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Player Numbers Pass 500,000 in South America Rugby

In an open letter posted on the Sudamérica Rugby website the organization’s President Carlos Barbieri proclaimed that player numbers have now passed the 500,000 mark in South America Rugby. “we have exceeded half-a-million players throughout the region and we were the second World Rugby region in terms of the Get Into Rugby …

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Estadio La Pintana to host Chile vs Canada

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The Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in Santiago, Chile, will play host to Canada when they face Los Condores in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Originally slated for Saturday, March 5, a Chilean media source has indicated that the match has now been moved to Sunday, March …

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ARN Try of the Year 2015

This year is moving quickly already, so it’s time we wrapped up last year’s awards. Let’s fire it up again with our picks for Try of the Year. Inevitably the majority come from the World Cup, but there is room for a little sevens, especially some magic from the first …

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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 Glendale Raptors and Legends Cup The Glendale Raptors came out victorious over the Seattle Saracens on aggregate to win the Legends Cup. …

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Match officials for ARC announced

Five referees from four countries will take charge of matches in the re-vamped Americas Rugby Championship. Two from Argentina, and one each from Canada, USA, and Uruguay have been appointed to the six-team competition that kicks off on February 6. Each referee has been assigned three of the 15 total …

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Hands On! with Paul Healy

Less than two months out from the start of the new Americas Rugby Championship, Chile’s head coach resigned. In the latest edition of Hands On!, Americas Rugby News caught up with Paul Healy, the former head coach of Los Condores, to give readers a first-hand account of why he stepped …

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Haiti Rugby unveils Executive Committee

Earlier this week the Fédération Haïtienne de rugby took an important step forward into being fully integrated into the international rugby community. With Haiti Rugby unveiling an executive Committee the union of the Caribbean nation is closer to becoming a future member of Americas Rugby North. Presently the entity still …

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