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Americas Rankings – February 07 2016

With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship having kicked-off this past weekend today marks the first update for Americas Rankings of the year. Teams with their rankings on the line were Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay. Argentina and the USA saw no changes due to Argentina’s side being Argentina XV and not …

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Up and Under

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 Canada An impressive opening performance in the Americas Rugby Championship sees the Canadians topping the standings. The bonus point home victory over …

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Negrotto signs for Stade Montois

Argentine prop Jerónimo Negrotto will leave Tarbes at the end of the season to join French Pro D2 rivals Stade Montois, commonly known as Mont-de-Marsan. The specialist tighthead has been a regular in the Tarbes front row this season, starting seven games with 13 appearances in total since joining the …

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González Amorosino to play Super Rugby

Lucas González Amorosino has signed a two year contract with the Argentina Rugby Union (UAR) to play Super Rugby for Los Jaguares. As revealed on Friday in a long list of significant news from the Union, the creative outside back will start training with Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club (BACRC) …

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Canada and Argentina finish Sydney on highs

Both Canada and Argentina closed out their Sydney 7s accounts with victories as the two Americas sides each took home some silverware on the latest stop of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Canada went undefeated on Day 2 to win the title of Bowl Champions, while Argentina won their final …

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Americas Rankings to Open 2016

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Today marks the fundamental change in international competition in the Americas. With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship beginning World Rankings are to be on the line for Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay in their matches. Argentina and the USA are to play too but with it being the Argentina XV …

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Eagles, Pumas chase Cup in Sydney

Mike Friday’s USA Eagles 7s and Santiago Gómez Cora’s Argentina have qualified for the Cup draw in Sydney in a virtual repeat of last week’s Day 1 results on the HSBC World Sevens Series. Canada meanwhile slumped to their second winless opening day of the season, dropping all three matches …

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Americas players in Premiership Round 11

It’s a slightly quieter week for Americas player in England’s Aviva Premiership, but nine is still a reasonable number to keep track of. Argentina, Canada, and the USA are all represented as the league bring the first half of the season to a close. World Cup Pumas Horacio Agulla and …

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