Uruguay

With the stated objective of establishing a solid group of players for the Pre-Olympic Women’s Rugby Sevens tournament, Venezuela are to participate in the Suramericano in Rio de Janeiro this coming weekend. The host city of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games is hosting the Sevens meet as a means of preparing for what …

Benjamin Urdapilleta and Rodrigo Capó Ortega inspired Castres to an away win at Racing 92 this weekend. The 10 time capped Argentine fly half kicked eight points in a low scoring 13-9 victory. Starting against Urdapilleta for Racing 92 was France’s number 2 fly half from Rugby World Cup 2015, Rémi Tales. Urdapilleta …

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 Brazil No prizes for guessing who gets named first in this week’s edition of Up and Under. Brazil completed the biggest upset …

Round four of the Americas Rugby Championship kicked-off in Santiago on Saturday with Chile playing host to Uruguay at the Parque Mahuida. Los Teros completed a second win of the ARC, a 23-20 over Los Cóndores to tie Canada in third position with one round left to play. Both countries sit on 10 points, …

Uruguay’s junior side, Los Teritos, completed a memorable weekend of international results for the country, defeating Georgia in an under 20’s match in Montevideo this afternoon. The fixture was the third match of Georgia’s South American tour following two outings against Los Pumitas in Argentina. Los Teritos’ 21-19 hard-fought win …

Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend and they have all been effected. While no team has risen or fallen in the Americas Rankings there have been changes in points which see Brazil and Uruguay gaining superior rankings points at the expense …

Uruguay escaped with a narrow 23-20 win over Chile at the Parque Mahuida in Santiago on Saturday afternoon. A scrappy match that produced hordes of penalties and five yellow cards interspersed with moments of attacking rugby made it another nail-biting finish, though not quite as riveting as the scoreline would …

Against the backdrop of the Six Nations the French domestic league, the Top 14 will roll on this weekend with Week 16 taking place. Involved are to be a number of players from the Americas. Getting the round underway will be title favorites Toulon who host the well placed Brive. …

A pivotal confrontation in round four of the Americas Rugby Championship pits rivals Chile and Uruguay up against each other with World Rugby rankings points and a massive amount of pride on the line. Taking place at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Rugby (CARR) in La Reina, the match offers …

With Wales playing host to France this evening in Cardiff there are to be no Guinness Pro 12 matches today. This also saw the round get off to a premature start with a match taking place in Newport on Thursday evening. This round, like others, will be a range of …