Brazil

World Rugby has released a 50-minute documentary feature on the week-long Rugby Americas Combine that was hosted at Glendale’s Infinity Park in October. The combine featured 26 players from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, and the USA. At the end of the week the players came together to play in …

The Utah Warriors started their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on a winning note, defeating Austin Elite 17-9 at Dell Diamond on Friday evening. It was a scrappy match with both teams struggling to find continuity and penalties scattered throughout. A half-break by Tim O’Malley put the Warriors in behind …

The second match of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship will also be played at a new venue. Neuquén Rugby Club will be the location of the match between the hosting Argentina XV and their visitors Brazil. It’s a match-up that has been traditionally one-sided but the gap was officially closed …

The Utah Warriors will start their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign at Dell Diamond on Friday night. Their week off will have given them time to work out some of the kinks experienced in the preseason and also some insight into the new-look Austin Elite who have radically altered their …

With the mission to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2019 now complete, Canada enter the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship with a bit of levity. Head coach Kingsley Jones can now search for potential bolters for his squad to Japan and worry less about results. That said he will also be …

With the controversial events of 2018 the issue of eligibility and Foreign-Born Players remains a hot topic. The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship will involve players who qualified for a country other than that which they were born in. With widespread use of nationalizing players via Regulation 8, World Rugby extended residency …

Chile seem to be in a perpetual state of rebuilding and there is no change in that regard as they enter the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. With Pablo Lemoine taking over as Head Coach in November it’s hoped that some long-term stability with finally arrive. In the meantime the former …

Two months after Os Tupis made headlines for their game against the Maori All Blacks, the Brazilians are looking to continue their rise. The goal is for Brazil to qualify for RWC 2023, an accomplishment which would be extraordinary.   2018 ARC Brazil has had a heavy investment in the …

2018 was an abysmal year for the Argentina XV. There were disappointing results both in South America and elsewhere. Losses of note came against Georgia ‘A‘ and Brazil. On both occasions the Argentina XV started well only to be beaten. The meltdown defeat against Os Tupis was the definition of …

A strong competitor in prior years of the ARC, Uruguay go into the 2019 campaign with everyone paying attention. Los Teros have been a success of the competition, most notably in claiming the scalp of Canada in Vancouver twelve months ago.   ARC 2018 The 2018 ARC saw Canada vs …