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Americas Rankings – March 13 2016

With there being no international competition in the Americas this weekend there are no changes to the Americas Rankings this week. As of March 13 2016 Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, USA, Canada and Uruguay remain ranked one through four in that order. There have, nonetheless, been alterations to …

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Saracens win Premiership match in New Jersey

The first ever Aviva Premiership match outside of England saw Saracens defeating London Irish 26-16 at New Jersey’s Red Bull Arena this afternoon. Played in front of a crowd of 14,811 people the official attendance approached double that of today’s Super Rigby fixture in Singapore between the Sunwolves and Cheetahs. The Super …

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Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 18

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The Six Nations will be capturing most of the spotlight in Europe this weekend. Most, that is, but not all. The Top 14 will be rolling-on with week 18 seeing a host of matches involving players from the Americas. Kicking-off the round will be today’s only fixture with Toulouse playing host to …

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Uruguay to play 9 Further Test Matches in 2016

Uruguay is to play 9 Further Test Matches in 2016, it has been confirmed by Ignacio Chans writing for Referi. Los Teros have already played four test matches for three wins, defeating Brazil 22-29, Chile 23-20 and the USA 29-25 in the Americas Rugby Championship. South American A Championship  First up …

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Americas Players in Pro D2 – Week 22

The Americas will have at least 16 players in action over the weekend in the French Pro D2. With Mont-de-Marsan due to play on Sunday, both Agustín Ormaechea and Carlos Muzzio could feature and increase that total. Already done and dusted is Thursday’s game at Narbonne, where Takudzwa Ngwenya scored …

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Durutalo starts vs Cheetahs in Singapore

USA Eagles forward Andrew Durutalo will start in the back-row for the Sunwolves in Singapore this Saturday. The Japanese Super Rugby franchise is to play against South African franchise the Cheetahs in the first 2016 fixture to be played in neutral country territory. The starting lineup named by Head Coach …

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ARC Team of the Week

The Americas Rugby Championship wrapped up this past weekend which means it’s time for our last weekly selection of this year’s tournament. Of course there is still our ARC Dream Team to come early next week. Might some of the players below find themselves in our best of the tournament …

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Uruguay Qualifying Tournament Begins

With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship having come to a close Uruguay’s qualifying Tournament is now set to begin. Kicking-off on Saturday March 12 the tournament will consist of eleven teams, of whom six will go on to play in the elite level national tournament, the Campeonato Uruguayo. In addition to the …

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Brazil Roster for Vancouver Sevens

This coming Saturday and Sunday Brazil will be one of four countries from the Americas competing at the inaugural Canadian leg of the Sevens World Series in Vancouver. The Brazilians will join Argentina, the USA and hosts, Canada in the sixteen-team tournament. The Tupis roster for the Vancouver Sevens features …

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