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The Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrósio has named his roster for tonight’s home international against Germany in Blumenau. In what is to be the first of a two-test series the countries will meet for the first time in history on a rugby field. The Argentine coach has gone for a …

Kicking-off round 9 of the French Top 14 will be Montpellier vs La Rochelle and the visitors will be fielding a northern-Argentine product, Leandro Cedaro. The second-rower will start the fixture and will be looking for a fine performance to continue pressing for a return to the Italian test team. …

Brazilian women’s rugby player Paula Ishibashi has won the prestigious award as best Rugby Player of 2015, as determined by the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (Brazilian Olympic Committee – COB). Ishibashi plays for São Paulo club side SPAC and is considered as being one of her country’s best players. She was a medalist …

The national men’s Brazilian rugby team, the Tupis are in Blumenau, Santa Catarina preparing to face Germany this coming Saturday. The fixture is to be the first of two test matches with the second taking place in São Paulo on Friday December 04. The 29 athletes selected by Argentine Head …

The British Embassy is seeking to capitalize on the success of the recent Rugby World Cup. With the objective of promoting culture and rugby in El Salvador has organized a donation campaign for the Federación Salvadoreña de Rugby. More than 20 boxes weighing more than 307kg have been taken to …

New American-based professional rugby startup PRO Rugby, officially unveiled just a couple weeks ago by CEO Doug Schoninger, has posted an application form for international talent. While the league has confirmed two California-based teams – Sacramento and San Francisco – with Denver, among others, almost certain to follow, no coaches or …

Many people, myself included, have put forward the idea of Rugby World Cups expanding from the current 20-team format to one of 24. The central argument behind the change is that there are teams just as good as some of those at Rugby World Cups who miss out. Uruguay Passes the …

The latest edition of the Seven de la Unión de Rugby del Uruguay (URU Sevens) was played this past weekend with 12 of the country’s clubs competing for the title. Played at the national rugby stadium, the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo on Saturday Old Boys overcame Old Christians to claim the …

Temuco club Rucamanque are the Chilean national women’s Rugby Sevens champions. The team coached by Cristián Isla defeated Old Red 10-7  and Stade Français 31-0 to seal the Cup title. Played at CARR de FERUCHI at the Parque Mahuida de La Reina the competition brought together the top teams from throughout Chile. The …

The schedule for the 2015-16 HSBC Women’s World Rugby Sevens Series (WSWS) has been released, and as of now the circuit has been shortened to only four legs. Two of the host cities from last season, London and Amsterdam, are absent from the current schedule. Though there has been no …