Brazil’s professional rugby team is roaring to compete in Super Rugby Americas 2024. Os Cobras Brasil Rugby is the CBRu run team which has competed in every edition of the professional South American League. Super Rugby Americas 2024 will be the fifth edition of the South American professional league. The …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Peñarol – ARN Season Guide
2024 is a new beginning for Peñarol. The two-time reigning Super Rugby Americas champions start the Rugby World Cup 2023-2027 cycle with plenty of fresh faces on the roster. As was the case in prior campaigns, the South American league will be vital to Los Teros. However, this time the …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – American Raptors – ARN Season Guide
Super Rugby Americas 2024 features six teams from South America and the American Raptors from North America. The Colorado-based team is back for a second year. Super Rugby Americas 2023 saw the debutants have highs and lows before ultimately avoiding the wooden spoon in the final round. As was the …
Read More »Dogos get the better of Pampas in SRA Pre-Season Hit-Out
Los Dogos got the better of Los Pampas in a Super Rugby Americas pre-season hit-out in Buenos Aires on Friday. The Córdoba side were 38-21 winners. The match was the professional coaching debut for former Puma Juan Manuel Leguizamón. He took over Los Pampas from Rugby World Cup 2007 teammate …
Read More »Tucumán player development and move towards Super Rugby Americas
The Unión de Rugby de Tucumán (URT) is to have its own independent High Performance Center. The move comes with the ambition of investment in player development and moving towards having a team in Super Rugby Americas. Los Naranjas could thus be a new team in Super Rugby Americas 2025. This would be the …
Read More »Agustín Della Corte stars in La Sociedad de la Nieve (Society of the Snow)
Agustín Della Corte has gone from the Rugby World Cup to acting. Della Corte portrays the part of Antonio “Tintin” Vizintin in the new movie La Sociedad de La Nieve (Society of the Snow). The movie is a Netflix production and is now available on the streaming service. The movie …
Read More »South American Tri Nations for Round 1 of Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers
As has been the norm in recent years, a South American Tri Nations is to take place again in 2024. However, unlike in the 2023 tournament or in the 2022 Tri Nations and in earlier years, the 2024 edition will double as Rugby World Cup 2027 qualifies. Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay will …
Read More »Santiago Cagnone to Peñarol from Argentina for Super Rugby Americas
Peñarol is preparing for the future. The future is now as evidenced by the Uruguayan side bringing in Santiago Cagnone for Super Rugby Americas 2024. The two-time defending champions will be the home of the Uruguayan-eligible Pumita in the upcoming season. Cagnone is just 18-years-old but has been identified as …
Read More »Selknam Unveil New Coach for Super Rugby Americas 2024
Selknam have unveiled a new Head Coach for Super Rugby Americas 2024. The Chilean franchise will be coached by Jacob Mangin. The New Zealander arrives with lengthily experience with the CBRu (Brazil Rugby) from 2013-2020 where he was in charge of the Sevens team in 2016. Mangin’s appointment follows that …
Read More »Rugby World Cup 2027 and the Americas
Expansion from 20 to 24 teams for the Men’s Rugby World Cup will mean changes in qualifying. How the four new spots will be allocated remains unconfirmed. What is factual rather than speculative is that the Americas and Europe are the two most productive of World Rugby’s defined regions. Identifying …
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