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Canada got their win that they so desperately wanted and did so in emphatic fashion with a crushing 45-5 result over Brazil at Westhills Stadium on Saturday evening. The visitors lost their captain, Yan Rosetti, before kickoff and did not look prepared for the cold and wet conditions. To make …

The Argentina XV have handed Uruguay their first defeat in the 2018 ARC. Played this evening in Punta del Este the Argentina XV won the battle of Rio de La Plata 34-17. The Argentina XV’s search for enterprising play has seen errors impact their performance in the past. The same …

The USA overcame a sluggish first half to come away convincing 45-13 winners over Chile in the third round of the Americas Rugby Championship on Saturday. Both sides felt the searing heat in Fullerton with water breaks a frequent sight in the opening period. Gary Gold had implored his Eagles …

Canada face a tipping point in their Americas Rugby Championship campaign when they host Brazil at Westhills Stadium in Langford on Saturday. It has not been a happy year for the men in red thus far, losing all three test matches including the World Cup Qualifiers to Uruguay which now …

A match with huge implications for the title takes place in the eastern city of Maldonado on Saturday. As we reach the midpoint of the Americas Rugby Championship two sides with dreams of glory collide at the Estadio Domingo Burgueño where Uruguay host the Argentina XV. Not two months into …

Round 3 of the Americas Rugby Championship begins in California where the USA host Chile at Fullerton Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The trajectories of the two sides following their opening matches are almost exact opposites. Chile fell to Brazil in a close match in Santiago before being outclassed by the …

The ARC is over for Tomás Granella. Having been a replacement against both the USA and Chile, the Mendoza fly half will play no further part in the Argentina XV’s campaign. Granella dislocated his right thumb in Saturday’s match against Chile. He has been given a recovering time frame of one …

The Americas Rugby Championship was back to its regularly scheduled programming with all six teams officially taking part in Round 2, so that’s where we’ve directed our focus in its entirety this week, and will continue to do so for the next three weeks. It was an odd one in …

The Can-Am Cup was contested between Canada and their hosts, the USA, at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento on Saturday. Since 2014 the trophy has belonged to the Eagles, who had not been beaten by their northern neighbors since 2013 heading into the match. The second round contest of the …

It was another Americas Rugby Championship match at ‘the end of the world’ as the Argentina XV welcomed Chile to the Estadio Agustín Pichot in Ushuaia in their Round 2 fixture on Saturday. A high-scoring affair saw 10 tries in total scored between the two sides. The players and spectators …