Uruguay

The first day of the Rugby Sevens event at the Pan Am Games went as planned with one-sided victories for the favorites in both men’s and women’s brackets. A close match between Colombia and Argentina featured in the women’s side, while Brazil and Chile fought to a draw in the …

Jamaica have confirmed their men’s roster for the upcoming Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru. The team has been drawn in Pool B and will face an intimidating group of Argentina, Canada, and Uruguay ahead of the knock-out stage. Pool A consists of Brazil, Chile, Guyana, and the USA. Head …

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 Mexico Women 10s, Men’s u19 Mexico made it a special week as they won the Women’s 10s and Men’s u19 competitions …

Uruguay’s hopes for a top-three finish at the World Rugby u20 Trophy were dashed as Tonga took a narrow 29-27 victory on Sunday afternoon in São José dos Campos. After a promising start to their campaign, a sound defeat at the hands of Japan knocked them out of final contention …

The pool stage has come to a close and it’s Finals Day at the World Rugby u20 Trophy in São José dos Campos. All eight teams will be in action playing for their final placement, with Portugal attempting to upset Japan in the main event. There will be Americas teams …

Uruguay is ready for the Pan American Games. Los Teros 7’s are pooled in Group B for Lima 2019 together with Argentina, Canada, and Jamaica. For the competition Uruguay will be without players shortlisted to compete at RWC 2019 in Japan. Those named in the preliminary roster have not been …

Nigel Owens will take charge of the opening match of Rugby World Cup 2019 when Japan plays Russia in Tokyo. The 48-year-old Welshman refereed the 2015 World Cup Final between New Zealand and Australia. This will be his fourth World Cup tournament, following which Owens has stated he will retire …

The South American champions proved their class once again on Wednesday as Uruguay routed hosts Brazil by a score of 52-10. It brought the curtains down on the pool stage and sets up a 3rd-place play-off for the Teritos against Tonga, and relegates Os Curumins to the 7th-place match against …

Two rounds are now in the books and realistically there are two spots yet to be sorted for the finals. Pool A has been all but sorted with Japan only requiring a single bonus point against Kenya to clinch their spot in the Final. Meanwhile it’s a dead heat in …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Uruguay Looking to build well into the final stage of RWC preparations Uruguay have acquired the services of two former Pumas. …