The Argentina XV are the 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge champions after defeating Uruguay ‘A’ 24-17 at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo on Saturday evening. The seven point win saw the Argentina XV coming-back from a 10-7 half-time deficit. Despite trailing at half-time, it was the Argentina XV who scored first. …
Read More »Americas Pacific Challenge – Round 3 Preview
The 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge comes to a close after the third round of action on Saturday. All six teams will be in action with the tournament finale to decide this year’s champion. All matches will take place at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. A North American stream for the …
Read More »Romania vs Uruguay moved from Bucharest to Italy
The upcoming test match between Romania and Uruguay has been moved from Bucharest to Italy. The Oaks vs Teros fixture is the first of three matches for the Uruguayans in November. With the move to Verona, all three of Uruguay’s November Internationals will take place in Italy. Los Teros will …
Read More »Uruguay ‘A’ battle past Chile ‘A’ in Americas Pacific Challenge
Uruguay ‘A’ battled past Chile ‘A’ this evening. The home side were 24-17 winners in a round two match of the 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge. Uruguay ‘A’ outscored Chile by seven points in the second half. This enabled Uruguay ‘A’ to win by seven points after the teams were all …
Read More »Americas Pacific Challenge – Round 2 Preview
The second round of the 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge takes place on Tuesday with all six teams now taking full part. Both the USA Selects and Argentina XV will make their first appearances of the tournament. Chile ‘A’ and Uruguay ‘A’ were the two winners in the first round and …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP USA is bidding to host Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cups The bid campaign for the USA to host …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 24, 2021
The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare the men’s test teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. There were three matches involving the …
Read More »Uruguay ‘A’ down Brazil ‘A’ in Americas Pacific Challenge
Uruguay ‘A’ downed Brazil ‘A’ this evening. The team playing in sky-blue shirts converted a 25-0 half time lead into a 28-12 victory. They did so on home soil at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. The Uruguayans strong opening was enough to win comfortably despite being outscored 12-3 in the …
Read More »Americas Pacific Challenge – Round 1 Preview
The Americas Pacific Challenge returns for the first time since 2018 on Friday. There will be no Pacific Island teams this time around, and the opening round will feature only four of the six entries with travel complications experienced by the USA seeing their opening match against the Argentina XV …
Read More »Argentina XV vs USA Selects game cancelled
Friday’s match between the Argentina XV and the USA Selects in Montevideo has been cancelled. The match was to be part of the opening round of the Americas Pacific Challenge. A statement from USA Rugby cites the cause as “challenges experienced in transit.” The result has been declared a draw …
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