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Rugby’s continued expansion in the Americas took on added meaning on Friday as Caribbean nation the Dominican Republic notched up a win over Curaçao. The 32-12 victory saw the two nations playing for the ‘Copa Dominico-Curazoleña de Rugby’. With the presence of Pablo Septién, of Rugby Americas North and the …

Mexican referee Jorge Rodríguez was in charge with the Caribbean classic between Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica this past weekend. The match was a Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying fixture and also a part of the 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship. Together with Americas Rugby Championship competitors Brazil and the …

Former Glasgow Warriors and Scotland u20 prop George Hunter is set to play for the Bahamas in their upcoming match against Mexico on May 7th as part of Rugby Americas North Championship. The 24-year-old Aberdeen native qualifies for the Bahamas by virtue of his grandfather being born on the islands. …

Mexico’s senior men’s test side, Las serpientes are back home following a successful visit to the USA. Las Serpientes trained at Arizona State University this past week and had a match against the college team over the weekend. Mexico won the match 30-23. The purpose of the visit was to prepare …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – April 24 2016 see Brazil and Paraguay changing places while both Uruguay and Chile have made slight gains. Uruguay edged slightly closer to Canada by rising from 63,23 points to a new ranking of 63,26. …

Wins by Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana this weekend  see the two Caribbean countries well positioned in the Caribbean Rugby World Cup Qualifying Standings. Both countries completed bonus point victories to collect the full five points. The Caribbean qualifying series for Rugby World Cup 2019 is divided into two pools of …

On Saturday afternoon in the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago saw off Jamaica in a Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifier, coming out on top 34-14 winners. In what was a Calypso versus Reggae fixture the Trinidad and Tobago ruggermen started their Rugby World Cup 2019 in impressive fashion, completing a clean win over …

Guyana overpowered Barbados in a Rugby World Cup qualifier on Saturday, winning 48-17 at the National Park in Playfield, Guyana. The comprehensive victory means Guyana has one foot in the door in the subsequent round of the Americas qualifying series. The victorious Guyana will take to the field again on …

This coming Saturday, April 23 Arizona State University will place host to the senior men’s rugby team of Mexico. The meeting will be a sanctioned rugby match, one in which the visitors are seeking to gain experience to utilize in the upcoming 2016 Rugby Americas North competition. Mexico’s participation in …

My Forward Thinking column from Monday of last week received a number of inbox responses from both people I know and do not know personally. The overwhelming feedback was that the situation of the Pacific Island unions is unfortunate but they need to take action to break out of the endless cycle they …