Peru will take-on north-eastern neighbors Colombia in the South American B Championship Final on Saturday after Los Tumis were too strong for Ecuador this evening in Lima. A 35-0 win saw over Ecuador saw Peru completing back-to-back wins in the South American B Championship to send the bottom seeded Ecuador into …
Read More »Colombia topple Venezuela in Lima
Following an impressive win today in Lima, Peru Colombia are on the verge of retaining the South American B Championship title. Los Tucanes’ 33-5 win over Venezuela today sees Colombia having two wins from as many matches while Venezuela remains winless. Tournament hosts Peru take-on Ecuador in today’s second match. The …
Read More »Team of the Week
We’re one week post-World Cup but that doesn’t mean the rugby stops! It’s not easy to sift through all the pro rugby on offer every week, but we’ll do our best. Here’s our first shot at a form XV for those kicking around the European leagues this past weekend. 1 – …
Read More »Argentina, USA Among the Winners of World Rugby Reform
Both Argentina and the USA are set to be significant benefactors from World Rugby’s announcement that the institution’s governance is to be overhauled. Argentina and Italy are to join the remaining Tier 1 unions of Australia, England, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales in acquiring two votes …
Read More »Up and Under
The 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 Women’s Sevens With Brazil being the host nation of the 2016 Olympic Games and that competition being the inaugural event …
Read More »Peru come back to defeat Venezuela
The host nation of the 2015 South American B Championship, Peru completed a 24-10 win over Venezuela to open their campaign. Los Tumis’ fourteen point win was hard-fought and showed tremendous character after Venezuela had been the better team in the opening half and continued to be so until Peru gained …
Read More »Colombia Overpower Ecuador in South American B Championship
Los Tucanes of Colombia started their South American B Championship campaign in impressive fashion by defeating southern neighbors Ecuador 77-13 this afternoon in Lima, Peru. The fixture was the opening match of this year’s South American B Championship. Also competing are the host nation and Venezuela. Colombia will face both …
Read More »Brazilian Women Impress at Valentín Martínez
Brazil’s Women Rugby Sevens squad took a further step forward in their preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games. Two Brazilian teams were involved in the Valentín Martínez tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay. Such was the dominant performances of Brazil’s two teams that they met in the tournament final at Carrasco Polo …
Read More »Luque and Curda to meet in Paraguay Final
Luque and Curda will meet in the Paraguayan Rugby Championship Final to determine the 2015 national champion. The clubs secured their respective places in the Top 9 final by winning their Semi Finals this weekend. Curda defeated Cristo Rey 40-32 while Luque saw off Santa Clara, winning 28-19.
Read More »Japan Qualify for Rio 2016 Olympics
Rugby’s Asian powerhouse Japan will play in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Japanese secured qualification today by defeating Hong Kong 24-10 in the final of the Asia Rugby Sevens Qualifier. Japan’s path to qualification involved defeating Chinese Taipei, Singapore, China and South Korea in pool play and …
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