Brazil

With a spot on the line in the 2016 South American A Championship Brazil overcame Colombia this evening. The result was a welcome victory not only for Brazil but for the upcoming Americas Rugby Championship as the Tupis went into tonight’s game ranked below non-participants Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago and …

The city-state of Monaco and Dublin, Ireland, will host the final Olympic Sevens qualification tournaments in June. World Rugby has set the dates for the men on June 18-19 at Stade Louis II and the women a week later on June 25-26 at the UCD Bowl. Only the winning team …

The announcement of the eagering awaited details concerning Argentina and Super Rugby are less than a week away. Being revealed will be everything – the name of the team, uniform, venue and coaching staff. Also being made official will be the test schedule for Los Pumas and the ‘A’ side, …

The national men’s team of Colombia, Los Tucanes have arrived in Brazil to prepare for this coming Saturday’s promotion / relegation match-up. The winning team will earn the right to compete in the 2016 South American A Championship while the loser will play in the South American B competition. Colombia’s …

Os Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrósio has announced a 33-man training squad to prepare for this coming Saturday’s vital home international against Los Tucanes in São Paulo. Brazil will take-on north-western neighbors, Colombia in a repechage match with the winner playing in the South American A Championship in 2016 while …

Following a 2-0 series loss against Germany Brazil’s World Ranking has suffered with the world’s fifth largest country falling to 45th in the world. The new ranking sees Brazil falling behind both Trinidad & Tobago and Colombia to be 9th in the Americas. Prior to facing Germany Brazil was already ranked …

The 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 Guatemala Never is it clearer that progress has been made when a team defeats a side considered to be better. Not …

Australia proved to be a step ahead of the field as the Pearls took home the title in round one of the Women’s World Sevens Series. Defending champions New Zealand were shown the door by their neighbors in a terrific quarter-final encounter that went right to the wire. The semi-final …

Following on from the first test, played last Saturday in Blumenau the teams met in São Paulo this evening in the second of two internationals. The 31-7 final score sees the Europeans returning home  with two well-earned results. With both preparing for continental competitions in February and March the series …

The governing body of Chilean rugby, FERUCHI have announced the dates and cities for the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship, to be played in February and March 2016. The new competition will bring together countries from North and South America to compete in an annual competition similar to the traditional Six Nations …