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 Los Jaguares are now officially the best Central American country and have the bragging rights for the net twelve months and …
Read More »Peru win Sudamérica C Women’s Sevens Title
Peru are the women’s Rugby Sevens champions of the South American C division. Las Tumis backed-up from day one by remaining undefeated, thereby defeating all other countries. Those involved were Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicarágua, Panama, Peru and the host nation of El Salvador. Played on Friday and Saturday, the Rugby …
Read More »Guatemala Make History to win South American C Championship
Guatemala Made history on Saturday evening, winning the South American C Championship in San Salvador. Defeating El Salvador 26-8 Los Jaguares completed a three wins from three matches to return home with a first ever international tournament trophy. The title deciding fixture was against the 2014 tournament winners and in their …
Read More »Costa Rica defeat Panama with record score
Costa Rica made history on Saturday by defeating Panama by a record scoreline of 95-3. The win was the biggest ever in the history of Costa Rican rugby and sees Los Guarias finishing the South American C Championship on a high after losing against Guatemala in round one. The loss …
Read More »Costa Rica and Peru dominate Sudamérica C Sevens Day 1
The women’s teams from Costa Rica and Peru were very impressive on Day 1 of the Sudamérica Sevens in San Salvador. Both countries went undefeated while putting big scores on their opponents. Costa Rica’s women defeated El Salvador 22-5, Nicarágua 46-0 and Panama 34-7 while the Southern most competitors, Peru, …
Read More »Costa Rica defeat El Salvador in South American C Championship
Looking to bounce back from an opening round defeat against Guatemala on Sunday, Los Guarias took on El Salvador on Wednesday evening in a second round match. The three countries and Panama are competing in the ongoing South American C Championship in San Salvador. Costa Rica has greater tradition than …
Read More »Guatemala Power Past Panama in South American C Championship
The Central American Republic of Guatemala made it two wins from as many matches by defeating Panama 73-12 in San Salvador on Wednesday evening. The win confirms that Los Jaguares will play in the South American C Championship final this coming Saturday. Guatemala led Panama from early on, holding a …
Read More »Brazil falls to 9th in Americas
Following a 2-0 series loss against Germany Brazil’s World Ranking has suffered with the world’s fifth largest country falling to 45th in the world. The new ranking sees Brazil falling behind both Trinidad & Tobago and Colombia to be 9th in the Americas. Prior to facing Germany Brazil was already ranked …
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 Guatemala Never is it clearer that progress has been made when a team defeats a side considered to be better. Not …
Read More »El Salvador down Panama in San Salvador
The host nation of the 2015 South American Championship, El Salvador, opened their account with a convincing win earlier today over Panama. The 32-0 win places El Salvador in a strong position to challenge for the title. Los Torogoces converted a 10-0 half time lead into a six tries to …
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