Italy

The 2016 Olympic hosts, Brazil finished runners-up in the Rome Sevens. Played on Friday and Saturday the tournament was the final warm-up competition for the Brazilian men’s Rugby Sevens team ahead of Rio 2016. Os Tupis had a solid tournament, completing wins over some of rugby’s leading countries. In the …

Played in glorious winter sunshine at the Estadio Brigadier López in Santa Fe, Los Pumas did enough to open their year with a 30-24 win over Italy. A sloppy start from the opening kick saw Argentina turn over the ball in their own 22. What followed was 15 phases of Italian raids before …

South American countries Brazil and Chile are to meet at the Quarter Finals stage of the Rome Sevens on Saturday in Italy. Brazil’s opening day was a mixed effort. Os Tupis started strongly in downing Tunisia 26-0 and eased to a 40-0 win over composite side  3/4s DM. A perfect day …

It’s time for predictions! The ARN Forecast returns and we’re kicking it up a notch with an impressive roster of rugby writers from across the Americas! This time we’ll be testing our punditry for the June internationals – those ones involving the Americas teams anyway – over the next three …

Conor O’Shea’s preparation for his first match in charge of Italy has hit a bump with Tommaso Boni forced out with a half strain. His place in the starting lineup against Argentina has been taken by Tommaso Castello. Castello is to make the step up next season from Calvisano in …

Uruguay pushed Emerging Italy to the limit this afternoon, losing 26-24 in the World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania. The fixture was the second of three opening round match-ups. The others being the Argentina XV vs Spain and the official test match of Romania vs Namibia. Uruguay’s two remaining …

Argentina Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has confirmed the lineup for Los Pumas’ first test match of 2016. Argentina will play host to Italy on Saturday at the Estadio Brigadier López in Santa Fé. El Huevo‘s selection is highly consistent with that used in 2015. The missing trio of Ramiro Herrera, Tomás …

The World Rugby Nations Cup returns on Thursday, hosted for the 10th consecutive time in Bucharest, Romania. This year’s tournament has been expanded from four to six teams for the first time since 2012. With the Tbilisi Cup put on hold due to Georgia’s Pacific Island tour, Emerging Italy and …

Uruguay has made wholesale changes to their team to face Emerging Italy in Bucharest on Thursday. Only four players are retained in the starting lineup, with several youngsters given a chance to impress in the first round of the World Rugby Nations Cup. Experience returns to the front row in …

Rosario referee Damián Schneider will take charge of the officiating of tomorrow’s World Rugby Nations Cup opening round fixture between Uruguay and Emerging Italy. Schneider is one of Argentina’s leading officials. He refereed three matches in the Americas Rugby Championship and in May 2015 he made his debut on the world stage, taking …