Uruguay

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – November 28 2016 shows final positions for Tier 1 and 2 sides. Argentina’s away loss to England sees no change to the rankings. England entered the future with a …

Romania completed the perfect November series, downing Uruguay this afternoon. The 36-10 win follows victories over the USA and Canada. In losing Los Teros return home winless. Esteban Meneses’ players fell to both Germany and Spain prior to losing in Bucharest. The team will rest up before preparing for the …

Only one away from a clean sweep of the Americas in their November test series, Romania have made three changes to their team to face Uruguay on Saturday in Bucharest. Andrei Radoi rotates into the starting hooker role with Eugen Capatana switching to the bench, Valentin Poparlan replaces Marius Antonescu …

It was another traumatic week for our intrepid panel, with all six Americas teams beaten to the finish line and our so-called gurus left to retreat with their tails between their legs. With most of our friends from the USA camping out with family and big birds and others choosing …

Childhood friends Agustín Ormaechea and Felipe Berchesi will reunite to face Romania. The French-based Montevideo players will start in the halves for Uruguay on Saturday. Esteban Meneses became Los Teros Head Coach ahead of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. This weekend’s match, though, will be his first with Ormaechea and …

The French Barbarians defeated Australia by a score of 19-11 at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on Thursday. Uruguayan lock Rodrigo Capo Ortega played for the best part of an hour in the second row for the Barbarians in a match that didn’t quite live up to the expectations of …

World Rugby and the Japan 2019 organising committee have confirmed that the Rugby World Cup 2019 pool draw will take place on 10 May, 2017 in Kyoto’s State Guest House. The iconic venue is a national symbol in Japan and has played host to globally important meetings, including hosting world …

What a terrible week for Americas teams. Of the six involved in November tour matches, all six were defeated by their opponents. Chile’s catastrophic collapse in the second half against South Korea was the worst of the bunch. With such results we debated including European-based club players in this week’s …

“Defensive Repositioning to be key” says Uruguay Head Coach Esteban Meneses. Three days out from Los Teros’ third and final November International match the South Americans are focusing on regrouping. Having competed to losses against Germany and Spain Uruguay will complete their tour against Romania in Bucharest. Saturday’s test will …

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. Unlike previous editions this week sees Up, Under, and a third category – Buried. The reason for this are the circumstances that transpired in …