ‘A’ Championship match in São Paulo this afternoon. Despite outscoring the visitors by three tries to two Brazil’s inaccurate goal kicking saw no winner. As was the case against Uruguay one week earlier, Brazil had an …
Read More »PRO Week 3 – San Diego vs Denver
Two undefeated teams will go head-to-head at Torero Stadium on Sunday, as Denver take their California road show to San Diego. The visitors sit atop the freshly minted standings with two wins from two, while the home team showed real attacking prowess in their inaugural outing against Sacramento a week …
Read More »PRO Week 3 – Ohio vs San Francisco
Round 3 of the PRO Rugby season sees another historic first for the competition. The upcoming Sunday tilt at Memorial Park in Obetz marks the first home match for the Ohio franchise. Despite the fact that it is only Week 3, it is an important match as only one of …
Read More »Los Teros change five for Paraguay
Uruguay have made five changes to their starting side to play Paraguay tomorrow in Asunción during the second round of the South American ‘A’ Championship. Los Teros will look to build on their impressive 36-14 win over Brazil last weekend ahead of the crucial third-round tie against Chile on May …
Read More »Brazil secure home games against Kenya and Guyana
Brazil has secured home games in against Kenya and Guyana in June, the CBRu confirmed on Thursday. Brazil previously faced Kenya in a test match in Dubai in 2011. The Africans won the match 27-25. The Brazilians are to play both Kenya and northern neighbors Guyana in the country’s northern state of Amapá, …
Read More »Smith to captain Brazil vs Chile
Number 8 Nick Smith will captain Brazil in Saturday’s home international against Chile in São Paulo. The SPAC back-rower will have the honor of leading the team in a South American A Championship match at the Estadio Pacaembu, São Paulo’s stadium used for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The fixture …
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