For the first time in 2020 the Americas Rankings can be recalculated. COVID-19 canceled all capped international competition involving teams from the Americas. This came to an end today. Uruguay’s home loss vs Spain sees changes. Uruguay went into the match ranked 17th in the world and 3rd in the …
Read More »Piñeyrua re-elected Sudamérica Rugby President
Sebastián Piñeyrúa has been re-elected as Sudamérica Rugby President. The Uruguayan will thereby remain in charge of South America’s governing body for four further years. His new term will run from 2020-2024. Piñeyrúa will be joined by fellow Uruguayan Marcello Calandra as Vice President. Additional representation comes directly from Argentina, …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Canada Men’s Sevens One of the great weekends in Canadian rugby has passed with a new single-day attendance record for the …
Read More »Guatemala defeat El Salvador in first Central American women’s test match
Guatemala defeated El Salvador this afternoon in what was the first ever women’s test match involving Central American countries. International competition officially therefore began for women’s rugby between neighboring countries Guatemala and El Salvador, as well as for the region as a whole. The date of the match was chosen …
Read More »Americas Rankings – November 17 2019
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 …
Read More »Americas Rankings – November 10 2019
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 …
Read More »Brazil crowned Valentín Martínez Champions
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 …
Read More »Argentina, Brazil Impress on Day One of Valentín Martínez
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 …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 27 2019
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 …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 14 2019
The completion of the pool stage of RWC 2019 marks the end of the tournament for the Americas. Argentina, Canada, Uruguay, and the USA were all eliminated at the pool stage with Australia, England, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and Wales securing the eight Quarter Finals placings. Of …
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