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Nine countries are to compete for the Valentín Martínez in Montevideo. The traditional Sudamérica Women’s Rugby Sevens event will take place on November 8-9 in the Uruguayan capital. This year’s competition will be played at Carrasco Polo Club. The rugby club will stage the event alongside the national governing body, …

Uruguay have joined the World Rugby Council. In doing so the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay becomes the 52nd member of rugby’s global decision-making entity. Uruguay obtained World Rugby Council status following the earlier appointments this year of Fiji and Samoa. All did so after having achieved the required governance criteria. On …

The Americas Rankings for October 27 2019 take into consideration international competition involving the Americas from the past week. This means that there is one match in question – St Vincent and the Grenadines vs St Lucia from Saturday. St Lucia were 53-26 winners in the contest. They entered the …

Colombia’s Andrés Zafra Tarazonna scored a double for Agen in today’s home win over Stade Français. In doing so he wrote his name in history as the first player ever from Colombia to score a double in professional rugby. The win moves Agen to 9th position in the Top 14 …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. In this week’s edition ARN has expanded the scope to incorporate all not only the Americas but also from RWC 2019.   UP …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend the Americas Rankings have been recalculated. The September 22 2019 edition is the first ever featuring Bolivia. Like all teams in the rankings Bolivia began with a ranking of 30.00 points. The debut of Bolivia in test match rugby was a 109-0 …

Paraguay outclassed Bolivia in a historic test match. Played in Asunción on Friday evening Los Yákares were 109-0 winners over Los Colorados in what was the first ever test match for the Bolivians. The final score is not illustrative of the full match. After 20 minutes there had only been …

Bolivia are to face Paraguay in a historic first showdown. In the inaugural international between the countries Los Yákares will play host to Los Colorados in Asunción, Paraguay on Friday. The international fixture is being promoted as a test match. Officially it is unsanctioned though both the Paraguayan Rugby Union …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP USA The USA continued their strong run against Canada as they added to their undefeated streak against their northern neighbors. The …

The Americas Rankings – September 08 2019 mark the final edition of the RWC 2015-2019 cycle involving competition teams in the competition. The current edition of the rankings takes into account the USA’s 20-15 away win over Canada in Vancouver on Saturday. The match result sees the teams exchanging 0.243 …