Córdoba is to Host South American Women’s 7’s in February. The province of Argentina’s second largest city will welcome the continents best women’s players for a two day tournament on February 18 and 19. The city of Carlos Paz in provincial Córdoba will host the event. The rugby will be played …
Read More »UAR Block Facundo Isa from Jaguares Training
The UAR has blocked Facundo Isa from Jaguares training. The star no8 was stopped from playing for Argentina’s Super Rugby franchise in yesterday’s warm-up match against Uruguay. Juan Manuel Leguizamón and Leonardo Senatore played a half each against Los Teros. A third no8, Benjamín Macome also played albeit out of …
Read More »Experimental Jaguares Knock-Over Uruguay in Warm-Up Fixture
An experimental Jaguares outfit knocked-over Uruguay today. Argentina’s Super Rugby ran out 61-7 winners after holding a 35-0 half time lead. The warm-up fixture was the first of two for the Argentine Super Rugby side this week. Los Jaguares played with two sides – a different lineup for each half. …
Read More »Uruguayan Player Joins Jaguares Super Rugby
History has been made as an Uruguayan player has officially joins Los Jaguares Super Rugby. Nicolás Freitas of Montevideo club, Carrasco Polo has signed a one year contract to play for the Argentine franchise. Aged 23, Freitas played for Uruguay in November. He started all three matches at center for …
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 Georgia are Coming The Lelos are coming to the Americas. The Georgian Rugby Union has confirmed that their proposed tour to Canada, …
Read More »Uruguay Players to Face Los Jaguares
Uruguay has named 24 players to face Los Jaguares. Los Teros will take on Argentina’s Super Rugby team on Monday in a pre-season fixture. It will be the first hit-out of the year for both teams, enabling them to prepare for Americas Rugby Championship and Super Rugby respectively. The players …
Read More »Video: Uruguayan Named Man of the Match in Champions Cup
Uruguayan Rodrigo Capó Ortega was named man of the match in the Champions Cup last night. He captained Castres to a 24-24 draw against Leinster at the Stade Antoine Pierre. Capó Ortega led his team from the second-row, the position he has occupied throughout his professional career at Castres. He joined …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide – Champions Cup Round 6
The final round of the European Champions Cup will be played this weekend. Involved are to be a number of players from the Americas. Appearing in the opening match of round 6 will be a player each from Uruguay and Argentina. Rodrigo Capó Ortega will play in the second-row for …
Read More »Match officials confirmed for 2017 ARC
The match officials for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship have been confirmed with the tournament again to be used as a development tool for Americas referees. Local appointments will continue as assistant referees with senior appointments made by World Rugby. Former Rugby Canada referee manager Trevor Arnold will act as tournament …
Read More »Team of the Week
Another week of European rugby is on the books and again a week that saw limited success from Americas players. As last week we’ve also been fortunate to have the California Cup in full swing and the Italian Eccellenza to draw from, and thankfully we’ll soon be full-on with the …
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