Uruguay

It was a full weekend with tons of rugby to get through, but we’ve done it and come up with a decent team. We had to look through a multitude of candidates from the Top 14 semis, PRO Rugby, the Nations Cup, and of the course the June internationals. After …

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 Canada XVs Having come unstuck against Japan one week earlier Canada turned things around in style to annihilate Russia in Calgary on Saturday. …

Spain are in Sevens Heaven after they shocked the rugby world with a monumental performance on Day Two in Monaco, defeating heavily favored Samoa in a nail-biting final to lift the Cup in Monaco and earn the final spot at the Olympic Games. A last-second try to 32-year-old veteran Ignacio …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – June 19 2016 see rises and falls for a number of countries. Argentina’s 30-19 win over France sees Argentina obtaining a slight gain to rise from 82.59 to a new ranking of 82.87 points. …

Canada and Chile have both crashed out of the Olympic race in the quarter-finals of the repechage tournament in Monaco. For both it’s a bitter pill to swallow, particularly so for Canada who were tipped by many to claim the golden ticket heading into the weekend. It was Russia who …

Tournament favorites Canada and Samoa each tasted defeat on the first day of the Olympic repechage qualifying tournament in Monaco on Saturday. Canada lost to surprise package Germany in their final match of the day, with the underdogs controlling possession and looking the better side. Samoa were upset by Ireland, …

Having suffered a 40-0 hammering against Romania Uruguay recovered this afternoon to defeat Spain in the final round of the World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest. The Nations Cup triumph was not one for the record books. The contested match was a deadlock at half time with neither country having …

Week 2 of the June international series, and this week we’ve got a heap of games on deck! Not only are there tour matches involving Canada, Argentina, and the USA, but we’ve got Kenya visiting Brazil and the Nations Cup featuring Uruguay. And wait… there’s more! The Rugby World Cup …

World Rugby have handed Juan Echeverría a one week suspension. Featuring off the bench against Romania Echeverria was cited for an act of foul play contrary to Law 10.4(a) (striking) and/or Law 10.4(h) (charging) on Tuesday. The player appeared at a hearing in Bucharest before Judicial Officer Pamela Woodman (Scotland) on …

Los Teros were handed their biggest loss of the year this morning, going down 40-0 against Romania in Bucharest. In what was Los Teros’ worst performance of the year the South Americans were no match for the Eastern Europeans who won the postponed fixture with ease. The match kicked-off on Monday afternoon …