In an effort to grow the game Sudamérica Rugby’s Northern Regional Developmental Manager, Alberto Ruiz Luca has been busy visiting Central American countries recently. Following a recent Sudamérica Rugby inspection of El Salvador attention turned to both Guatemala and Panama. Get Into Rugby administrator, Guillermo Signorelli was in Guatemala to see the …
Read More »South American Championship 2016: Brazil vs Uruguay – Full Match
Brazil hosted Uruguay this past Saturday in a fully capped international fixture. The match was a part of the South American A Championship 2016, a four nations competition in which Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay fight for the right to join Argentina in the following year’s Sudamérica Rugby Cup. In front …
Read More »Americas Rankings – April 24 2016
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – April 24 2016 see Brazil and Paraguay changing places while both Uruguay and Chile have made slight gains. Uruguay edged slightly closer to Canada by rising from 63,23 points to a new ranking of 63,26. …
Read More »South American A Championship Standings
Following the completion of the opening round of competition Chile and Uruguay top the South American A Championship Standings. Chile soundly defeated Paraguay in the opening fixture while Uruguay followed it up by humbling Brazil in South America’s largest city. With the South American A Championship not operating according to the …
Read More »Chile dominate Paraguay in South American A Championship
A strong showing from Chile as Los Cóndores dominate Paraguay in the opening match of the 2016 South American A Championship in Santiago this afternoon. Chile’s 68-7 win saw the home side playing significantly better rugby that in the recent Americas Rugby Championship. In a great team effort 10 different …
Read More »Brazil humbled by impressive Uruguay in São Paulo
Uruguay demonstrated significant progress with a comfortable 36-14 victory over Brazil at Allianz Parque in São Paulo this afternoon. Close to 9,000 paying supporters attended the match. Los Teros won largely with an experimental side which called upon a number of players missing from recent international activity. They were led by five World …
Read More »Uruguay experiment in South American Championship opener
Los Teros Head Coach Esteban Meneses has named an experimental lineup to take on Brazil in the opening round fixture of the 2016 South American A Championship. Meneses is without his European-based players and has opted for a balance of youth and experience to take on the ever-improving Tupis. While …
Read More »Chile name team to face Paraguay
Chile have named their team to face Paraguay at the Old Grangonian Club in Chicureo on Saturday, kickoff set for 4pm local. Seven changes have been made to the side that suffered resounding defeat to Canada in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship in March, while three players …
Read More »Brazil Name team for Uruguay
Os Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrosio has selected the Brazil team for Saturday’s home international against Uruguay in São Paulo. Brazil will be playing host to their southern neighbors in an opening round fixture of the 2016 South American A Championship. Ambrosio is without several players, most notably Australian David …
Read More »Officials Named for South American A Championship
Officials have been named for the South American A Championship. The four nations tournament is to get underway this coming weekend with Brazil and Chile hosting Uruguay and Paraguay respectively. Three of the four are to have referees involved over the coming two weekends as will Argentina. No Chilean officials have …
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