Tag Archives: Olympics

Two Changes as Pumas 7s Head to Asia

Head Coach Santiago Gómez Cora has made two final changes to his roster to compete in Asia in the upcoming international competition. Called up to the Los Pumas 7s squad are German Schulz and Nicolás Menéndez. Those involved for Los Pumas 7s at the HSBC Sevens Series legs in Hong …

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Ortega Desio, Moyano called up to Pumas 7’s

The UAR has confirmed the rosters for upcoming international Rugby Sevens competition. Called up for the Hong Kong and Singapore legs of the World Sevens Circuit are Los Jaguares players Javier Ortega Desio and Ramiro Moyano. The Super Rugby contracted players are possibilities to play for Los Pumas 7’s in the …

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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 PRO Rugby The announcement of the player rosters for the inaugural PRO Rugby season was a tremendous success. The American rugby community is …

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Draw announced for Hong Kong 7s

The pool draw for the 2016 Hong Kong 7s has been released, with 16 teams taking part in the main HSBC Sevens Series competition and another 12 set to compete for core status on the 2016-17 season. All but one team that took part in the wildly successful Vancouver tournament …

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Patriots’ Ebner Chases Olympic Dream

In American rugby, it doesn’t take much looking to find a story about a football player that converted to rugby. However, the number of rugby players that have successfully converted to football is a relatively short list. Nate Ebner is one of the most famous rugby to football converts in …

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Colombia’s 2016 International Program

Colombia’s leading men’s and women’s players of both senior and junior categories are to gather in Medellín this month to begin preparations for international duty in 2016. From March 22-27 players will be analyzed with the purpose of confirming the rosters that will represent Colombia throughout the year. In 2016 Colombia’s …

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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 Jamaica The Caribbean Island nation of Jamaica has risen in the Americas Rankings thanks to disposing of St. Vincent and the Grenadines …

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Fiji race clear in Las Vegas

Fiji beat the odds to defeat Australia in an absorbing Cup final in Las Vegas to take the top spot at the HSBC Sevens Series event. While that might sound strange considering they entered the tournament as joint-leaders on the overall Series table, the players had to overcome the emotion …

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