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Both the USA and Uruguay have called up players ahead of their fifth and final match of the Americas Rugby Championship. The two sides will meet in Montevideo on Saturday in a contest with considerable implications on the final tournament standings. Another USA loss could open the door for either …

What a difference a week makes! Last time we were lamenting the lack of South American options, and here we are with only two North Americans in our weekly selection. What a terrific competition this Americas Rugby Championship is proving to be. 1 – Lucas Abud (Brazil) Os Tupis started …

Mario Sagario will play for Uruguay in their final match of the Americas Rugby Championship against the US Eagles on Saturday. The World Cup tighthead prop has received clearance from his Irish club Munster to participate in a crucial match that could have Uruguay finishing as high as second place. …

Paraguay’s national women’s Rugby Sevens side, Las Yakarés are preparing for the upcoming Suramericano this weekend in Rio de Janeiro. Paraguay will be joined by seven other competing countries from throughout South America in what is a preparation tournament for Brazil to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Taking place this weekend …

With the stated objective of establishing a solid group of players for the Pre-Olympic Women’s Rugby Sevens tournament, Venezuela are to participate in the Suramericano in Rio de Janeiro this coming weekend. The host city of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games is hosting the Sevens meet as a means of preparing for what …

RWC 2019 Qualifiers are to begin this weekend in the Americas with St Vincent and the Grenadines hosting Jamaica in Kingstown on Saturday, March 05. In an effort to promote the occasion World Rugby has allocated the officiating to Nigel Owens. The Welshman refereed the Rugby World Cup 2015 final …

Benjamin Urdapilleta and Rodrigo Capó Ortega inspired Castres to an away win at Racing 92 this weekend. The 10 time capped Argentine fly half kicked eight points in a low scoring 13-9 victory. Starting against Urdapilleta for Racing 92 was France’s number 2 fly half from Rugby World Cup 2015, Rémi Tales. Urdapilleta …

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 Brazil No prizes for guessing who gets named first in this week’s edition of Up and Under. Brazil completed the biggest upset …

Round four of the Americas Rugby Championship kicked-off in Santiago on Saturday with Chile playing host to Uruguay at the Parque Mahuida. Los Teros completed a second win of the ARC, a 23-20 over Los Cóndores to tie Canada in third position with one round left to play. Both countries sit on 10 points, …

History was made in São Paulo on Saturday as Brazil faced the USA for the first time ever. It saw the world’s 16th best country, on rankings, playing away to the much lower ranked Brazil who entered the match ranked 42nd in the world. The result of the match sees …