The South American u18 Championship will take place in Córdoba, Argentina in March. The Sudamerica Rugby tournament will include six countries; making it the South American Six Nations u18’s. The purpose of the competition is to help improve the level of players and teams from an early age. U18 teams …
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Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. Up and Under returns following the start of the Super Rugby Americas 2024 season. UP Cobras Stun Peñarol in …
Read More »Gonzalo García Continues to Push for Pumas Recall
Gonzalo García continues to push for a Pumas recall. The 24-year-old has been in the thick of the action for Zebre Parma in the United Rugby Championship (URC). Like Ignacio Mendy for Benetton, García was a try scorer this weekend. García touched down in the opposition try zone against Edinburgh. …
Read More »Foreign-Born / Produced / Homegrown Players in Super Rugby Americas 2024
Super Rugby Americas 2024 is a professional rugby competition. The league features seven teams with matches in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, the USA and Uruguay. There are different nationalities across team rosters from entirely homegrown to a range of Foreign-Born / Produced Players. South American progress in 2023 underlines Super …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Yacare – Season Guide
Yacare are ready for the upcoming Super Rugby Americas 2024 season. The campaign will see the Paraguayan side looking to repeat what was a successful campaign in 2023. The team proved competitive en route to reaching the Semi Finals. Prior seasons also saw the Paraguayan side being competitive Playing as …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Dogos – ARN Season Guide
Super Rugby Americas 2024 will be the second year to feature Los Dogos. The Córdoba side were highly competitive in their rookie season. The team reached the final, finishing runners-up to 2023 champions Peñarol. Click here to access the complete 2024 Dogos player roster. Click here to access the Dogos …
Read More »South American Tri Nations for Round 1 of Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers
As has been the norm in recent years, a South American Tri Nations is to take place again in 2024. However, unlike in the 2023 tournament or in the 2022 Tri Nations and in earlier years, the 2024 edition will double as Rugby World Cup 2027 qualifies. Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay will …
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Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. UP Argentina Name Pumas Legend Felipe Contepomi as Head Coach Argentina will have a new Head Coach for the …
Read More »How Many World Cup 2027 Slots for the Americas?
Rugby World Cup 2027 will be expanded from 20 to 24 teams. The qualifiers will continue to be structured around World Rugby’s use of continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Americas. This raises the question of how many slots will the Americas be granted for Rugby World Cup …
Read More »Rugby World Cup 2027 and the Americas
Expansion from 20 to 24 teams for the Men’s Rugby World Cup will mean changes in qualifying. How the four new spots will be allocated remains unconfirmed. What is factual rather than speculative is that the Americas and Europe are the two most productive of World Rugby’s defined regions. Identifying …
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