Chile

Paraguay’s national men’s team Los Yakaré are preparing intensely for their upcoming away international against Chile in Santiago on Saturday April 23. The fixture is to take-place in the opening round of the South American ‘A’ Championship and is to be Paraguay’s first international of 2016. In the four nations …

The next stage of international competition for Los Teros is just around the corner with Uruguay confirming four home internationals for May. Before playing in the Nations Cup in Romania in June the South Americans will have had four home matches on consecutive weekends. The national rugby stadium, the Estadio Charrúa will …

Chilean prop Ramón Ayarza has been signed by French Pro D2 club Bayonne on a shorm term contract until the end of the season. Bayonne announced the immediate arrival of Ayarza as a medical joker to replace the injured Tongan loosehead Ofa Fainga’anuku. Aged 22, Ayarza has his career ahead …

The new season is upon us, so it’s time to have a little fun and pull out little bits of trivia about the players set to thrill the North American audience in the coming weeks. The oldest, the youngest, the shortest, the tallest. Here are some facts and figures to …

Just five rounds to go in the regular season of the French Pro D2. For some of the Americas players, that means less than two months left with their current club before moving to pastures new. Damian Arias is the first of 18 to see action this weekend, coming on …

PRO Rugby kicks off its inaugural season in only six days, and with the new season imminent the schedule has now been confirmed with kickoff times added. See below for the completed schedule with kickoff times in Pacific, Mountain, and Eastern time for your convenience. Look for individual team schedules …

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 Women’s Sevens The USA’s Women’s Sevens team may not have won the war in Atlanta but a significant battle was nonetheless …

Day Two in Hong Kong provided several competitive matches and a couple surprises. The USA emerged as the top dogs from the Americas, defeating Argentina and Australia to enter the Cup finals undefeated in pool play. Perry Baker and captain Madison Hughes led the way with some superb running, but the …

The upcoming South American A Championship is to be broadcast on Free-to-air television in Brazil. Confirmation has been made by Brazilian network Rede TV that Brazil’s matches against Uruguay and Chile on April 23 and 30 will be televised, enabling a greatly expanded audience to see test match rugby. It marks …

The first day of the Hong Kong Sevens is in the books with teams looking to work out the kinks early and not much in the way of upsets. England got the result of the Main Draw with a 21-14 win over South Africa to close out proceedings for a …