Mario Ledesma has added a scrum half to his roster for the Rugby Championship. Gonzalo García joins the squad following the injury suffered by Tomás Cubelli. García joins Gonzalo Bertranou and Felipe Ezcurra as Ledesma’s scrum-half options. Gonzalo García is uncapped. He joins the team following recent impressive form. García …
Read More »Nicaragua ready for international competitions in El Salvador and Costa Rica
Nicaragua are ready for upcoming international competition. Both the Men’s and Women’s teams will be involved in tournaments in foreign lands. Both tournaments are to be 7’s. They will bring together competing teams from Central America. The tournaments will resume international competition. There was no possibility of matches in Sevens, …
Read More »Juan Manuel Alonso to join Brive Espoirs from Peñarol
Player recruitment for the upcoming Top 14 season continues. Brive have added the young Juan Manuel Alonso from Peñarol. The 19-year-old makes the move to France from Uruguay to join the Espoirs on a one-year-deal. His move comes following an impressive season in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Bronze Medal for brilliant Pumas Los Pumas made history at the Olympic Games, winning Argentina’s first medal of the …
Read More »LA claims MLR title with convincing win over ATL
The LA Giltinis are Major League Rugby champions after defeating Rugby ATL 31-17 at the Memorial Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. It was a comprehensive performance from the home side, who left their opponents frustrated and took advantage of nearly every scoring opportunity. Matt Giteau turned down an early chance at …
Read More »Starting Props Tetaz Chaparro and Gómez Kodela will only face South Africa
Argentina’s starting props will play in two of the six matches for Los Pumas in the Rugby Championship. Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Francisco Gómez Kodela will only travel to South Africa. They will both then return to their clubs. Both players started for Argentina in the historic win over New …
Read More »Tomás Cubelli ruled out of Rugby Championship
Argentina have suffered an injury blow; Tomás Cubelli has been ruled out of the Rugby Championship. The 32-year-old suffered a hand injury in training at Biarritz. He will now require surgery and will be unable to compete for Los Pumas in the Rugby Championship. Cubelli started all three matches for …
Read More »MLR Championship Final Preview – LA Giltinis vs Rugby ATL
Major League Rugby will crown its second-ever champion on Sunday afternoon. Appropriately it’s the top two teams from the regular season who square off at the Memorial Coliseum, where the Western Conference-winning LA Giltinis play host to Eastern Conference representatives Rugby ATL. This will be the third time the MLR …
Read More »Rugby Canada axes Cudmore amid Women’s Sevens firestorm
Jamie Cudmore has been relieved of his duties as Head Coach of Rugby Canada’s National Development Program, the Pacific Pride, with immediate effect. The decision comes in the wake of social media comments by Cudmore, since deleted, that were aimed at members of the Women’s Sevens team. Cudmore, who is …
Read More »Brasil se despede com vitória sobre Japão e 11º lugar nos Jogos Olímpicos
As Yaras encerraram sua participação nos Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio com um triunfo sobre as anfitriãs japonesas por 21 a 12. A partida foi disputada na noite de hoje (30) no Estádio Olímpico e garantiu a seleção brasileira na 11ª ou penúltima posição da competição. A primeira vitória do rugby …
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