Chile

Built on solid defense Córdoba Athletic took out the honors in the 27th edition of the Punta del Este Sevens, Uruguay’s premier Rugby Sevens event. Played this past weekend in the resort town the Argentine club became the first from outside of Buenos Aires to be crowned Punta 7s champion. …

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 Los Jaguares The roster of Los Jagures has people talking. Indeed this past week the head of Australian rugby Bill Pulver came …

Uruguay is to host Argentina in Punta del Este and the USA in Montevideo in the upcoming Americas Rugby Championship. The two home matches will take place in rounds three and five of the Six Nations tournament. The three remaining matches will be away matches for Los Teros with visits …

Chile and Uruguay impressed on Day one at the Punta del Este 7s on Saturday. Neither had perfect opening days but they were able to do enough to qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals.  The two countries were joined by a host of provinces and clubs from both Argentina and Uruguay …

Argentina’s 12-man roster for the Americas Seven in Mar del Plata has been named. The side trained by Santiago Gómez Cora is preparing for the international Sevens competition to be played in the city of Mar del Plata on January 9-10. The selected players will meet in Buenos Aires on January …

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 Jamie Cudmore A superb performance in the engine from from Jamie Cudmore contributed heavily to Clermont Auvergne getting back on track in …

Less than two months before the start of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship the number five seed, Chile is without a coach. Los Condores’ Australian Head Coach Paul Healy has handed in his resignation with immediate effect. He has taken the decision to resign due to a series of unresolved …

A number of Americas players will be in action on Friday as the French Pro D2 approaches the mid-point of the competition. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and the USA are all represented. Agustín Figuerola starts things off at scrumhalf for league-leading Lyon against 5th place Colomiers. The former Pumas scrumhalf moved …

Kickoff times, for all of the matches in the new Americas Rugby Championship, have been announced. The ARC, which starts in February and runs five consecutive weekends, is a new competition that includes Argentina, USA, Canada, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil. Americas Rugby Championship Schedule Date Match Venue KO Time (Local …

With Brazil being one of six countries from the Americas included in the historic Americas Rugby Championship there has been an explosion of interest in the Tupis from throughout the region. To most North Americans, in particular, Brazil is largely unknown as neither Canada nor the USA have ever faced Brazil …