An American born winger has made the Guinness Pro 12 Dream Team. From Nashville, Tennessee to becoming a British & Irish Lion and to also being named in the Guinness Pro 12 Dream Team. The career of Tommy Seymour continues to impress. Seymour was named as the best right winger …
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It’s the last weekend of the regular season for the Aviva Premiership while relegation has been wrapped up there might yet be some drama with playoff spots, seedings, and Champions Cup qualification still up for grabs. Any one of Wasps, Exeter Chiefs, or Saracens could end up on top of …
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Chile is to play Rugby World Cup qualifiers at La Pintana. An arrangement made between Chile Rugby and the La Pintana City Hall will see the Estadio Municipal playing host to Chile’s upcoming matches against Brazil and Paraguay. The games are to be two of Chile’s three Rugby World Cup …
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Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Mexico and USA North are to be the four teams contesting the North Zone of the Rugby Americas North Championship. The four nations tournament is to take place in May and June. All four sides will play three matches each and will all play both at …
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Test match rugby resumes this coming Saturday in the Americas. The Turks and Caicos Islands play host to the neighboring Dominican Republic. The fixture is the opening round match of Rugby Americas North competition for 2017. Rugby Americas North is divided into two zones – north and south. The two …
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Uruguay is to have complete access to professional players for the upcoming Rugby World Cup qualifiers. Take place this month, the 2017 South American A Championship is to double as qualifiers with the winner advancing to face Canada or the USA. Uruguay’s five professional players are all to be made …
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Rugby continues to experience growth in Colombia. Members of the national governing body, the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (FCR), were present at the Sudamérica Rugby Annual General Meeting last week in Asunción, Paraguay. FRC President Andrés Gómez and sporting director Mauricio Henao gave a presentation highlighting progress made, particularly the …
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Panama has been elected a member of Sudamérica Rugby. The Central American Republic becomes the 13th country to have Full Membership. In doing so it joins Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Panama previously had associate member status. In obtaining full …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Chile Chile will have access to all their top players for the upcoming Rugby World Cup qualifiers. From May 13-27 Los Cóndores are …
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Italian captain Sergio Parisse scored a 52 meter intercept try from a Dan Carter pass. The No 8 went over for a first half try in the battle of Paris, a match won 27-23 by Stade Français. Parisse latched onto a pass from the Rugby World Cup winner and showed …
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