Los Cóndores have a target for 2025: qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027 as South America 1. The pathway to making this happen is to win the South American Finals. Chile will face Brazil in the Semi Finals with the winner taking-on either Uruguay or Paraguay in the final. The …
Read More »Quesada Names Italy roster ahead of Six Nations
Italian Head Coach Gonzalo Quesada has confirmed a roster to represent Italy in the 2025 Six Nations. The former Pumas fly half will hold a training camp beginning on Sunday, January 19. Italy will open their Six Nations 2025 campaign away against Scotland on February 01 in Edinburgh. Quesada’s roster …
Read More »Eyeing World Cup Qualifiers, Brazil Bring in Argentine Assistant Coaches
Eyeing Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers, Brazil has brought in two Argentine assistant coaches. Former Puma Maximilano Bustos and High Performance Coach Joaquín Luchetti join the staff led by former Tero Emiliano Caffera. The trio will be in charge of the Brazilian Men’s test team, Os Tupis, and also Os …
Read More »Gastón Mieres to Retire from Los Teros After Facing Romania
Saturday will be the last time Gastón Mieres plays for Uruguay. Mieres will hang up his boots after a lengthily test career for his country. Mieres will earn his 86th cap for Los Teros in Saturday’s test match against Romania in Bucharest. Retirement comes for the Teros winger / fullback …
Read More »Brazil Name Loaded Roster for Hong Kong Tour
Emiliano Caffera has named a 28-man roster to represent Brazil in November. As part of the annual November Internationals, Os Tupis will play two away test matches against Hong Kong. The roster contains 17 forwards and 11 backs. Hong Kong and Brazil are both chasing spots at Rugby World Cup …
Read More »Chile Trim Roster for November Internationals
Chile has trimmed down the size of its roster from 32 to 25 players. Pablo Lemoine’s Cóndores will play test matches against Canada and the Netherlands and face Scotland ‘A’ in an uncapped fixture. As was the case at Rugby World Cup 2023, flanker Martín Sigren leads his country. He is …
Read More »Gonzalo Quesada Confirms Italy Roster for November
Gonzalo Quesada has confirmed a 34-man roster for the November Internationals. Italy play home test matches against Argentina, Georgia and New Zealand. The opening match will be historic with Quesada up against Felipe Contepomi’s Pumas. Quesada and Contepomi were teammates for Argentina at Rugby World Cups 1999 and 2003. Italy …
Read More »Andrea Rinaldo is Italy’s First World Rugby Chairman Candidate
For the first time in ever an Italian is running as a candidate to be the World Rugby chairman. The Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR) are backing the candidacy of Professor Andrea Rinaldo for the upcoming elections in November 2024. Professor Andrea Rinaldo is the only contender not from the traditional …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP USA Outplay Canada in LA It won’t go down as one of the classic matches in Pacific Nations Cup history, …
Read More »Colorno Sign Second Chilean with Lastra joining days after Fernández
Italian club Colorno have signed two Chileans in a matter of days. Following the arrival of fly half Rodrigo Fernández, Colorno have now confirmed the signature of prop Vittorio Lastra. He joins from Rivals FMI-CZ Rugby Rovigo Delta with whom he played for this past season. Rovigo was Lastra’s third …
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