Paraguay

Uruguay’s official ‘A’ side, the Uruguay XV will participate in the Campeonato Argentino de Uniones for the second consecutive year. Set to be played in October and November the competition will feature not only Uruguay but also Paraguay in what is the Argentine Provincial Championship. In the 2015 edition of …

The CBRu recently confirmed the arrival of Australian Paul Healy as the director of the High Performance Center in São Paulo. The move sees the former Chilean Head Coach back in South America after leaving Santiago late last year. He departed Chile for Germany where he took charge of TVP Pforzheim. …

As a result of Zimbabwe’s loss against Uganda on Saturday, Brazil has risen one spot in the World Rankings. Now occupying 35th position Brazil sees itself sitting one additional place above Paraguay who remain unchanged in 39th position. Uganda’s tremendous victory in the African Cup sees the Cranes rising from …

Rugby is experiencing an explosion of participation and popularity throughout the Americas, one that is expected to see considerable growth from the Olympics. This is true both in terms of established rugby countries and those in their infancy. To better understand the current situation it is useful to define a tiered classification system …

Colombia’s national men’s rugby team, Los Tucanes are to play two tour matches in Argentina this month. FECO confirmed the objective of the tour is face rivals of a relevant level and to test new players that are in consideration for international duty this year. Los Tucanes are looking to defend their …

Without contracts for Los Jaguares Joaquín Paz and Juan León Novillo are leaving Argentina to play in Europe. The backs were both involved in the Americas Rugby Championship with Paz also receiving game time in Super Rugby. Their loss to Argentine rugby is a consequence of the limited opportunities available on …

Colombia’s national men’s Rugby Sevens team celebrated winning at home this past weekend. An undefeated campaign gave Los Tucanes the Norte Sevens SAR title. Played at home in Guarne, Antioquia the competition served as qualification for the 2017 Viña del Mar 7’s. Chile’s biggest event of the year will thereby include …

The draw has been made for the International Sevens SAR. Set to take place in Guarne, Antioquia, Colombia the tournament will bring together nine Tier 3 unions to compete in a Sudamérica Rugby and World Rugby sanctioned competition. The event will take place from July 8-9 with the host nation …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – July 03 2016 see Mexico gaining rankings points at the expense of the Cayman Islands. Before the fixture Mexico had 44.62 points and was 56th in the world. This was a narrow advantage …

At the  Annual General Assembly on Saturday El Salvador and Nicaragua were approved for higher status by Sudamérica Rugby. Approved as a Sudamérica Rugby member was the Central American republic of El Salvador while Nicaragua obtained associate membership. The new status of both countries underlines the hard work being done …