Uruguayan Head Coach Pablo Lemoine has made fourteen changes to his starting team for Sunday’s away match against Basque Country Euskarians in Spain. The non-capped international is to be Uruguay’s final hit-out before the Rugby World Cup. Los Teros will play in Pool A, the Pool of Death. The uncompromising …
Read More »Americas Six Nations to Start in February
The historic Americas Six Nations will get the go ahead. The tournament is yet to be officially launched due to ongoing arrangements in regards to the name and sponsor acquisition, but the governing body of Brazilian rugby – the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu) – has confirmed the tournament is …
Read More »Americas non-World Cup XV
With all four of the Americas team rosters having been named for the Rugby World Cup, the question is who is missing? Americas Rugby News takes a look at a team made up of players from the Americas who will miss the World Cup through injury or non-selection. 1 – …
Read More »Team of the Week
What a difference a week makes! Canada improve dramatically and finally get a win, the Eagles started strong but faded badly in the second half, and Los Teros were just awful. It’s an all-Canadian backline with only a few others putting their name in the hat in our select XV. …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 12): Confederation Cup Rugby
Rugby World Cup 2015, like previous tournaments will bring together teams who otherwise never play against one another. World Champions New Zealand will face both Georgia and Namibia for the first time, South Africa vs Japan will be another first as will Wales vs Uruguay. There are a variety of …
Read More »Up and Under
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 Canada At last a return to winning ways for Canada. The 19-12, three tries to two win over the visiting …
Read More »Uruguay Announce World Cup Roster
Los Teros Head Coach Pablo Lemoine has announced Uruguay’s 31 players who will compete at the upcoming Rugby World Cup in England and Wales. The players named are the same 31 men who traveled to Japan to play test matches in Fukuoka and Tokyo against the Asian champions. 30 year …
Read More »Japan complete Impressive Series win over Uruguay
Uruguay’s national men’s test team, Los Teros, fell 40-0 against Japan this morning in the second test match between the countries. The two match series has been a warm-up for the Rugby World Cup with both Eddie Jones and Pablo Lemoine to confirm their 31-men player rosters for the World …
Read More »Japan name side for second Uruguay test
Eddie Jones has made seven changes in all to the run-on side that defeated Uruguay 30-8 in the first match in Fukuoka. The second test takes place at Tokyo and will be the last home match for the Brave Blossoms, and the last opportunity for players to impress before the …
Read More »Two Changes for Los Teros in rematch against Japan
Los Teros Head Coach Pablo Lemoine has made two changes to the starting lineup for Satuday’s away test against Japan in Tokyo. The match will be played at 6am Uruguayan time and is the final fixture before Lemoine announces his squad for the World Cup. Coming in at hooker is …
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