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Paraguay Name Roster for Rio

Paraguay’s national women’s Rugby Sevens side, Las Yakarés are preparing for the upcoming Suramericano this weekend in Rio de Janeiro. Paraguay will be joined by seven other competing countries from throughout South America in what is a preparation tournament for Brazil to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Taking place this weekend …

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Up and Under

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. UP Brazil No prizes for guessing who gets named first in this week’s edition of Up and Under. Brazil completed the biggest upset …

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Chile vs Uruguay ARC 2016 – Full Match

Round four of the Americas Rugby Championship kicked-off in Santiago on Saturday with Chile playing host to Uruguay at the Parque Mahuida. Los Teros completed a second win of the ARC, a 23-20 over Los Cóndores to tie Canada in third position with one round left to play. Both countries sit on 10 points, …

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Brazil vs USA ARC 2016 – Full Match

History was made in São Paulo on Saturday as Brazil faced the USA for the first time ever. It saw the world’s 16th best country, on rankings, playing away to the much lower ranked Brazil who entered the match ranked 42nd in the world. The result of the match sees …

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Uruguay defeat Georgia in u20s match

Uruguay’s junior side, Los Teritos, completed a memorable weekend of international results for the country, defeating Georgia in an under 20’s match in Montevideo this afternoon. The fixture was the third match of Georgia’s South American tour following two outings against Los Pumitas in Argentina. Los Teritos’ 21-19 hard-fought win …

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Americas Rankings – February 28 2016

Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend and they have all been effected. While no team has risen or fallen in the Americas Rankings there have been changes in points which see Brazil and Uruguay gaining superior rankings points at the expense …

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Brazil claims historic win over USA

Brazil has notched the first big upset of the newly minted Americas Rugby Championship as they upended the USA 24-23 at home. The 42nd ranked Brazil used spirited play to take down the 16th ranked USA in an improbable win. With their victory, Brazil has stamped their mark on the …

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