Uruguay

The Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) is to be used as the Americas RWC 2023 Qualifiers. Confirmation came through in an interview by Eugenio Artesiano with Pancho Rubio on the website Hablemos de Rugby. The fundamental change will mean that Americas 1 and Americas 2 will no longer be separated but …

Two teams who won their respective opening matches in the World Rugby Junior World Trophy clashed today in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The result of the match did not go the way of the country from the Americas as Uruguay fell 46-31 to Japan. With the match in effect …

The opening round of the World Rugby u20 Trophy on Tuesday began to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Three matches ended in one-sided results while Canada fell to Tonga by a single point. Saturday will be do or die for any team hoping to push into the final, or …

Former Pumas wonder kicker Federico Todeschini has become the Uruguayan kicking coach. The 43-year-old began his new role today which is a two-month coaching role during Los Teros’ preparations for RWC 2019. At the Uruguayan rugby national High Performance Center, the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo the 1998-2008 Puma began his …

Kenya were no match for Uruguay at the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Brazil as the Teritos smashed the Chipu by a final score of 63-11. The strength of the Uruguayan forward pack in the scrum and maul proved unstoppable as the Kenyans conceded nine tries to only one on …

RWC 2019 will be the fourth Rugby World Cup involving Uruguay. The South American no2 has improved in recent years with the RWC 2015-2019 cycle showing that Los Teros are a stronger team now than this time four years ago. Uruguayan progress has been enabled by three broad factors – …

It’s make or break from the opening day of the 2019 World Rugby u20 Trophy. A loss of any kind will all but end hopes of reaching the final before the tournament has hardly begun. Four matches on each day leaves plenty of dramatic rugby to be enjoyed by viewers …

The second tier of World Rugby’s u20 competitions – the Trophy – kicks off on Tuesday with eight teams touching down in São José dos Campos, Brazil. It’s a chance for young players of smaller nations to go head-to-head and also puts them in the shop window for pro scouts …

The pools have been announced for the 2019 Pan American Games. Taking place in Lima, Peru there are to be eight competitors in both the men’s and women’s Rugby Sevens competition. The competition will be played in the Peruvian capital over two days. The Games begin on Friday July 26 …

Uruguay has named a preliminary RWC 2019 roster. Containing 34 players, it is to be reduced to 31 for this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan. Not included is Uruguay’s most well-known player, Rodrigo Capó Ortega. The two-time French Top 14 champion has pulled out of competing at RWC 2019 …