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History will be made on Saturday as Uruguay play home to Colombia for the first time in international rugby competition. The fixture will be the second between the Uruguay XV, and Colombia, and will see the home side with a chance of securing the Sudamérica 6 Naciones title. For the …

The recent Nación Tecla Rugby Sevens event saw the sport continuing its expansion. Played in San Salvador last weekend Belize, Guatemala, and the home country of El Salvador competed in an international competition in which Belize play their first matches abroad. The Nación Tecla Rugby Sevens had both men’s and …

Scotland have been ever-present at RWCs. This is true both in terms of playing in all tournaments in addition to being competitive. The Northern Europeans have a highly reputable record of reaching the knock-out stages in every RWC aside from that of 2011. The Scots best campaign was in 1991 …

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 Colombia Los Tucanes made a massive statement in Medellín in humbling Paraguay 43-13 on Saturday. It came following leading 12-6 at …

Round two of the Sudamérica 6 Naciones A saw three matches taking place in South America. Of them one was capped and had Americas Rankings points on the line. The May 19 2019 Americas Rankings have been calculated to take into account the result from Medellín. Colombia’s record 43-13 breaking …

Colombia made a massive statement in Medellín today in humbling Paraguay 43-13. The record-breaking victory was the second by Los Tucanes over Los Yákares and comes seven months after the historic 44-29 win in the Americas Rugby Challenge. Colombia’s home win today was hard fought. It saw Los Tucanes converting …

There are to be three internationals in South America on Saturday though only one is capped. The match between Colombia and Paraguay in Medellín thereby carries with it added meaning. For both teams the match is the one they would have targeted pre-tournament. A win will see a boost in …

World Rugby has appointed the referees for Romania, and Spain’s upcoming tours to South America. The five test matches in the continent are to all to be refereed by South American officials with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay to each feature. Brazil’s leading official, Henrique Platais, will take charge of Chile …

One of the success stories of the expansion of RWCs from 16 to 20 teams has been Georgia. The former Soviet Republic debuted in RWC 2003 and, despite being winless, would give South Africa a freight. Three years later the Lelos would finish third in their pool. In their second …

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 Argentina XV The top seeds for the Sudamérica 6 Naciones A started their campaign well in Medellín. Their 79-3 victory over Colombia …