The host nation of the 2015 South American Championship, El Salvador, opened their account with a convincing win earlier today over Panama. The 32-0 win places El Salvador in a strong position to challenge for the title. Los Torogoces converted a 10-0 half time lead into a six tries to …
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The national men’s rugby team of Guatemala, Los Jaguares, completed the greatest ever win in their history today, defeating Central American rivals, Costa Rica. In what was a shock result on the opening day of the 2015 South American C Championship, Guatemala overcame Costa Rica 19-17. The winners have enjoyed …
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A 26-man roster has been named to represent Costa Rica at the 2015 South American C Championship to be played this month in El Salvador. The three round tournament will be played from December 06-12 with Costa Rica entering as the favorites. Costa Rica’s opening fixture will be against Guatemala, a …
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The governing body of Latin American Rugby, Sudamérica Rugby has confirmed the calendar for the upcoming women’s Rugby Sevens South American Championship. To be played in the Central American republic of El Salvador the competition will bring together competing teams from six countries. On December 11 and 12 official test matches …
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The 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 Aaron Carpenter The former Canadian captain has worn the skipper’s armband for the past two weeks for Cornish Pirates, and led …
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The Central American republics of Guatemala and El Salvador met earlier today in a warm-up fixture for the upcoming South American C Championship to be played in El Salvador next month. Joining Guatemala and El Salvador in the four-nations tournament will be Costa Rica and Panama. With the Copa Hermãn Arrua …
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Honduras is to become the newest member of the global rugby family on November 28. On this date Honduras will playb test match rugby for the first time in history, taking on north-western neighbors, Guatemala in an official inernational match sanctioned bu Sudamérica Rugby. The fixture will be played at the …
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Last Saturday the Liceo Franco Costarricense played host to the first edition of the Copa Caribe, a preparation tournament for the upcoming South American C Championship to take place from december 6-12 in El Salvador. The tournament acted as preparation for both Costa Rica’s men’s and women’s teams, with the men …
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Completing the South American B Championship undefeated has seen Colombia rise to 44th place in the official World Rugby World Rankings. This sees Los Tucanes ranked just five places below Brazil, their opponents in the South American A play-off in which the winner will play in the 2016 South American …
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While the test teams from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela took to the field this week in Lima World Rugby authorities held a workshop featuring ten member nations of Sudamérica Rugby, the regional body responsible for rugby in South and Central America. “Rugby Americas will be able to help both regions …
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