Uruguay

Colombia’s women on the verge of Olympic Qualification

Strong performances from Colombia on Day Two of the Three-Day Olympic Games qualifying tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina have seen South America’s most populated Spanish speaking nation move towards securing an unlikely spot at the 2016 Olympic Games. Well placed after Day One Uruguay’s Olympic Dream came crashing down on Day …

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Watch the CONSUR Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifiers Live

Day two of the South American regional qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games is underway. Competing are men’s and women’s teams from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Costa Rica is also involved, competing in the women’s section. The top male and female performers at the completion of …

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Argentina closes in on Olympic Dream

All eyes were on Argentina in the opening day of the South American section of Olympic Games qualification. The country’s long-lasting dominance within the continental region places great expectation on the silver medalists from the 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup. With a place in the Olympic Games on the line Argentina took …

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Uruguay Choose for Olympic Qualifiers

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Uruguay is very much dreaming of playing Rugby Sevens at the Olympic Games. Men’s and women’s squads from the eastern South American republic will take part in this weekend’s qualifying tournament at Club C.R.A.I in Santa Fé, Argentina and do so looking to earn the right to compete at the …

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Uruguay squad for Tbilisi Cup

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Having completed recent home internationals against USA, Argentina, and Fiji, Los Teros now travel to Georgia to compete in the World Rugby Tbilisi Cup. The South Americans will play three matches taking on development teams of both Ireland and Italy in addition to a full test match against the host nation. …

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Fiji Warriors too strong for Uruguay

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Fiji’s three-match South American tour came to an end this afternoon with a noteworthy victory over Uruguay in Montevideo. In winning cleanly the Pacific Islanders were able to lay down a marker ahead of the all-important pool match between the senior capped sides of the countries at this year’s Rugby …

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Americas Six Nations vital believes Pichot

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Former Pumas captain Agustín Pichot believes that the Americas Six Nations concept is not only appropriate at this point in time but also necessary. Without efforts being made the hierarchy in which Argentina has a superior test side than the others will remain unchanged. The former scrumhalf believes in helping …

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Americas Six Nations to begin in 2016

Argentina’s representative on the World Rugby Council, Agustín Pichot, has taken a proposal to World Rugby to establish an Americas Six Nations competition featuring South American nations Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay together with the two leading North American nations Canada and the United States. As the driving force behind …

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