Los Teros have named a strong group of 24 players to face Canada in the opening match of the Americas Rugby Championship, which takes place on Saturday, February 6 in Langford. New head coach Esteban Meneses has named Juan Manuel Gaminara as captain following the retirement of Santiago Vilaseca. The …
Read More »Team of the Week
The last big weekend of European rugby pool play and the British & Irish Cup is now past us. It wasn’t the prettiest, as happens when you play rugby in January, but there are some bright spots as far as Americas players are concerned, so here’s our picks for this …
Read More »ARN International Player of the Year 2015
Our last award of the year is our top international player of 2015. With the success of the Pumas there were always going to be a couple Argentines in the running, but when initially considering the contenders we looked past team success. In the end there was no debate as …
Read More »ARN Dream Team 2015
And so we come to our final team selection of the year. While much of the side is similar to our World Cup XV, there are four players whose form prior to the tournament merited greater consideration when it came to selecting our Dream Team for the year as a …
Read More »ARN Story of the Year 2015
There were heaps of exciting stories to cover in the Americas during the 2015 calendar year, which prompted a trio of writers to come to together to create this site. While that in itself is notable, at least in our eyes, we could hardly give this award to ourselves! In …
Read More »Brazil vs USA moved to Barueri
The upcoming test match of Brazil vs USA has been moved to Barueri Arena, it was confirmed today by the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (Brazilian Rugby Confederation – CBRu).The fixture is to be a round five match in the Americas Rugby Cup which get’s under way in just over a …
Read More »Player Numbers Pass 500,000 in South America Rugby
In an open letter posted on the Sudamérica Rugby website the organization’s President Carlos Barbieri proclaimed that player numbers have now passed the 500,000 mark in South America Rugby. “we have exceeded half-a-million players throughout the region and we were the second World Rugby region in terms of the Get Into Rugby …
Read More »ARN Try of the Year 2015
This year is moving quickly already, so it’s time we wrapped up last year’s awards. Let’s fire it up again with our picks for Try of the Year. Inevitably the majority come from the World Cup, but there is room for a little sevens, especially some magic from the first …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 2, Iss. 1): Chile Qualifying for Rugby World Cup
2016 is to be a year like no other for rugby in the Americas with Chile being a significant benefactor. The tiresome struggle to secure regular international competition outside of South America is now over. With it Chile’s chances of realizing the dream of playing on the global stage will accelerate. …
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 Glendale Raptors and Legends Cup The Glendale Raptors came out victorious over the Seattle Saracens on aggregate to win the Legends Cup. …
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