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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 Brazil Men With a 26-24 win over Portugal Brazil are up to 25th in the world rankings. It furthers the progress …
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Following the completion of international competition for the week the Americas Rankings have been recalculated. The November 10 2019 edition of the Americas Rankings see a gain for Brazil. Os Tupis played host to Portugal in São Paulo on Saturday. The home side’s 26-24 victory saw Brazil obtaining a 1.049 …
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Brazil’s women were crowned champions of the 2019 Valentín Martínez in Montevideo. In doing so they furthered their long-standing supremacy in Sudamérica Women’s competition by winning the South American women’s title for the 17th time. The title came by completing a 19-10 win over Argentina in the final. Coming in …
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Argentina, and Brazil impressed on Day One of the 2019 Valentín Martínez competition. Played in Montevideo, Uruguay the three groups were won by Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia with Paraguay joining them in the Gold Cup. The remaining sides are now competing in the Challenge Cup under a format in which …
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Nine countries are to compete for the Valentín Martínez in Montevideo. The traditional Sudamérica Women’s Rugby Sevens event will take place on November 8-9 in the Uruguayan capital. This year’s competition will be played at Carrasco Polo Club. The rugby club will stage the event alongside the national governing body, …
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The Americas Rankings for October 27 2019 take into consideration international competition involving the Americas from the past week. This means that there is one match in question – St Vincent and the Grenadines vs St Lucia from Saturday. St Lucia were 53-26 winners in the contest. They entered the …
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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. In this week’s edition ARN has expanded the scope to incorporate all not only the Americas but also from RWC 2019. UP …
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