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Up and Under

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 Colombia Los Tucanes are a team going places. Colombia’s desire to win promotion out of the South American B Championship was on show …

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Colombia Crowned South American u18 Champions

Colombia’s under 18 side have great reason to celebrate. The young Tucanes side defeated Mexico’s u18’s 27-24 in today’s final in Chiclayo, Peru. Today’s win rounds off a superb week for Los Tucanes. The Colombia’s defeated both Peru and Venezuela by large scorelines. Their win over Mexico sees them completing …

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Argentine Women’s Roster for Sevens Repechage

Daniel Villén, the Head Coach of Argentina’s Women’s Rugby Sevens team has confirmed the twelve players who will travel to Dublin, Ireland to take part in the repechage qualifying tournament. On the line is the final place in the Olympic Games with Argentina looking to join Brazil and Colombia to …

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Rugby World Cup 2019 Draw Set for 2017

The Rugby World Cup 2019 draw is officially  set for 2017, World Rugby confirmed today. It signifies a change to the process from that of Rugby World Cup 2015 as the seeding will be delayed by six months. For Rugby World Cup 2015, hosted by England and Wales, the draw …

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RWC 2019 Seeding to be Pushed back 12 months

Seeding for the twelve automatic qualified countries for Rugby World Cup 2019 is likely to be Pushed back 12 months, the Scotsman reported this morning. Rugby’s global event will be staged outside of a founding union member for the first time in history when Japan hosts the Rugby World Cup …

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