Uruguay

Mario Sagario has extended his stay at Munster until the end of the season, it was confirmed today. The 29 year old joined the Irish province after prior professional experience in the French lower divisions. To date he has played three Pro 12 matches, facing Leinster,  Edinburgh and the Dragons. Sagario …

A 12-man Uruguay Sevens roster has been confirmed for Mar del Plata. Los Teros 7s will compete at the Americas Seven tournament in the Argentine beach-resort city this coming weekend. Following on from the Punta del Este 7s Head Coach Diego Rodriguez has selected a team he hopes can improve on finishing …

Paraguay is to play in the Campeonato Argentino, it was confirmed on Monday by the Union de Rugby del Paraguay (Paraguayan Rugby Union – URP). The Paraguayan national men’s team, Los Yakarés will play in Argentina’s national provincial championship, the Campeonato Argentino. The players of tomorrow will likewise compete, doing so in the junior …

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 Cornish Pirates The home of Canadians Brett Beukeboom, Matt Evans, and Aaron Carpenter have now won four league games on the trot …

On the whole it was a very positive year for teams in the Americas. Good showings at u20 level and on the sevens circuit especially put a number of sides into contention, and then there were some lesser lights such as Chile’s victory over Uruguay, who in turn finally defeated …

The Americas will have a contingent of players in action this weekend in Week 12 of the Top 14. Unlike the Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro 12 matches will all take place on Saturday and Sunday. For this reason the naming of teams has been delayed by the clubs. The …

The Americas will have a number of players in action this weekend in Week 11 of the Pro 12. With it being the second round of matches during the holiday season it again sees derby matches being played in exclusivity. As such all six matches will be between teams from the …

Canada has named their Maple Leafs squad to travel to Chile and Argentina in January. The national development side will take part in the Mar del Plata (Jan 9-10) and Vina del Mar (Jan 16-17) tournaments, with eyes not only on winning, but of elevation to a senior side that …

63 Uruguayan players have been named on the new Estadio Charrúa High Performance Centre list. Those named are to begin preparations for 2016 next week, meeting on January 4 in Montevideo. The cited players are a mixture of Los Teros, Uruguay XV and Teros Sevens and all will train at the …

With Pro D2 on a mid-season break and a number of Americas players getting the week off elsewhere, things were a little sticky this week, but we’ve just about managed to throw together a group of players to take the pitch for us… almost anyway… 1 – Matías Agüero (Leicester) …