Argentina

With the completion of the South American C Championship international competition has concluded for 2016. The final weekend of international competition saw Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama all taking to the field in Guatemala City. Panama’s historic first-ever victory over El Salvador sees one side rising and …

Las Águilas have won the inaugural Seven de La República Feminino. The Buenos Aires women’s provincial side ran out 19-0 winners over Córdoba in the final. Buenos Aires’ title was convincing. Not only did Las Águilas prove to be too strong in the final but they were also impressive throughout …

Cuyo surged to an unlikely Seven de La República title this weekend. The western Argentine provincial side defeated Buenos Aires 14-5 to be crowned the 2016 national champions. Cuyo’s national side came after earlier eliminating Salta and Entre Rios in earlier play-off’s. Buenos Aires had reached the final in style …

At the end of an unsuccessful year Argentina’s Head Coach has defended selection policies. “I would only pick three players from Europe if they were available“, he told a group of hand-picked media in Buenos Aires. His comment comes at a time in which his position as Head Coach has been …

The opening day of Round 2 of the HSBC Sevens Series in Cape Town saw a few surprise results, none more than Canada’s 19-all draw with New Zealand. Pat Kay’s conversion of a late Justin Douglas try made for a tense finale but neither side would come away with the …

The impeding demise of London Welsh has sent ripples through English rugby with the club announcing earlier in the week that it would be postponing their match against Doncaster Knights with a decision on their immediate future to be made by the courts on Monday. Despite hopes that they would …

Santiago Gómez Cora has made one late change to his Pumas 7s lineup for this weekend’s HSBC Sevens Series stop in Cape Town. Renzo Barbier comes in to add muscle up front with Segundo Tuculet instead nominated as the 13th man to participate only in case of injury. Otherwise the …

The European Champions Cup is back in full swing this weekend for Round 3 as we hit the midpoint of the pool stages. Americas players from four countries will feature prominently for seven different clubs. Saturday’s schedule sees Zebre hosting Toulouse in Italy with two Argentine props on the roster. …

Connor Braid will make his Worcester Warriors debut against Newport Gwent Dragons in Round 3 of the European Challenge Cup on Saturday. The Canadian flyhalf was named on the bench in Worcester’s Aviva Premiership match last weekend but did not make an appearance in the match against Wasps. This will …

Following round two of the South American C Championship there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 08 2016 show Guatemala and Costa Rica gaining points. Costa Rica’s 41-10 win over Panama sees Costa Rica gaining rankings points. Costa Rica has gone from 31.50 points …