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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 Súper Liga Americana Launched on Friday, the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby sees South America now having a professional rugby competition. …

Uruguay have qualified for the 2020 World Rugby u20 Trophy. Los Teritos did so by defeating Chile 29-11 on Saturday in the Sudaméricano u19 Final in Montevideo. The tournament has been played since 2008. Uruguay were the inaugural champions and since then they have contested the final with Chile. In …

The Super Liga Americana de Rugby officially launched in Montevideo on Friday evening and South America have their first professional league. Sudamérica Rugby President Sebastián Piñeyrúa was in attendance for the historic occasion hosted at the Estadio Charrúa. Five teams will fully participate in the competition with one – Cafeteros …

Chile and Uruguay have set up a winner-take-all match for a place in the 2020 Junior World Trophy. The two South American countries won their respective Sudaméricano u19 matches in Montevideo on Wednesday. Chile were convincing winners over Paraguay. Their 52-14 victory saw them in the lead throughout. They converted …

Teams for the Súper Liga Americana have been revealed. Lisandro Olearo has confirmed that six teams will compete in the competition, each being from a different country. The teams are to be Los Ceibos (Argentina), Corinthians (Brazil), Selknam (Chile), Cafeteros (Colombia), Olimpia (Paraguay), and Peñarol (Uruguay). The competition is to bring …

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 Uruguay Despite RWC 2019 having only recently finished there is no rest time for Uruguay. The strategic plan is underway with …

The Americas Rankings for November 17 2019 take into account Saturday’s test match between Chile and Portugal. The match brought to a conclusion Portugal’s two match tour of South America. In game one Portugal fell to a narrow defeat against Brazil. The outcome of that match brought with it a …

In what was a thrilling encounter Portugal downed Chile 23-18 this afternoon in Santiago. Both teams scored two tries each though Portugal would come out winners by scoring an intercept try to go ahead five minutes from full-time. Los Cóndores opened the match strongly with a penalty scored by Santiago …

Chile will host Portugal in San Carlos de Apoquindo on Saturday, the second and final test of the Lobos’ South American tour. It’s a match that has been forced to move and reschedule due to the civil unrest in the country, but thankfully the game will go ahead as planned. …

Benjamín Soto is to retire from international duty. He is to do so after Saturday’s test match in which Chile play host to Portugal in Santiago. Ironically in bringing an end to his international career Soto will complete the full-circle as his test debut was also against Portugal. The former …