Uruguay hosted Canada in Montevideo on Saturday for the second leg of their two-match Rugby World Cup Qualifying series to determine the Americas 2 representative for Japan 2019. A packed house at the Estadio Charrua was treated to an entertaining spectacle with eight tries split between the two sides. The …
Read More »Team of the Week
With the international season upon us our team this week is selected entirely from the three big games on the weekend. Uruguay’s World Cup qualifier win over Canada did not count towards the Americas Rugby Championship and as such this is not an entirely ‘ARC’ weekly XV, but regular service …
Read More »Pools confirmed for Las Vegas Sevens
The USA will play in Pool C at the Las Vegas Sevens, one of four Americas teams that will participate in the fifth stop of the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series. A ninth-place finish as Challenge Trophy winners in Hamilton was consolation for the Eagles after a difficult opening day. Two …
Read More »Two Chilean Backs Ruled out of ARC
Los Cóndores have been hit by an early set-back. Following their loss against Brazil on Saturday it has been confirmed that two Chilean backs have been ruled out of the remainder of the ARC. Center and captain José Ignacio Larenas in addition to fly half Santiago Videla both suffered tournament …
Read More »USA vs Argentina XV 2018 – Match Highlights
The USA Eagles opened 2018 in style. They began the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) with a victory over the Argentina XV in Los Angeles. In doing so they became the first team to defeat the Argentina in the ARC. Since the ARC began in 2016 the Argentina XV has gone …
Read More »2017 ARN Dream Team
With two weekends of international rugby already in the books for 2018 it’s time to revisit our best of 2017. The first of five awards still to come is our 2017 ARN Dream Team, a select XV made up our picks for the best Americas players over the course of …
Read More »Six Schools Participate in St. Vincent and The Grenadines GIR Day
Six schools participated in the recent Get Into Rugby (GIR) Day in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The bi-annual event took place on Saturday January 27 at the Richmond Hill Playing field in Kingstown. The day started with heavy rain but it quickly made way for the sun to enable a …
Read More »Uruguay Go to Brazil Without European-Based Players
Hot off qualifying for RWC 2019, Uruguay are now preparing to face Brazil. The fixture in São Paulo this coming Friday will their second of the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship. Uruguay has confirmed the 23-man roster with a feature point being that it is without European-based players. Uruguay sealed their …
Read More »Argentina vs Uruguay Test Match Required
Uruguay is going to RWC 2019. This headline made serious noise as it was reflected upon by rugby followers the world over. As impressive as it was it must not be viewed as the end point in the qualification process for Uruguay. Instead what Uruguay and the RWC need from …
Read More »Massive Changes made by Argentina XV to Face Chile
Massive changes have been made by the Argentina XV to Face Chile. The teams meet at the bottom of the world on Saturday in a second round match in the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). Both teams are looking for their first win after Chile fell to Brazil and the Argentina …
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