For the first time ever a South American professional team will face a North American professional team in a regular season league fixture. This will happen in Santiago, Chile on Saturday with Selknam having home advantage against the American Raptors. Selknam are a success story of professionalism. The Chileans reached …
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It is all systems go in Uruguay. Rugby World Cup year begins with the home-based players coming together for Peñarol. The 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) champions will defend their South American league title in the rebranded Super Rugby Americas. Peñarol enter Super Rugby Americas 2023 as the …
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Súper Liga Americana 2022 runners-up, Selknam will be flying to flag of Chile in Super Rugby Americas 2023. Selknam featured in the three editions of SLAR. The team’s evolution was directly connected to Chile qualifying for the Rugby World Cup. Selknam were Finalists in SLAR 2022. The Chileans were overpowered …
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El entrenador de Los Pumas Michael Cheika colaboró en la Concentración de los referís del Súper Rugby Américas y dejó sus impresiones sobre el mejor rugby de América. Michael Cheika, sus asistentes Felipe Contepomi, Juan Fernández Lobbe y Andrés Bordoy, junto al resto del staff técnico de la Unión Argentina …
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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 Increasing Uruguayan Depth In the latest edition of World Cup Radar, ARN looks at the potential formation of Uruguay’s roster for …
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World Rugby’s approval of eligibility law changes may bring substantial changes for Rugby World Cup 2023. Players are able to represent a second country following a three-year stand-down period from their last binding representative appearance for their first country. In other words, there are players from both RWC 2019 and / …
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The build up to Rugby World Cup 2023 continues. Uruguay’s preparations have gone smoothly; players are being conditioned to be at their peak for the tournament. Most of them are home based, all of them are homegrown. Esteban Meneses has been careful to respond to the media as to what …
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Pro D2 club Oyonnax have announced the signature of Lucas Mensa from next season. It comes with the club in control of the 2022-2023 Pro D2 table; Oyonnax have a 15 point lead after 19 rounds of the season. Mont de Marsan are second place with Mensa a regular for …
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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 Uruguay With an Eye on Pool A Round one of the 2023 Six Nations saw two of Italy’s World Cup opponents …
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The American Raptors roster is growing by one. Lucas González Amorosino will play Super Rugby Americas 2023 for the Colorado team. The veteran of Rugby World Cups 2011 and 2015 brings with him a wealth of experience – he has played at the elite in Super Rugby, England, France and …
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