Chile

Following the competition of a busy weekend of international activity the Americas Rankings have been updated. Calculations for the June 09 2019 edition take into account the June Internationals on Saturday, and Sunday in South America. From a regional perspective the weekend was poor with a 0-4 return. The attendance …

In the history-making first-ever test match between Romania, and Los Cóndores the Eastern Europeans came out on top defeated a spirited Chile 27-11 in Valparaíso this evening. The win was expected though the margin was far closer than that projected. With Romania having played in all RWCs from 1987-2015, and …

The second, and final, day of the Sudamérica Challenge took place today in Montevideo, Uruguay. It saw the u18 sides from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay competing to be the South American champion. Entering day 2 as unseated teams were Argentina, and Uruguay. The same two sides would ultimately …

In the opening weekend of the 2019 June Internationals Chile play host to Romania. The fixture is to be historic as never before have the teams met at the senior level in international competition. For Chile the game falls two weeks after their most recent test match. In the final …

Day 1 of the 2019 Sudamérica Challenge u18s took place on Thursday in Montevideo. Competing were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Impressing were Argentina, and Uruguay with both countries winning both of their respective matches. Brazil also came away happy with one win and one defeat while Chile, and …

The opening of the Nations Cup on Tuesday has seen changes to the Americas Rankings. The annual World Rugby competition this year sees Uruguay playing host to Namibia, Russia, and the Argentina XV. The first fixture saw the Argentina XV continuing their winning ways in 2019. They were up against …

The final round of the Major League Rugby regular season saw four teams entering level on points with only three spots left in the Semi Finals. One of those on the edge was the NOLA Gold, who traveled to San Diego where the Legion were awaiting in front of a …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Brazil, Colombia Women’s Sevens An unbeaten tournament in Lima from the Yaras saw Brazil qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. …

The San Diego Legion defeated the NOLA Gold 22-10 on Sunday evening to clinch first overall in the regular season and home field advantage for the Championship Series. In doing so they also brought the curtains down on NOLA’s season, the early season contenders losing their fourth straight to crash …

Brazil has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. As Yaras went unbeaten in the qualifying competition this weekend in Lima, Peru to underline their favoritism and secure their place on the big stage next year. As Yaras were winners of Group A on Day One, finishing as the top …