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Paraguay are South American ‘B Champions. The u19 side completed a perfect 3-0 campaign in Colombia, defeating Peru, Venezuela and the host nation. Saturday’s match against Colombia put the two undefeated countries from rounds one and two head-to-head. They had both blasted their way to victories over Peru and Venezuela, …

Colombia and Paraguay won again in the South American ‘B’ Junior Championship. Following-on from their opening round victories the two countries did even better today. The junior sides of both countries ran riot, hammering Peru and Venezuela respectively. In the first of todays’s matched Paraguay overcame Venezuela, winning 64-14. It sent …

Paraguay and Colombia won their respective opening matches of the South American ‘B’ Championship. Played in La Guajira, Colombia they defeated Peru and Venezuela by scorelines of 67–0 and 30–0. In the tournament’s opening match Paraguay took-on Peru. Los Yakarés juniors held a commanding 45-0 lead at the midway point. The star performer …

Test match rugby this weekend saw changes in the Americas Rankings. Gains were made by Brazil and Uruguay, the respective winners of their South American ‘A’ fixtures. There were, however, no positional rises or falls in the Americas Rankings. Brazil’s record-setting win over Paraguay has given Os Tupis a 0.48 …

Test match rugby this weekend saw changes in the Americas Rankings. Gains were made by Chile and Turks & Caicos Islands. Of the two the former made a slight gain while the later completed an impressive rise in rankings. Chile’s home victory against Paraguay sees Los Cóndores gaining 0.26 points. This …

Riohacha, La Guajira is to host the upcoming Junior South American ‘B’ Championship. The norht-eastern Colombian city will play host to a Four Nations competition featuring the u19 teams from Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and Colombia. The competition will be played from May 28 to June 03 at the Estadio Federico Serrano Soto, a …

Test match rugby this weekend saw changes in the Americas Rankings. Gains were made by Chile, Guyana, Mexico and Uruguay. Of note is Mexico gaining an record high ranking of 9th in the Americas. Chile’s home win over Brazil sees a slight gain for Chile at the expensive of Os Tupis. …

The pools are in. Rugby World Cup 2019 will be as exciting as any before. The spread of teams across the pools is relatively even, albeit there are winners as there are losers. In this special edition of Up and Under we put them under the microscope. UP Pool C It’s official, …

The votes are in, and the changes promised and spearheaded by World Rugby Vice-Chairman Agustín Pichot have been made. In fact the changes to Regulation 8 regarding international regulations have gone beyond what was hoped. The changes not only affect residency but also the ‘capturing’ of u20 and sevens players. …

Set your alarm clocks. The draw for Rugby World Cup 2019 is to take place tomorrow morning. With the tournament being played in Japan the draw is to take place at 5pm local time. For the rugby public in the Americas it will require an early morning mid-week alarm. When? …