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Colombia’s Women secured Gold Medals at the Juegos Bolivarianos (Bolivarian Games) at home in Santa Marta. They did so by defeating Paraguay in the final. Peru finished third to claim Bronze. The three-day event begun with Colombia sending a warning to the opposition. In the opening match of the Juegos …

The 2017 RAN 7’s is to be a two-day event. It will take place on November 25-26. involved are to be ten men’s teams and seven women’s teams. The ten competing teams in the men’s division are: Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico …

The score was different but the result the same as England took a second decisive win over Canada in five days at The Stoop on Tuesday. Two tries each for Rachael Burford and Ellie Kildunne and eight in all made the final score 49-12. Single scores came from Heather Kerr, …

Canada face a foreboding challenge on Tuesday when they face England in the second of three tests between the two in the span of eight days. The first match was a brutal 79-5 drubbing in favor of the hosts at Allianz Park. The second takes place at The Stoop as …

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 Argentina Daniel Hourcade will be keeping his job. Under immense pressure heading into November, the Head Coach of Los Pumas got …

The 2017 Juegos Bolivarianos are almost here. Rugby’s inclusion in the regional sporting event highlights the growing status of the oval game. Played every four years the Juegos Bolivarianos is a highly important event for the countries liberated by Simón Bolivar. This year’s competition is to be played in the …

Canada brought a young and inexperienced side to Allianz Park on Friday and it showed as they were completely overrun by England to the tune of 79-5. The World Cup finalists taught the visitors a lesson in attacking rugby as they crossed the line 13 times and dominated the match …

As one World Cup cycle ends a new one begins when Canada face England at Allianz Park in London on Friday. It’s the first of three matches over eight days between the two sides that will culminate with a grand finale at Twickenham next Saturday. Following Ireland’s showpiece event only …

Colombia has named both the men’s and women’s player rosters for the 2017 Juegos Bolivarianos. The competition will be played over three days from November 20-22 in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta. In total five countries will compete for gold in rugby at the Juegos Bolivarianos. Doing so in …

England coach Simon Middleton has called up three players to his training group ahead of Friday’s match against Canada at Allianz Park. It will be the first of three tests between the two over a span of eight days, the last set to be played at Twickenham. Two senior forwards …