With the participation of four countries from the Americas – Costa Rica, Panama, Peru and Trinidad & Tobago the international Rugby Sevens competition, the Rainforest Rugby Sevens took place today in Costa Rica. Ahead of the tournament Costa Rica Rugby Federation director Francisco Sequeira said “The Rainforest Rugby Sevens is the most …
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Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend. As of February 15 2016 there are no changes in overall position. There has, nonetheless, been movement in rankings points. Canada’s ranking points have been altered, seeing the 63,62 points decreased to a new ranking of 63,42 points. This …
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With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship having kicked-off this past weekend today marks the first update for Americas Rankings of the year. Teams with their rankings on the line were Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay. Argentina and the USA saw no changes due to Argentina’s side being Argentina XV and not …
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Today marks the fundamental change in international competition in the Americas. With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship beginning World Rankings are to be on the line for Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay in their matches. Argentina and the USA are to play too but with it being the Argentina XV …
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World Rugby has officially launched their first-ever Women’s Rankings. Using the same format as the men’s list, the new rankings are official as of February 1st. New Zealand takes the top spot in the initial rankings with France, England, Ireland, and Canada rounding out the Top 5. A total of …
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World Rugby’s report of growth in Peru this past week was the latest in a series of positive features coming out of Latin America. A Public Relations exercise or not is besides the point as rugby is truly stronger than ever before and, in fact, significantly more so. The sport in …
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2016 is to be a year like no other for rugby in the Americas with Chile being a significant benefactor. The tiresome struggle to secure regular international competition outside of South America is now over. With it Chile’s chances of realizing the dream of playing on the global stage will accelerate. …
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On the whole it was a very positive year for teams in the Americas. Good showings at u20 level and on the sevens circuit especially put a number of sides into contention, and then there were some lesser lights such as Chile’s victory over Uruguay, who in turn finally defeated …
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The regional governing body for rugby in North America and the Caribbean, NACRA is to officially be rebranded to RAN – Rugby Americas North. The change is a part of a global renaming policy which has seen the former names or regional Associations altered to be Rugby Africa, Asia Rugby, …
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With Brazil being one of six countries from the Americas included in the historic Americas Rugby Championship there has been an explosion of interest in the Tupis from throughout the region. To most North Americans, in particular, Brazil is largely unknown as neither Canada nor the USA have ever faced Brazil …
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