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 Vancouver 7s For the second consecutive week North America has presented a world class sevens tournament with Vancouver arguably even more impressive …
Read More »Canada Up, Uruguay Down in World Rankings
Canada are up and Uruguay down in World Rankings. The official rankings are to be updated by World Rugby at midday GMT on Monday. They are to show a number of changes following the completion of international competition this weekend in Europe. As a result of Spain winning away to …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Top 14 – Week 20
Patricio Albacete will make his first appearance of the season for Toulouse when he lines up in the second row against Brive on Saturday. The former Pumas star has been absent since rupturing knee ligaments last May. Albacete is one of eight Argentine players tabbed to take the field across …
Read More »ARC Team of the Week – Round 5
It’s over! This weekend we will be distracted by the Vancouver 7s but then the sadness will creep in that it will be another 11 months until the Americas Rugby Championship returns. Of course there’s still plenty to process and the debrief has only just begun, and we still have …
Read More »Up and Under – ARC 2017 Edition
The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship has come and gone. It was a tremendous success for the sport overall. There were upset results with some performing above expectations. There were also low points with areas requiring the attention of both teams and administrators for 2018. UP The Competition In looking to …
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 Brazil For the second year in a row Brazil made history in the Americas Rugby Championship. In 2016 the USA fell in …
Read More »Uruguay vs Chile – ARC 2017 Full Match
Uruguay hosted Chile in the first of two matches between the countries this year. The outcome of their result in Montevideo this weekend saw Uruguay finishing third in the Americas Rugby Championship. Chile was unable to score a competition point in this year’s competition. The teams are to meet again …
Read More »Americas Rankings – March 4, 2017
Week 5 of the Americas Rugby Championship has impacted the Americas Rankings. Two out of the three matches were for rankings and both of those matches saw changes to the competitors’ rankings. Uruguay’s home victory over Chile sees no change to the ranking of either country. Uruguay went into the match already with …
Read More »Uruguay outclass Chile in Montevideo
Uruguay ended their 2017 Americas Rugby Championship on a high as they defeated Chile by 45-14 at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo on Saturday. Riding a wave of confidence following the defeat of Canada in Maldonado, Los Teros ran in six tries to one as they stormed home to finish …
Read More »Match Preview – Uruguay vs Chile
Uruguay are riding the wave following their win over Canada in Maldonado. All that stands between a third-place finish in the Americas Rugby Championship is Chile, a team who are in last place on the table and have not won a match in the competition since the opener against Brazil …
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