A new addition to our annual awards is the Emerging Nation Player of the Year. This category was created to acknowledge excellence from the best players from nations outside the Americas Rugby Championship. It hasn’t always been easy to find video at this level of competition but thankfully the ease …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 4, Iss 1): End Automatic RWC Qualifying
2018 is now here and it is to start with more Rugby World Cup qualifiers. Canada play host to Uruguay on January 27 in Vancouver. Uruguay then host the reverse fixture on February 03 in Montevideo. The winner, on aggregate, will be Americas 2 and play in Pool D of …
Read More »Happy Holidays!
Americas Rugby News would like to wish all of our readers a happy holiday season! Once again it’s been a busy year in the rugby world, rugby across the Americas continues to grow at a rapid rate and 2018 promises to be the biggest year yet. The Americas Rugby Championship …
Read More »Pichot confirms Americas Rugby Championship ‘B’ for August
A new annual competition for Americas nations outside the Americas Rugby Championship will begin in August 2018. As initially reported in August of this year, the new tournament will provide regular fixtures for developing nations outside their regular regional competitions. World Rugby Vice-Chairman and Americas Rugby President Agustin Pichot confirmed …
Read More »2017 Central American Games 7’s Rosters
The 2017 Central American Games (Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) is underway. Taking to the field in Managua, Nicaragua are the national Men’s and Women’s 7’s teams from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. A tournament preview can be seen by clicking here. MEN’S ROSTERS Costa Rica Deiby Méndez, Franklin …
Read More »2017 Central American Games 7’s – Preview
The 2017 Central American Games (Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) take place this month. From December 3-17 athletes from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama will compete in Managua. This year’s edition is the 11th of history of the Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos. The competition is to have the …
Read More »Up and Under
This week’s edition of Up and Under brings to a close international activity for the year. The weekly segment will return again in January 2018. UP Chile In the first meeting between Germany and Chile the South Americans recorded a big win. Played on Saturday at the Sparda Bank …
Read More »Jamaica Qualify for 2018 Sevens World Cup
Jamaica have been crowned the 2017 Men’s Rugby Americas North Sevens champions. Their impressive campaign saw them build on finishing top of their pool on day one to win the tournament played in Mexico City. In running-out winners Jamaica have officially qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San …
Read More »Mexico Qualify for 2018 Sevens World Cup
Mexico have won the 2017 Women’s Rugby Americas North Sevens. The home victory means that Mexico has qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. This marks an historic first ever appearance at the event. It will be played in 2018 in San Francisco, California. Mexico did so by defeating Trinidad …
Read More »2017 RAN 7s Rosters
The 2017 RAN 7’s is to be a two-day event. It will take place on November 25-26. involved are to be ten men’s teams and seven women’s teams. The ten competing teams in the men’s division are: Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico …
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