Rugby Canada have named a 32-man squad to travel to São Paulo for two games later this month. The team will play against a Chile XV on on October 21, followed by a Brazil XV on October 26. There are 13 uncapped players selected. Three played for the national u20 …
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Uruguay will host a three-match international series including the second-senior (‘A’) sides of the USA and Argentina. All three matches will be played at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo between Tuesday, October 13, and Friday, October 23. The series is effectively taking the place of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which …
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Uruguay will have a player involved for Selknam in the upcoming Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. Uruguay ‘A’ fly half Juan Zuccarino is to play for the Chilean franchise in the 2022 competition. Zuccarino played for Uruguay ‘A’ in the 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge. He was the starting …
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The New England Free Jacks have signed second row Javon Camp-Villalovos on a one-year deal for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. A collegiate football player with the Bethune Cookman Wildcats, the 22-year-old recently returned to rugby with the Rhinos academy in Sacramento. Camp-Villalovos was immediately accepted into the USA …
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Stade Français are recruiting an Uruguayan scrum-half. Juan Manuel Tafernaberry is traveling today from Italy to France. He is joining the Stade Français academy system. 2021 has been a breakthrough year for Tafernaberry. In June he played for Uruguay u20s in the Four Nations tournament in South Africa. This included …
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The 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge was an all-Americas competition. It involved young talent from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the USA. Competing were the ‘Next Senior’ development sides with many players from both Major League Rugby and the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby. Champions Argentina make up one third …
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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 Argentina XV crowned APC champions The Argentina XV lifted the Americas Pacific Challenge trophy on Saturday. Doing so required …
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Uruguay will play three matches in Europe as part of the 2021 November Internationals. Two of the three matches are to be capped test matches. The South Americans will have a roster mainly made-up of home-based players. They will be joined by Major League Rugby (MLR) and European-based players. Those …
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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. …
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The 2021 Americas Rugby Challenge concluded for Chile ‘A’ and the USA Selects. The contest between the two ‘next senior XVs’ was played at Montevideo’s Estadio Charrúa. Chile ‘A were 29-14 winners in what was a non-capped fixture. The test teams of Chile and the USA will square-off in July …
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