The first ever Americas Rugby Championship u20 tournament will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, this coming June. Competing teams will play three matches each between the 10th and 22nd. Similar to the Americas Pacific Challenge, the teams will be split into two pools with each team facing the three teams …
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World Rugby is to trial a new law in this year’s Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). During the competent will be take place from August 15 to September 12, the law 50:22. will be trialled. The law may have implications for how the sport is played. It will enable an attacking …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Rugby ATL Atlanta’s brand new professional rugby team has now played its first game, and celebrated the occasion with victory. Rugby …
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The Olímpia Lions have finalized their player roster for the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The team coached by former Pumas assistant, Rául Pérez will include Fijian RWC 2011 player Napolioni Nalaga. Nalaga joins from from London Irish to give the Paraguayan side two classy finishes with the Fijian …
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The dream of playing test match rugby is close to being realized by Juan Ignacio Brex. The 27-year-old has been called up by Italy to prepare for the upcoming Six Nations Championship. Brex joins fellow Argentine player, and captain, Sergio Parisse on the roster. The N8 will retire from international …
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The Olímpia Lions continue their player recruitment ahead of the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The latest player unveiled is winger Arturo López. The speedster is from Argentine province Missiones, which borders Paraguay. Although he is from Argentina, López is eligible to play for Paraguay. The 21-year-old has …
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2020 has just begun and already it is the biggest in the history of Paraguayan rugby. With the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) just two months away it has been confirmed that the playing surface of the national rugby stadium is to receive an upgrade. The Union De Rugby …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Jamaica International competition is underway for 2020. In the first match of the year, Jamaica traveled to Europe and returned home with …
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International competition is underway for 2020. In the first match of the year Jamaica defeated Gibraltar in a thriller, winning 17-15 at Europa Point on Saturday afternoon. The home side, Gibraltar, started strongly. Fly half, Benn Morris landed a 15th minute penalty to open the scoring. Five minutes later he …
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The calendar of international competition for Americas Rugby has been unveiled by Sudamérica Rugby. The annual competition included marks an expansion which will see 2020 being the busiest yet on record for the Americas. In total more than twenty different official competitions are to be played. Included are Sudamérica Rugby …
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