Os Tupis will look for their first win of the South American ‘A’ Championship in their last fixture of the competition against Paraguay in São Paulo. The match will now be played on Friday evening after originally being planned for Saturday, and will no longer hold any relevance to Rugby …
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 Chile Chile produced their best performance in a very long time to humble Paraguay in Santiago. The 66-7 victory saw Los Cóndores’ …
Read More »Americas Rankings – May 21 2017
Test match rugby this weekend saw changes in the Americas Rankings. Gains were made by Chile and Turks & Caicos Islands. Of the two the former made a slight gain while the later completed an impressive rise in rankings. Chile’s home victory against Paraguay sees Los Cóndores gaining 0.26 points. This …
Read More »Chile Produce Marvelous Performance to Humble Paraguay
Chile produced a marvelous display of rugby today to humble Paraguay in Santiago. The 66-7 victory saw Los Cóndores’ back to their best and sends alarm bells to Paraguay as the threat of relegation to the South American ‘B’ Championship. Chile were quickly out of the blocks. Los Cóndores made smart work …
Read More »Uruguay Overcome Brazil in RWC Qualifier
Los Teros made it 2-0 on the road to Japan 2019. Uruguay overcame Brazil in a Rugby World Cup qualifier this afternoon, winning 41-27. The result means Uruguay is the only undefeated team after two rounds. With a home game yet to come against Chile Uruguay are well placed to advance. The …
Read More »Match Preview – Chile vs Paraguay
Los Cóndores will look to continue their winning ways when they host Paraguay at the Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in Santiago on Saturday. They earned redemption for their Americas Rugby Championship loss with a 15-10 win over Brazil in the opening match of the South American ‘A’ Championship last …
Read More »Referees Appointed for Round 2 South American RWC Qualifiers.
The second round of the South American ‘A’ Championship will be played on Saturday. Chile will play host to Paraguay and Uruguay will receive Brazil. The fixtures double as Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifiers. The winner will advance to face the runner-up of next month’s Canada vs the USA home-and-away series. …
Read More »Team of the Week
International rugby returned on the weekend with the South American ‘A’ and Rugby Americas North Championships both in full swing. Standouts from each of those games made it into the team, while there was also room for a couple European pros after the Champions Cup final and French knock-out matches. …
Read More »Uruguay Call In Five Reinforcements for Brazil
Uruguay has called-in five reinforcements for Brazil. The South American sides will go head-to-head on Saturday in a second round match of the South American ‘A’ Championship. This year’s competition carries with it special importance as matches double as Rugby World Cup qualifiers. In round one Los Teros were victorious …
Read More »La Guajira Hosts Junior South American ‘B’ Championship
Riohacha, La Guajira is to host the upcoming Junior South American ‘B’ Championship. The norht-eastern Colombian city will play host to a Four Nations competition featuring the u19 teams from Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and Colombia. The competition will be played from May 28 to June 03 at the Estadio Federico Serrano Soto, a …
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