For the first time in history, South America will have a direct spot at a Rugby World Cup. The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup is guaranteed to have either Brazil or Colombia. The winner will make history; never before has either country appeared at a Men’s or Women’s Rugby World …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. This week’s edition comes following the opening round of Major League Rugby (MLR) 2024. Rugby fans were overrun with choices …
Read More »France End Drought to Become Champions of Los Angeles Sevens
France are the 2024 Champions of the Los Angeles Sevens. The title came with a 21-0 victory over an outmatched Great Britain in the Final. France’s win shakes-up the medal picture for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. Victory in Los Angeles was the first tournament win by the French Men’s …
Read More »Brazil Eye Vannes Winger Theó Bastardie
Brazil are interested in a Pro D2 player. ARN has learned that Vannes’ Theó Bastardie has been identified as a potential future player for Os Tupis. Bastardie qualifies for Brazil via player eligibility laws; he has Brazilian family ancestry. Bastardie is 24-years-old. He was born in Stains in the Seine-Saint-Denis …
Read More »South American Six Nations u18’s set for March 2024
The South American u18 Championship will take place in Córdoba, Argentina in March. The Sudamerica Rugby tournament will include six countries; making it the South American Six Nations u18’s. The purpose of the competition is to help improve the level of players and teams from an early age. U18 teams …
Read More »Pampas and Dogos Power On; Selknam Blow Strong Start Against Yacare
Two teams are unbeaten after two rounds of Super Rugby Americas 2024. Los Pampas and Los Dogos are officially the form teams. The Argentine sides won their respective matches by healthy margins. The other fixture saw Yacare recovering from a half-time deficit to hold Selknam scoreless in the second-half and …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Selknam – ARN Season Guide
Following Chile’s inaugural appearance at a Rugby World Cup, attention now turns to seeing if Los Cóndores can do it again. For serious rugby supporters this means paying attention to Selknam in Super Rugby Americas. The Chilean professional team was responsible for 30 of the 33 players on the roster …
Read More »Yacare unveil Mariano Garcete as 2024 captain
Paraguay’s professional rugby team have unveiled their captain for Super Rugby Americas 2024. The new skipper will be second-rower Mariano Garcete. Head Coach Ricardo de La Fort has chosen a player who has a wealth of experience in the league and has been highly consistent. Click here to access the …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Pampas – ARN Season Guide
Super Rugby Americas 2024 will feature two Argentine teams: Los Dogos based in Córdoba and Los Pampas based in Buenos Aires. Both teams were Semi Finalists in Super Rugby Americas 2023. Pressure is on for the South American professional rugby trophy to return to Argentina this year. Click here to …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Yacare – Season Guide
Yacare are ready for the upcoming Super Rugby Americas 2024 season. The campaign will see the Paraguayan side looking to repeat what was a successful campaign in 2023. The team proved competitive en route to reaching the Semi Finals. Prior seasons also saw the Paraguayan side being competitive Playing as …
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