South America’s professional rugby competition will begin in 2020. The Súper Liga Sudamericana will be a multinational professional league to give South America regional professional rugby for the first time. The league is to be launched at the end of this month in Montevideo. The launch is to take place …
Read More »Global Players to join South Americans in Súper Liga Americana
Players from around the globe are to be unveiled in the new South American professional rugby competition. Set to start in February 2020 there are to be players from Namibia, Portugal, and the Pacific Islands joining South Americans in the new competition. As reported by Ignacio Chans in El Observador …
Read More »Nine Countries to Compete for Valentín Martínez in Montevideo
Nine countries are to compete for the Valentín Martínez in Montevideo. The traditional Sudamérica Women’s Rugby Sevens event will take place on November 8-9 in the Uruguayan capital. This year’s competition will be played at Carrasco Polo Club. The rugby club will stage the event alongside the national governing body, …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 27 2019
The Americas Rankings for October 27 2019 take into consideration international competition involving the Americas from the past week. This means that there is one match in question – St Vincent and the Grenadines vs St Lucia from Saturday. St Lucia were 53-26 winners in the contest. They entered the …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 14 2019
The completion of the pool stage of RWC 2019 marks the end of the tournament for the Americas. Argentina, Canada, Uruguay, and the USA were all eliminated at the pool stage with Australia, England, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and Wales securing the eight Quarter Finals placings. Of …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 06 2019
As of today, October 06 2019 there are eight days remaining of the pool stage of Rugby World Cup 2019. Today is a match day with Namibia facing New Zealand and France taking-on Tonga. Neither match has implications for the Americas Rankings. Involvement of Americas countries concluded for the week …
Read More »Americas Rankings – September 29 2019
At the completion of the second weekend of RWC 2019 it is time to recalculate the Americas Rankings. The September 29 edition takes into account all matches from Monday September 23 to Sunday, September 29. Uruguay ‘s historic 30-27 win over Fiji was the first of two matches for Los …
Read More »Up and Under – RWC Special Edition
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. In this week’s edition ARN has expanded the scope to incorporate all not only the Americas but also from RWC 2019. UP …
Read More »Americas Rankings – September 22 2019
Following the completion of international competition this weekend the Americas Rankings have been recalculated. The September 22 2019 edition is the first ever featuring Bolivia. Like all teams in the rankings Bolivia began with a ranking of 30.00 points. The debut of Bolivia in test match rugby was a 109-0 …
Read More »Paraguay Outclass Bolivia In Historic Test Match
Paraguay outclassed Bolivia in a historic test match. Played in Asunción on Friday evening Los Yákares were 109-0 winners over Los Colorados in what was the first ever test match for the Bolivians. The final score is not illustrative of the full match. After 20 minutes there had only been …
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