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Chile will prepare for the Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers with a home match against Romania. Los Cóndores will face the Australia 2027 qualified Eastern Europeans on Saturday, July 05. The match will be Romania’s first stop in a three-match tour of South America. The Stejarii were supposed to play …

The Argentina XV will play twice as part of the 2025 July Internationals. The Argentine next-of-XV will play away against Brazil and have a home match against Romania in Buenos Aires. The first assignment is at a yet to be confirmed location. It will be an away match with the …

World Rugby has officially shortlisted three players for the Sevens Men’s Player of the Year award. Two of the three are Argentines. The SVNS Awards 2025 will be presented on Sunday, 4 May in Los Angeles.   ARGENTINA – Luciano González 28-year-old Luciano Gonzalez was the leading ball-carrier this season. …

The Cayman Islands notched-up an impressive win over Guyana. Played in Georgetown, Guyana the visitors from the Caribbean Sea were 48-17 winners. Early signs were positive for the Cayman Islands as Bryce Doran scored a try in the ninth minute. Co-captains Richard Hooper and David Stringer also crossed for tries …

Peñarol came out 22-17 winners over Selkman in Santiago del Chile on Saturday. The match saw the Uruguayans scoring a fortuitous try one minute from full-time to claim victory. Selknam will be frustrated with the outcome but the try did see a scrum-half breaking a regulation tackle of a tight …

Baltazar Amaya has finalized a deal to play in France. The Uruguayan fullback will move from Montevideo to the Hérault department in the Occitanie region where he will play for Béziers. His contract is a two-year-deal for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 seasons. Fellow French club Vannes came close to signing the …

World Rugby has made huge cutbacks to the annual Rugby Sevens Circuit. Ignacio Chans reports that the sport’s global governing body has downsized the events from twelve to eight teams. The changes are unwelcome news for Chans’ Uruguay who are one of the twelve teams involved in the 2024-2025 series. …

Chile’s Diego Escobar made a notable contribution to the European Challenge Cup this past weekend. El Cóndor started at hooker for Racing 92 in their away Quarter Final against Connacht in Ireland. Escobar was a first-half try-scorer in the 43-40 victory. Racing 92 won the match despite having an early …

A gigantic display from Yacare saw the Paraguayan franchise defeating two-time former champions Peñarol by a record margin on Saturday. The 36-8 victory overtakes the 41-24 win last season to be the highest winning margin by Yacare against Peñarol. The win had a lot to do with Yacare’s forwards; they …

Chile sent Brazil a Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers warning on Saturday. The Super Rugby Americas clash between Selknam and Os Cobras was won comfortably by the Chileans. Selknam were 39-19 winners at the Estadio Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugby in Santiago. MATCH NOTES Selknam outscored Os Cobras by seven …