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Guatemala toppled Panama this afternoon in the South American C Championship, winning 65-5. The match was a second round fixture in the 2017 South America C Championship. It took place on neutral territory as this year’s tournament is played in San José, Costa Rica. Guatemala’s 65-5 victory continues Guatemala’s unbeaten …

Costa Rica Overcame Nicaragua today, completing a 58-07 home victory. The fixture was a round two match of the 2017 South American C Championship. Costa Rica went into the match as heavy favorites. In addition to playing at home Los Ticos were coming off an authoritative win over Panama on …

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 Guatemala Guatemala got their South American Championship C title defense off to a strong start on Sunday. Los Jaguares downed newcomers Nicaragua …

This weekend featured three capped matches involving teams from the Americas. Five teams in total were in action, four of them playing in round one of the South American C Championship. Nicaragua’s historic first ever test match sees the country move for the first time in the Americas Rankings. The 57-19 …

The host nation of the 2017 South American C Championship, Costa Rica ran riot against Panama this afternoon. Costa Rica opened the tournament with a comprehensive 91-5 win at Liceo Franco Costarricense in Concepción de Tres Ríos, 17km north of the national capital of San José. The result sends a …

The Americas rugby community proudly welcomed its newest test match playing member today. For the first time ever Nicaragua played a capped rugby international, taking-on Guatemala in round one of the South American C Championship. It was very much a baptism of fire for Nicaragua. Their opponents were none other …

The 2017 South American C Championship starts on Sunday. This year’s edition of the tournament sees Costa Rica hosting all matches. The remaining participants are to be Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. The Four Nations competition will be played from Sunday August 27 to Saturday September 02 at Liceo Franco Costarricense …

This weekend there was one capped get match involving teams from the Americas. That fixture was the South American C Championship warm-up match in Guatemala City. The 2015 and 2016 champions, Guatemala hosted the 2014 champions, El Salvador. The match was a one-sided affair. Guatemala’s tremendous progress in recent years …

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. This week saw an unusually high volume of stories which transpires into a larger selection than normal. UP Canada Women Are they up? …

Guatemala is preparing for this year’s international competition. The Central American republic will compete in Costa Rica from August 27 to September 03. While Guatemala faced Ecuador in South American B Championship repechage in 2016 there will be no such fixture this year. Instead Ecuador has decided against competing and …