Uruguay ran wild against Zimbabwe on Thursday. The South Americans defeated the Africans 51-14 at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. The match was a round two fixture of the 2023 Junior World Trophy. It takes Uruguay up to a 2-0 record; Los Teritos defeated the USA in their …
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The USA have fallen to back-to-back losses at the World rugby u20 Trophy. Following their narrow loss to Uruguay first up, the Eagles fell to a heavy defeat against Scotland in their second match in Kenya. Scotland were 40-13 winners over the USA. The outcome is that Tuesday’s matches of …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving Americas Rugby from the past week. UP Argentina deliver famous Rugby Championship away win in Australia Los Pumas went to Sydney and conquered the largest Australian city. The …
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Head Coach Kyle Sumsion has named a 33-man USA u20 squad to prepare for the upcoming series against Canada. The winner on aggregate across two games will qualify for the World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament hosted by Kenya in July. County University Stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina, will be the …
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Peñarol continues to announce recruits for the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Following the announcement of the signing of u20s flanker Maxime Sonneveld, Seven further players have joined the Uruguayan SLAR team. The latest recruits are a mixture of senior players and u20s. A notable signing is that …
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Uruguay have qualified for the 2020 World Rugby u20 Trophy. Los Teritos did so by defeating Chile 29-11 on Saturday in the Sudaméricano u19 Final in Montevideo. The tournament has been played since 2008. Uruguay were the inaugural champions and since then they have contested the final with Chile. In …
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Chile and Uruguay have set up a winner-take-all match for a place in the 2020 Junior World Trophy. The two South American countries won their respective Sudaméricano u19 matches in Montevideo on Wednesday. Chile were convincing winners over Paraguay. Their 52-14 victory saw them in the lead throughout. They converted …
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Spain have been named hosts of the World Rugby u20 Trophy for 2020. The second-tier age-grade competition will take place in Villajoyosa between September 14 and 27, with regional qualifying tournaments taking place throughout the year to determine final participants. Brazil were hosts in 2019, an event that saw Japan …
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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 Mexico Women 10s, Men’s u19 Mexico made it a special week as they won the Women’s 10s and Men’s u19 competitions …
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Japan are headed back to the World Rugby u20 Championship after defeating Portugal 35-34 in a thrilling contest at the Estadio Martins Pereira on Sunday evening. Portugal were in the lead at halftime and it wasn’t until the 75th minute when the Baby Blossoms were able to secure the winning …
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