Evan Olmstead is heading to the Aviva Premiership for the 2016/17 season. The Canadian international has signed a two year contract with Newcastle Falcons, his first in a top flight professional division. Olmstead joined London Scottish on a short-term deal in January and has since played seven times in the …
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Free-to-Air Test Rugby Attracts Record Numbers in Brazil
Brazilian free-to-air network, Rede TV’s decision to broadcast live test match rugby has been a tremendous success. Notícias da TV has confirmed that the viewing numbers have surpassed the numbers watching live basketball in Brazil’s domestic professional league, the NBB. With a rating of 0,6 Brazil vs Uruguay in the opening …
Read More »Old Christians Reach Torneo Interior B Semi Finals
In front of a large and vibrant crowd at Montevideo’s Estadio Charrúa Saturday was a special day for Uruguayan rugby. The Old Christians vs Old Boys classic took on a new meaning as the clubs met at the Quarter Finals stage of the Torneo Interior, a part of Argentina’s national club …
Read More »Bastareaud eyes PRO Rugby
PRO Rugby is only three weeks old but the opportunity to play professional rugby in the United States has not gone unnoticed by some very big players. Toulon star Mathieu Bastareaud spoke to French magazine La Provence recently and explained that while he has signed a contract with Toulon until 2021, …
Read More »London Irish relegated from Premiership
It’s official. London Irish have been relegated from the Aviva Premiership. While their defeat to Newcastle all but sealed their fate a fortnight ago, the ink is now dry after a 32-25 loss to Harlequins at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday. The Exiles will now play in the Greene King …
Read More »Urdapilleta Named in Top 14 Team of the Week
Consistency is one of the fundamentals in sport and the level of this demonstrated by Benjamín Urdapilleta for Castres has been extraordinary. Having been a star for Oyonnax the Buenos Aires pivot’s move to Castres has proven to be equally effective as the Tarn club are charging up the Top …
Read More »Up and Under
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 Uruguay Sitting pretty at the top of the South American A Championship standings is Uruguay. After two rounds Los Teros are the …
Read More »Denver unbeaten after San Diego battle
Denver held off a desperate San Diego attack in the final moments of the match to emerge with their undefeated record intact after a 22-16 victory at Torero Stadium on Sunday. Tries to Zach Fenoglio, Niku Kruger, and Chad London did the damage with Will Magie’s boot contributing seven points …
Read More »Americas Rankings – May 1 2016
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – May 01 2016 see improvements for Brazil while the Dominican Republic and Turks & Caicos both rise to new highs. Despite winning big in Asunción there is no change to Uruguay‘s rankings position nor …
Read More »Ohio blasts San Francisco
In the first professional rugby match held in Ohio, the home side used a clinical effort to blow out the traveling San Francisco side. Ohio scored eight tries with Spike Davis, Sebastián Kalm, and JP Eloff each scoring two tries apiece in the blowout victory. As in their first two …
Read More »Cima kick hands defeat to Uruguay
Ben Cima has done it again. The All-American flyhalf landed a long-range penalty goal on full-time to break a deadlock against Uruguay, earning JD Stephenson’s team the win and 5th place overall. While their tournament standing has not met their hopes going in, they will be pleased to end on …
Read More »Dominican Republic Notch up win over Curaçao
Rugby’s continued expansion in the Americas took on added meaning on Friday as Caribbean nation the Dominican Republic notched up a win over Curaçao. The 32-12 victory saw the two nations playing for the ‘Copa Dominico-Curazoleña de Rugby’. With the presence of Pablo Septién, of Rugby Americas North and the …
Read More »Uruguay Overpower Paraguay in Asunción
Following their opening round win over Brazil in São Paulo Uruguay made it two from two as Los Teros overpowered Paraguay in Asunción this afternoon. In defeating Los Yakarés 60-15 the Uruguayans are now the odds-on favorites to win the South American A Championship. As big as the final scoreline …
Read More »All-Americans named to face Uruguay
JD Stephenson has made three changes to his Junior All-American side to face Uruguay in the 5th place match of the World Rugby u20 Trophy on Sunday. The disappointment of what might have been will need to be left aside after a pair of two-point losses knocked them out of …
Read More »Los Jaguares Find their Feet in Smashing Kings
Los Jaguares found their Feet this evening, smashing the Kings 73-27 in Buenos Aires. Veteran Leonardo Senatore scored three of his team’s eleven tries in a bonus point victory. A dream start from Los Jaguares saw some El Mago from Juan Martín Hernández. The inside center regathered his own kick …
Read More »Cortes, Phelan ready for Championship Semis
The Greene King IPA Championship switches to semi-final mode this weekend, with the first of a two-leg format set to take place on Sunday. Argentine prop Gastón Cortes, recently named to the divisional Dream Team, will start on the bench for Bristol as they head to Goldington Road to face …
Read More »Brazil and Chile Draw in São Paulo
Brazil and Chile competed to a 20-20 draw in the second round South American ‘A’ Championship match in São Paulo this afternoon. Despite outscoring the visitors by three tries to two Brazil’s inaccurate goal kicking saw no winner. As was the case against Uruguay one week earlier, Brazil had an …
Read More »Tonga wing joins PRO Rugby
Tongan international winger Viliame ‘Pila’ Iongi has signed with PRO Rugby. The 26-year-old is set to debut for San Francisco against Ohio on Sunday. Iongi joins the team directly from the Greene King IPA Championship in England, where he ended his season with Nottingham this past weekend with a hat-trick …
Read More »PRO Week 3 – San Diego vs Denver
Two undefeated teams will go head-to-head at Torero Stadium on Sunday, as Denver take their California road show to San Diego. The visitors sit atop the freshly minted standings with two wins from two, while the home team showed real attacking prowess in their inaugural outing against Sacramento a week …
Read More »PRO Week 3 – Ohio vs San Francisco
Round 3 of the PRO Rugby season sees another historic first for the competition. The upcoming Sunday tilt at Memorial Park in Obetz marks the first home match for the Ohio franchise. Despite the fact that it is only Week 3, it is an important match as only one of …
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