Brazil

A 31-man Brazilian roster has been confirmed by the CBRu for the Americas Rugby Championship. It comes a day after the announcement of the names of 25 athletes currently in preparation for the opening round fixture against Chile. The Rodolfo Ambrosio coached side are preparing in São José dos Campos …

Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrosio has named 25 players to face Chile this coming Saturday. The fixture is to be an opening round match in the Americas Rugby Championship and the greatest opportunity for both countries to win a fixture in the inaugural Americas Six Nations tournament. The match is to …

World Rugby has officially launched their first-ever Women’s Rankings. Using the same format as the men’s list, the new rankings are official as of February 1st. New Zealand takes the top spot in the initial rankings with France, England, Ireland, and Canada rounding out the Top 5. A total of …

World Rugby’s report of growth in Peru this past week was the latest in a series of positive features coming out of Latin America. A Public Relations exercise or not is besides the point as rugby is truly stronger than ever before and, in fact, significantly more so. The sport in …

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 USA Eagles The Eagles roster for the Americas Rugby Championship is one to be analyzed in depth. Without question it is a …

Ticket’s for Chile’s home matches in the Americas Rugby Championship against Brazil and Uruguay are on sale. Los Cóndores will play host to the South American rivals in rounds one and four and will also play host to Canada in round five. On February 06 Chile is to take-on Brazil at Parque …

Brazil is to host Chile and Paraguay in the 2016 South American Championship, it was confirmed today by the Portal do Rugby. The yet to be determined 2016 version of the competition will be a Four Nations format with Americas Rugby Championship competitors Brazil, Chile and Uruguay being joined by …

There were heaps of exciting stories to cover in the Americas during the 2015 calendar year, which prompted a trio of writers to come to together to create this site. While that in itself is notable, at least in our eyes, we could hardly give this award to ourselves! In …

The upcoming test match of Brazil vs USA has been moved to Barueri Arena, it was confirmed today by the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (Brazilian Rugby Confederation – CBRu).The fixture is to be a round five match in the Americas Rugby Cup which get’s under way in just over a …

In an open letter posted on the Sudamérica Rugby website the organization’s President Carlos Barbieri proclaimed that player numbers have now passed the 500,000 mark in South America Rugby. “we have exceeded half-a-million players throughout the region and we were the second World Rugby region in terms of the Get Into Rugby …