A 25-man Uruguay Roster has been named for the South American A Championship. Starting this coming weekend, the four nations competition will see Uruguay competing against Brazil, Chile and Paraguay for the honor of officially being the number two ranked nation in South America. On the line is a place …
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Paraguay’s national men’s team Los Yakaré are preparing intensely for their upcoming away international against Chile in Santiago on Saturday April 23. The fixture is to take-place in the opening round of the South American ‘A’ Championship and is to be Paraguay’s first international of 2016. In the four nations …
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The next stage of international competition for Los Teros is just around the corner with Uruguay confirming four home internationals for May. Before playing in the Nations Cup in Romania in June the South Americans will have had four home matches on consecutive weekends. The national rugby stadium, the Estadio Charrúa will …
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Brazil is to host Uruguay at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, it was confirmed today. The modern stadium is the home of Brazilian soccer giants, Palmeiras and has a seating capacity of 43,000. The fixture is to take place on April 23 with Brazil hosting Uruguay in the South American …
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Paraguay left a good impression in Tucumán, Argentina this past weekend. Los Yakaré were in the Northern Argentine province playing a warm-up fixture ahead of the upcoming South American A Championship. Playing against the renowned Huirapuca club, the home side ran out 33-7 winners. Present at the club for the fixture …
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With an eye to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro efforts are being doubled both from within Brazil and internationally. To help the host nation’s players improve their preparations there is to be an Australian Coaching Clinic in Brazil this month. In the final week of April Michael …
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The upcoming South American A Championship is to be broadcast on Free-to-air television in Brazil. Confirmation has been made by Brazilian network Rede TV that Brazil’s matches against Uruguay and Chile on April 23 and 30 will be televised, enabling a greatly expanded audience to see test match rugby. It marks …
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Americas Rugby News has learned that rugby is set to return to Pacaembu for Brazil vs Chile. The historic stadium in São Paulo will play host to a South American A Championship match later on this month. The stadium administration made the confirmation that on April 30 Brazil will take-on …
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The strong bonds between Argentina and its neighbors were apparent this past week when Paraguayan coaching staff were invited to participate in Los Jaguares training. Los Yakaré’ trainers Eduardo Acosta and Pedro Manuel Ruiz assisted members of Los Jaguares coaching staff. Acosta and Ruiz shared experiences with leading Argentine coaching officials …
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Argentine fly half Patricio Fernández delivered the performance of his career as Clermont downed Bordeaux this afternoon in a round 19 French Top 14 fixture. Having been 19-0 down Clermont fought back to complete a 24-19 away victory in front of 28,332 supporters to retain pole position in the French …
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