Uruguay

Another week of mixed fortunes in Europe where Americas players haven’t quite had the impact that we would have liked thus far. A significant part of this week’s team again comes from the URBA Top 14, where the final round of the regular season was played, while the World XV …

The RWC 2019 match schedule announcement is coming on Thursday. World Rugby will make the announcement live from Japan, the host nation of the 2019 Rugby World Cup tournament. With Argentina and the USA already qualified either Canada or Uruguay to do so in February it is an extremely important …

All is set for the 2017 Argentine Provincial Championship. This year’s edition of the Campeonato Argentino begins this coming Saturday, November 04. Competing are Argentina’s provinces – sides made up of the leading players from within their boundaries. Also back this year is Uruguay. The competition is divided into tiers. …

Uruguay is making final adjustments for Namibia and Canada. Los Teros are to play two November Internationals in Africa before taking-on Canada in the all-important Rugby World Cup Qualifiers. Coming off a win over Rosario this past Saturday, the players are now back training at the Centro Charrúa. The 42-29 …

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 Uruguay Uruguay’s preparation to play two tests in Namibia in November is heading in the right direction. Los Teros warmed-up for …

Uruguay’s preparation to play two tests in Namibia in November is heading in the right direction. Los Teros warmed-up for the tour to Africa by defeating Rosario in an away match on Saturday. Taking place at GER, the home club of Leonardo Senatore, Uruguay ran-out 42-29 winners. The fixture was Uruguay’s …

South American players Felipe Berchesi and Martín Chiappesoni stared for Dax who defeated Aurillac on Friday. Playing at home, Dax won 20-9. The two South American players were involved in all of the scoring. Dax scored two tries in the match. Argentine flanker Chiappesoni went over for the second of …

France’s premier league, the Top 14 returns this weekend. Following two rounds of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup clubs are now back to focusing on gaining league points. Week 8 is to be a 5-2 split with five matches taking place on Saturday and two on Sunday. Toulon receive …

Week 10 of the Pro D2 is underway. The second division of French professional rugby sees eight league matches played between Thursday and Sunday. Included are a host of Americas players. The round opened on Thursday with Grenoble at home to Biarritz. Involved was Leandro Mario Assi. The Argentine prop …

It wasn’t the greatest weekend for Americas players in Europe with relatively few putting up their hand in the Challenge and Champions Cup, but we were treated to some high quality domestic games to help bolster our selection. The Brantford Harlequins wrapped up an undefeated season to claim the McCormick …