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Pablo Lemoine has named a group of 25 players in his Chile squad to prepare for Friday’s match against Uruguay in the second round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Los Cóndores are looking to improve in their 71-8 thrashing at the hands of the USA in Maipú this past weekend. …

The Glendale Raptors traveled to New Orleans to face the Gold on Saturday in Week 2 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season. Glendale were arriving on the back of a tough loss to the Seattle Seawolves in the season opener and were without star halfback duo Shaun Davies and …

The feature match of round one of the 2019 ARC was Uruguay vs Canada. The two sides fought it out tooth-and-nail in Montevideo in a match decided in the final play. Uruguay’s last-gasp win sees Los Teros having a four match winning-streak over Canada. For both countries the test match …

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.   UP Uruguay Few would have dared suggest that the creation of the Americas Rugby Championship would see Uruguay mounting a four-test winning …

Test match rugby got underway for 2019 this weekend. In round one of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) there were two matches counting towards the Americas and World Rankings. The big winner was Uruguay. Los Teros’ miraculous 14-man win over Canada sees the teams trading 0.31 rankings points. For Uruguay …

Canada crashed to defeat against Uruguay in their opening match of the Americas Rugby Championship on Saturday evening, losing by a score of 20-17 at the Estadio Charrúa. The visitors carried a 17-8 lead well into the final quarter but could not close the game out despite their hosts playing …

The New Orleans Gold sent a message to the rest of Major League Rugby as they stunned the 2018 finalist Glendale Raptors 40-31 at Gold Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Despite fielding a young forward pack absent four internationals on Americas Rugby Championship detail they held their own up front and …

World Rugby has released a 50-minute documentary feature on the week-long Rugby Americas Combine that was hosted at Glendale’s Infinity Park in October. The combine featured 26 players from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, and the USA. At the end of the week the players came together to play in …

The Utah Warriors started their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on a winning note, defeating Austin Elite 17-9 at Dell Diamond on Friday evening. It was a scrappy match with both teams struggling to find continuity and penalties scattered throughout. A half-break by Tim O’Malley put the Warriors in behind …

Canada return to the place of their greatest calamity in 2018 as they travel to Montevideo to face Uruguay on the opening day of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. It’s been a long road since with the Maple Leafs eventually earning their place in Japan later this year, but they …