Uruguay

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 Chile Having been on the under side of Up and Under in the past this week Chile’s governing body deserve a huge …

Uruguay will play in the 2017 World Rugby Junior World Trophy. Los Teritos earned the right to compete in the under 20 Tier 2 competition today, defeating Chile in Santiago. Both Uruguay and Chile went into today’s final with perfect records. They had both defeated Brazil and Paraguay earlier in …

Brazil got past Paraguay today to finish third in the Junior South American Championship. The 29-13 win sees the Tupis coming away with one win and two losses while Paraguay finish winless. The result means Brazil is safe and will again play in the tournament in 2017. Paraguay is not …

Week 5 of the 2016-17 Top 14 season will see matches played on Saturday and Sunday in France. The competition features world class athletes from around the globe. Included are players from the Americas. This season’s edition is to continue with the importance of Americas players. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, …

The fourth week of the French Pro D2 gets underway on Thursday evening with Agen hosting Biarritz at the Stade Armandie. Canadian wing Taylor Paris starts for the home team while Argentine tighthead Leandro Assi continues to anchor the front row for les Biarrots. Two more Argentines run out for Colomiers against …

Uruguay and Chile will meet in the Junior South American Championship Final on Saturday. They earned the right to do so after winning their respective matches in Santiago on Wednesday. Chile overcame a determined Paraguay while Uruguay had a strong first half to overcome Brazil. Los Teritos’ 37-25 win over Brazil …

Chile’s u’19’s set-up a final against Uruguay by beating Paraguay on Wednesday. Played at the Old Grangonian Club in Santiago the home side backed-up their opening round win over Brazil on Sunday. The home side enjoyed the better of play to win comfortably. With early pressure mounting Los Yacarés were down …

The governing body of rugby in Uruguay, the URU have unveiled a new major sponsor for Los Teros and have released the team’s new uniforms. As displayed below the URU has three new uniforms. They are shown in the order of ranking as outlined by the URU. The shirt on …

Warren Gatland has been formally announced as the man to lead the British & Irish Lions to New Zealand next year. It was a surprise to no-one, and yet the minor media circus has nudged Lions fever ever so slightly into second gear. In recent weeks we’ve heard the opinions …

World Rugby must act to change player eligibility rules immediately. It cannot allow for test match rugby to be tarnished any further. The sport is under attack at the highest level as unions are using the laws to their advantage to identity talent and nationalize players to, within three years, have …