Chilean hooker Diego Escobar made his Top 14 debut for Racing 92. The 24-year-old electric hooker played 27 minutes for Racing 92 against Bordeaux on Saturday. The product of the COBS club in Santiago entered the match in the 53rd minute. His team were beaten 52-34 in the road match. Escobar …
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Villa María del Triunfo, Peru will play host the the South American Men’s and Women’s 7’s in October. The two day event will take place on October 26-27 and feature teams from the South American continent as well as from Central America. Peru will be the home side at the …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP Chile Write History against Argentina XV Chile wrote history on Saturday. Los Cóndores were 28-0 winners over the Argentina XV. …
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Chile wrote history on Saturday. Los Cóndores were 28-0 winners over the Argentina XV. The uncapped match was the Chilean Senior Men’s team up against Argentina’s next-of-XV. It was Chile’s second win over the Argentina XV and by a much larger margin than the 2021 result. RESULT IMPLICATIONS Played …
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South American rugby eyes will be focus on Talca, Chile on Saturday. Chile play host to the Argentina XV in an uncapped match. The fixture is vital match practice for both teams. Chile are preparing for Rugby World Cup Qualifiers against Paraguay and Brazil while Argentina XV players are looking …
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Chile has confirmed an extended roster of forty-one players. Head Coach Pablo Lemoine has done so with surprises. The roster to face Paraguay and Brazil in Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers features fifteen uncapped players which include an Argentine and two French players. Los Cóndores, Brazil and Paraguay are involved …
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Five players have been added to the Argentina XV roster. Argentina’s Senior Men’s next-of-XV will face Chile at the Estadio Fiscal de Talca on Saturday, September 14. The match is the second of a two-match mini South American Tour. The Argentina XV opened with a 64-26 victory over Brazil in …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP USA Outplay Canada in LA It won’t go down as one of the classic matches in Pacific Nations Cup history, …
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Italian club Colorno have signed two Chileans in a matter of days. Following the arrival of fly half Rodrigo Fernández, Colorno have now confirmed the signature of prop Vittorio Lastra. He joins from Rivals FMI-CZ Rugby Rovigo Delta with whom he played for this past season. Rovigo was Lastra’s third …
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Chilean ace fly half Rodrigo Fernández is on the move in Italy. Fernández has signed to play for Colorno. It sees him moving Southwest to the club from Petrarca. Fernández was the regular starting fly half for Petrarca last season and before that started for Chile at Rugby World Cup …
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