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 …
Read More »2017 ARC Fixtures and Broadcast Details Announced
With the opening round of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship just a little over two weeks away, broadcast details for all competing nations have been announced in an official release on the competition’s Facebook page. All matches will be broadcast live on various networks with both cable television and streaming …
Read More »2015 ARN Awards Recap
It’s time to kick off our second annual ARN Awards but before we do here’a recap of our winners from last year. Follow the links for full explanations and runners-up. This year we’ll have the same categories with one new addition that will start things off later today. Who will …
Read More »Junior All-Americans prepping for Trophy run
The USA Men’s Junior All-Americans have today wrapped up their first development camp of the year as they begin their preparations for the 2017 World Rugby u20 Trophy qualifier against Canada this summer. With the 2017 Trophy set to kick off much later this year on August 29, the teams …
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