The fourth round of the European Rugby Champions Cup will kick-off later today. Involved will be players from around the world with the Americas having four countries involved. Argentina, Canada, Uruguay and the USA will all be represented. First up this weekend will be a match in England with the …
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The new Head Coach of Los Teros rugby sevens team, Diego Rodríguez has named a 16-man roster to train for upcoming international duty. With rugby xv duty having come to a close for the year focus has turned to rugby sevens. In the case of Los Teros 7s the players …
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A number of Americas players will be in action on Friday as the French Pro D2 approaches the mid-point of the competition. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and the USA are all represented. Agustín Figuerola starts things off at scrumhalf for league-leading Lyon against 5th place Colomiers. The former Pumas scrumhalf moved …
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Young Uruguayan rugby player Manuel Leindekar has signed a three-year contract for Oyonnax. The move sees him becoming Uruguay’s youngest professional player. It comes after he arrived in the French city on a one-week trial earlier this month. It means Uruguay now has six professional rugby players in Europe. Also …
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Kickoff times, for all of the matches in the new Americas Rugby Championship, have been announced. The ARC, which starts in February and runs five consecutive weekends, is a new competition that includes Argentina, USA, Canada, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil. Americas Rugby Championship Schedule Date Match Venue KO Time (Local …
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With Brazil being one of six countries from the Americas included in the historic Americas Rugby Championship there has been an explosion of interest in the Tupis from throughout the region. To most North Americans, in particular, Brazil is largely unknown as neither Canada nor the USA have ever faced Brazil …
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Brazil’s impressive home victory over Colombia on Saturday sees the Tupis rising in the World and Americas Rankings. The Portuguese speaking country’s 44-0 win over Colombia sees Brazil rising from 9th to 7th in the Americas, to trade places with Colombia, and from 45th to 42nd in the world. It …
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Several Canadians, an American prospect, and two South Americans will be in action in round 3 of the British & Irish Cup this weekend. Cornish Pirates lead the way with all three Canucks in their starting lineup. No8 Aaron Carpenter skippers for the 4th week in a row, which suggests …
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While Top 14 clubs return to European action this weekend, it’s business as usual for the French Pro D2 as they enter week 12 of the competition. Lyon and Bayonne currently reside in 1st and 2nd place, respectively, while Tarbes sits at the bottom of the barrel after being docked …
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The city-state of Monaco and Dublin, Ireland, will host the final Olympic Sevens qualification tournaments in June. World Rugby has set the dates for the men on June 18-19 at Stade Louis II and the women a week later on June 25-26 at the UCD Bowl. Only the winning team …
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