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Chile is one of the fastest rising countries in world rugby, and especially the Americas. This week Americas Rugby News had a unique chance to peek inside Chilean rugby with international flyhalf Francisco González Moller. How did you begin playing rugby? I started playing rugby when i was 15 years old. I …

Russia have selected a 25 man touring squad to travel to Windhoek for their two-game series with Namibia on July 11 and 18. The original squad was 28 players, but Vladislav Korshunov, Sergei Trishin, and German Godlyuk have withdrawn injured and will not be replaced. Head coach Alexander Pervukhin has …

The LoneStar Rugby Conference, made up of Collegiate teams in Texas, has put together a Select Side that is touring the Cayman Islands this week. The Select Side, called the Texas Rattlesnakes, are playing two matches on their tour. They are playing a two-match series against a Cayman Islands XV. The first match is today, July 8th, with …

I want to start off this week’s Talking Rugby with a big thank you to our fans here at Americas Rugby News. We just passed our one-month anniversary and the growth we’ve seen is exciting to say the least. I am absolutely thankful for my partners, Bryan and Paul, but …

Manu Samoa couldn’t quite pick up the win, but they gave the All Blacks all they could handle in front of a thoroughly entertained sellout crowd in Apia. The first forty minutes didn’t produce much in the way of running rugby, but there were plenty of bone-jarring tackles and no …

Played every November, excluding Rugby World Cup years, the November or autumn internationals see European nations hosting incoming test teams from across the globe. It is a time when not only southern nations such as Argentina, Australia, Fiji, Namibia, New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa and Tonga tour the north but …

Namibia have named their team to play Russia in Windhoek on Saturday, their first match since the much-publicised departure of head coach Danie Vermeulen. Saracens flanker Jacques Burger returns as captain for only his second test since the 2011 World Cup, and his first home match since June of 2008. …

The Chilean national women’s coaching staff have selected a squad of twenty-seven players to train in a pre-selection national camp. The camp will take place over four days from Thursday July 16 to Sunday July 19. The training will take place at the Vilcún, near Temuco in the Araucanía region. …

Colombia’s national women’s Rugby Sevens team Las Tucanes have arrived in Toronto in search of returning home with medals from the upcoming Pan American Games. Rugby Sevens is to be involved for just the second time in the games’ history after having featured four years ago in Guadalajara, Mexico. Unlike in 2011, …

Traditional Paraguayan club Asunción RC celebrated 47 years of existence at a special event held on Monday, July 07. The large Ñandutíes family celebrated the occasion with a fellowship lunch. The team at Americas Rugby News wishes to congratulate all involve and wish the club a prosperous future.