The venues have been confirmed for Uruguay’s end-of-year tour. Los Teros will play three tests in November, one each against Germany, Spain and Romania. The three match tour will begin on Saturday November 24 and conclude fourteen days later. The historic tour sees Uruguay at last receiving a Tier 2 …
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The URU has confirmed Los Teros’ November Internationals match schedule. The number four ranked country from the Americas will embark on a three match tour playing one test in each of Germany, Spain and Romania. The tour is to be a genuine opportunity for Esteban Meneses’ players to test themselves …
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For the first time it’s an all-Argentine selection in our Team of the Week. With PRO Rugby over and the Uruguay XV serving up a dud, we’ve looked to the URBA Top 14 for all but one of this week’s side, and all come from clubs playing in Argentina. 1 …
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The CBRu recently confirmed the arrival of Australian Paul Healy as the director of the High Performance Center in São Paulo. The move sees the former Chilean Head Coach back in South America after leaving Santiago late last year. He departed Chile for Germany where he took charge of TVP Pforzheim. …
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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 Canada XVs Having come unstuck against Japan one week earlier Canada turned things around in style to annihilate Russia in Calgary on Saturday. …
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Germany is to host a two match test series against Brazil in November, the Deutsche Rugby-Verband (German Rugby Federation) has confirmed. The test matches will take place on November 19 and 26 at yet to be confirmed locations in Germany. The two test matches follow on from reverse fixtures in …
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Ciaran Hearn has been recalled by Liam Middleton to take part in the all-important Olympic Repechage Qualifier taking place in Monaco on Saturday. The tournament is the last chance to earn a spot at Rio 2016, with only the winner offered an invitation. Hearn returns to the lineup having missed …
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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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Spain is to join Uruguay in the Nations Cup later this year. This is the case despite Russia having earned the right to compete at the World Rugby organized tournament by finishing third in the European Nations Cup, relegating Portugal in the process. Russia ultimately finished with 27 competition points to technically seal the …
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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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