Uruguay

With news starting to trickle in from various sources, Americas Rugby News can confirm the full schedule for the inaugural Americas Rugby Cup. The new tournament, involving six Americas nations, will run on consecutive Saturdays from February 6 to February 27, with the final round falling on Sunday, March 6. …

Yesterday we looked at the status of international front row players in the Americas, and saw that Argentina – with or without Los Jaguares – have a clear advantage over their friends to the north and neighbors Uruguay. Today we move to the second row, and find the numbers a little …

Los Pumas will play tests in Wales, Scotland and England in November 2016 it was confirmed today by the UAR on social media. The South Americans will complete a record-setting year of international competition in 2016 by playing three test matches in the U.K. It will bring to an end …

URU President Sebastián Piñeyrúa has confirmed Uruguay’s international program for the inaugural Americas Rugby Cup (Americas Six Nations) competition. Set to be played in February and March Uruguay will join fellow Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, Canada, the USA in addition to Brazil and Chile in a new, annual tournament. …

As the promise of professional rugby reaches North American shores for the first time, coinciding with the inaugural season of Super Rugby in Argentina, there’s no better time to take a look at how the Americas teams might benefit from becoming full time rugby players. While most Tier 1 nations …

It’s a first for ARN as players from five different Americas nations make the cut in this week’s offering. Some excellent individual performances from the weekend put a number of players in the frame, though there were a couple blind spots that needed some versatility to make it work. 1 …

The 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 Aaron Carpenter The former Canadian captain has worn the skipper’s armband for the past two weeks for Cornish Pirates, and led …

The final round of the Campeonato Argentino was played on Saturday, confirming the national under 21 provincial champion and the play-offs matches for promotion and relegation. Buenos Aires had already been confirmed as national provincial champions last weekend. With a 21-20 win over Córdoba Tucumán celebrated as under 21 champions. Salta …

Kicking-off round 9 of the French Top 14 will be Montpellier vs La Rochelle and the visitors will be fielding a northern-Argentine product, Leandro Cedaro. The second-rower will start the fixture and will be looking for a fine performance to continue pressing for a return to the Italian test team. …

Americas Rugby News has learned through highly reliable sources that the USA Eagles will play home matches during the inaugural Americas Rugby Cup (Americas Six Nations) in Texas and Florida. The matches are to be against Argentina, Canada and Chile and will be over the three opening rounds of the …