Cuatrecasas has made public their initiative for the first professional Mexican rugby team. Cuatrecasas advised Rugby Ventures México on signing a contract with the Nuevo León Institute for Physical Education and Sports (INDE) to enable its rugby team to play at the new facilities INDE is building. This is not …
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Expansion from 20 to 24 teams for the Men’s Rugby World Cup will mean changes in qualifying. How the four new spots will be allocated remains unconfirmed. What is factual rather than speculative is that the Americas and Europe are the two most productive of World Rugby’s defined regions. Identifying …
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If there were to be a hypothetical composite team from the Americas to face Argentina what could this team look like? This is the question of the day. Players considered for such a team must be current test players captured by an Americas team other than Argentina. An Americas XV …
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The USA Women’s Eagles won Gold at the Pan American Games. With a 19-12 victory over Canada in the Final, the USA won Bronze while Canada claimed Silver. It marked a medal-double for the Canadians after the Men won Bronze. The final saw far tighter than the battle for Bronze. …
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A heroic performance from Alejo Lavayén saw Argentina winning Gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago del Chile. Argentina defeated Chile 24-5 in the Final on Saturday. Lavayén scored a hat-trick. Lavayén broke off from a scrum to score the opening try. Los Pumas 7’s were 5-0 up …
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Canada and the USA will return to the Pacific Nations Cup in 2024. South America will not be involved. World Rugby sought an Americas-Pacific competition wherein Chile and Uruguay would feature alongside Canada, the USA, Japan, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. South America declined. Chile is a Pacific country Uruguay is …
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The Chile XV were 47-22 winners on Wednesday. The national next-of-XV won the first of three matches against the touring California Grizzlies. The match was played behind closed doors in Santiago. Played in four quarters oft went minutes each, the Chile XV were able to put together some quality rugby. …
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Colombia enojyed an outstanding campaign at the XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe in San Salvador, El Salvador. Colombia won Gold in both the Men’s and Women’s Rugby Sevens events at the 2023 Central American & Caribbean Games. Jhon Arley Urrutia was the hero for Los Tucanes. He scored a …
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The Chile XV are ready to return to action. The next-of-XV has named a 52-man roster to face the California Grizzlies. The roster includes a handful of names from Selknam. Some may yet be included on the roster already preparing for the World Cup. The Chile XV roster includes Selknam …
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As Yaras terão quatro partidas internacionais nos próximos meses: Americas Rugby Trophy feminino no Brasil em junho e qualificatório para o WXV (a nova liga mundial) na Colômbia em julho. Entre os meses de junho e julho, o Brasil enfrentará quatro desafios internacionais. Entre os dias 3 e 11 de …
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