World Rugby has made huge cutbacks to the annual Rugby Sevens Circuit. Ignacio Chans reports that the sport’s global governing body has downsized the events from twelve to eight teams. The changes are unwelcome news for Chans’ Uruguay who are one of the twelve teams involved in the 2024-2025 series. …
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Argentina claimed a podium finish at the Singapore 7’s. Los Pumas 7’s recovered from a Semi Final defeat against Fiji to win the Bronze Final. Los Pumas 7’s fell 33-24 against Fiji at the Semi Final stage. The Flying Fijians outscored Argentina by five tries to four. Argentina scored first …
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Argentina secured the 2025 World HSBC SVNS title on Saturday in Singapore. Los Pumas 7’s secured a spot in the Semi Finals and thereby are assured of a minimum 14 competition points. With it, Argentina will rise to 102 points, or more. This places Los Pumas 7’s out of reach …
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Uruguay made history at the Singapore 7’s on Saturday. For the first time ever Los Teros 7’s defeated Australia. The South Americans won 28-5, outscoring the Australians by four tries to one. Juan González scored a double for Los Teros 7’s while Ignacio Álvarez and Valentín Vargas also touched down. …
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History has been made. For the first time ever, Argentina won the Hong Kong 7’s. Los Pumas 7’s did so by going unbeaten at the tournament in the special administrative region of China. The special day for Argentine rugby was also a double celebration for the Americas as Canada’s Women …
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Los Pumas booked their spot in the Semi Finals of the 2025 Hong Kong 7’s. The unbeaten Argentina won their pool by following up their Day One wins over the USA and Ireland by defeating Fiji in pool play on Day Two and then Ireland in the Quarter Finals. The …
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Argentina played scintillating rugby on the opening day of the 2025 Hong Kong 7’s. Played at the new Kai Tak Stadium, Los Pumas 7’s were on fire; the South Americans racked up two huge wins. The Americas’ other Men’s competitors did not perform so well while there were mixed results …
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Argentina is to build a national High Performance Rugby Center. The Centro Nacional de Rugby (CNR) is a project that has been on the table in recent decades. Construction will be completed in November, 2026. The main purpose of the CNR is to centralize all the activities of the UAR, …
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Chile claimed glory at the Men’s Sevens Challenger Series in Cape Town, South Africa. Los Cóndores 7’s defeated Canada 33-7 in the Final. The big win came from five consecutive tries after Canada had crossed for the opening score. Chilean test cap Luca Strabucchi started with two tries while Manuel …
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In a mutual agreement between club and player, Lautaro Bazán Vélez terminated his contract with Benetton Treviso. This brings an end to his time playing for the Italian side in the United Rugby Championship (URC). He will continue his career back with Rugby Sevens. Bazán Vélez made the decision to …
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