The first Kids rugby school has opened in Ecuador. Jaguars Rugby Club from there country’s largest city, Guayaquil has created the first institution of its kind with training under way from children between the ages of 8 and 13. The practices are taking place on Saturday mornings from 8am-10am on the synthetic …
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The Argentine Women’s Sevens are in Training. A roster of sixteen female athletes are coming together from throughout the country to being preparations tomorrow for Olympic Games repechage qualification. They are to do so at La Plata Rugby Club, where they will remain until Friday February 19, doing so under the orders of …
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The Pumitas roster has been named for Georgia. The teams will meet in two matches on February 20 and 24 at the San Luis and Hindú club grounds in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s under 20 roster is training now at Hindú club. Coached by Don Torcuato, Daniel Hourcade has been overlooking the preparations. The Pumas Head …
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Argentina XV head Coach Pablo Bouza has selected a 24-man roster to travel to Punta del Este to prepare for Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship match against Uruguay. The unbeaten Argentina XV will face Uruguay who have one win and one loss from the opening two rounds of the competition. A win for …
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An intensive training regime has Las Albirrojas preparing for international competition. Twenty players are together in Asunción training hard for the opportunity of representing their country next month at the international competition in neighboring Brazil. Rio de Janeiro will be the setting for a two-day event played over March 6-7 …
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A fantastic game of rugby was played on Friday to open round two of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. Brazil played host to Uruguay in São Paulo and performed remarkably well, pushing the Rugby World Cup 2015 team to the limit. Based on this fixture the future, certainly, bodes well …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Ben Cima Goal kicking matters so much that it can win and lose matches. Regardless of the team a specialist is mandatory …
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Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend. As of February 15 2016 there are no changes in overall position. There has, nonetheless, been movement in rankings points. Canada’s ranking points have been altered, seeing the 63,62 points decreased to a new ranking of 63,42 points. This …
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A home win in San Juan this evening saw the Argentina XV completing a bonus point victory. What had been an error-ridden performance, involving a high number of unforced errors and multiple tries blown turned into a comfortable 52-15 victory following a late flurry. A strong start from the home …
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Los Cóndores have confirmed their lineup for Saturday’s match against the Argentina XV at Estadio Bicententario in San Juan. Three changes have been made to the run-on side, with another four coming among the reserves. Claudio Zamorano and Luis Sepúlveda are promoted from the bench to fill in for unavailable …
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