There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – May 01 2016 see improvements for Brazil while the Dominican Republic and Turks & Caicos both rise to new highs. Despite winning big in Asunción there is no change to Uruguay‘s rankings position nor …
Read More »Guatemala, Panama receive visit from Sudamérica Rugby
In an effort to grow the game Sudamérica Rugby’s Northern Regional Developmental Manager, Alberto Ruiz Luca has been busy visiting Central American countries recently. Following a recent Sudamérica Rugby inspection of El Salvador attention turned to both Guatemala and Panama. Get Into Rugby administrator, Guillermo Signorelli was in Guatemala to see the …
Read More »Americas Rankings – April 24 2016
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – April 24 2016 see Brazil and Paraguay changing places while both Uruguay and Chile have made slight gains. Uruguay edged slightly closer to Canada by rising from 63,23 points to a new ranking of 63,26. …
Read More »RWC 2019 Seeding to be Pushed back 12 months
Seeding for the twelve automatic qualified countries for Rugby World Cup 2019 is likely to be Pushed back 12 months, the Scotsman reported this morning. Rugby’s global event will be staged outside of a founding union member for the first time in history when Japan hosts the Rugby World Cup …
Read More »Americas Rankings – March 20 2016
With there having been no international competition in the Americas this weekend there are no changes to the Americas Rankings this week. As of March 20 2016 Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, USA, Canada and Uruguay remain ranked one through four in that order. There have, nonetheless, been alterations to …
Read More »Americas Rankings – March 13 2016
With there being no international competition in the Americas this weekend there are no changes to the Americas Rankings this week. As of March 13 2016 Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, USA, Canada and Uruguay remain ranked one through four in that order. There have, nonetheless, been alterations to …
Read More »Americas Rankings – March 06 2016
Six countries from the Americas had their rankings on the line this weekend. In the Americas Rugby Championship both Chile vs Canada and Uruguay vs USA were for rankings points. In addition the Rugby World Cup 2015 qualifier of St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs Jamaica had points on the line. Uruguay’s …
Read More »Americas Rankings – February 28 2016
Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend and they have all been effected. While no team has risen or fallen in the Americas Rankings there have been changes in points which see Brazil and Uruguay gaining superior rankings points at the expense …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 2, Iss. 3): Future of Americas Rugby Championship
Three rounds into the Americas Rugby Championship and everyone agrees in unison – the competition is here to stay. Where are we? Of the fundamental pillars for the success of a viable sporting competition the competition should be categorized as being off to a very good start with two of …
Read More »Up and Under
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 USA The USA’s thumping 64-0 win over Chile places the Eagles in pole position to win the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. The 10-tries-to-zero triumph …
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