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Colombia Women Qualify for 2016 Olympic Games

Colombia’s women’s rugby team will play at the 2016 Olympic Games after winning the South American Qualification series this afternoon in Santa Fé, Argentina. The result is the biggest accomplishment in the history of rugby in the country. Colombia entered the match as the only undefeated team while Argentina had …

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Colombia’s women on the verge of Olympic Qualification

Strong performances from Colombia on Day Two of the Three-Day Olympic Games qualifying tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina have seen South America’s most populated Spanish speaking nation move towards securing an unlikely spot at the 2016 Olympic Games. Well placed after Day One Uruguay’s Olympic Dream came crashing down on Day …

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Watch the CONSUR Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifiers Live

Day two of the South American regional qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games is underway. Competing are men’s and women’s teams from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Costa Rica is also involved, competing in the women’s section. The top male and female performers at the completion of …

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Argentina closes in on Olympic Dream

All eyes were on Argentina in the opening day of the South American section of Olympic Games qualification. The country’s long-lasting dominance within the continental region places great expectation on the silver medalists from the 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup. With a place in the Olympic Games on the line Argentina took …

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Rugby world mourns loss of Jerry Collins

The Rugby World is mourning the loss of former All Blacks great Jerry Collins as he and his wife, Alana Madill, were killed in a tragic car accident in Southern France. Their three-month old daughter, Ayla, is in critical condition after the accident near Beziers where their vehicle was struck …

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Los Yakarés prepare to open Olympic Qualifiers vs Argentina

Los Yakarés are to take on Argentina in the opening fixture of the men’s section of the 2015 CONSUR Sevens in Santá Fé this Friday. The Argentine city is playing host to Olympic Games Qualification with Paraguay being involved in both the men’s and women’s categories. Paraguay’s women, Las Yakarés, …

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Los Condores Eyeing Olympic Qualifiers

Los Condores Head coach  Paul Healy and the national men’s Rugby Sevens coach Edmundo Olfos have selected a squad of players for the upcoming Olympic Games Qualification taking place this weekend in Santa Fé, Argentina. The three day event will feature men’s and women’s qualifiers with the top side in each …

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Uruguay Choose for Olympic Qualifiers

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Uruguay is very much dreaming of playing Rugby Sevens at the Olympic Games. Men’s and women’s squads from the eastern South American republic will take part in this weekend’s qualifying tournament at Club C.R.A.I in Santa Fé, Argentina and do so looking to earn the right to compete at the …

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