Uruguay

World Rugby has finalized referee appointments for the July 2025 Internationals. Men’s teams from around the world will compete in the annual mid-year matches. The Americas will play host to visiting teams from Europe. A handful of the matches will be officiated by referees from the Americas and some matches …

Peñarol came out 22-17 winners over Selkman in Santiago del Chile on Saturday. The match saw the Uruguayans scoring a fortuitous try one minute from full-time to claim victory. Selknam will be frustrated with the outcome but the try did see a scrum-half breaking a regulation tackle of a tight …

Selknam play host to Peñarol in Santiago on Saturday. The match is the second El Clásico this season. The prior fixture saw Peñarol narrowly winning a headed battle at home. The teams are tied for second position in Super Rugby Americas 2025. Additional reason to watch this match is that …

Baltazar Amaya has finalized a deal to play in France. The Uruguayan fullback will move from Montevideo to the Hérault department in the Occitanie region where he will play for Béziers. His contract is a two-year-deal for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 seasons. Fellow French club Vannes came close to signing the …

World Rugby has made huge cutbacks to the annual Rugby Sevens Circuit. Ignacio Chans reports that the sport’s global governing body has downsized the events from twelve to eight teams. The changes are unwelcome news for Chans’ Uruguay who are one of the twelve teams involved in the 2024-2025 series. …

A gigantic display from Yacare saw the Paraguayan franchise defeating two-time former champions Peñarol by a record margin on Saturday. The 36-8 victory overtakes the 41-24 win last season to be the highest winning margin by Yacare against Peñarol. The win had a lot to do with Yacare’s forwards; they …

Yacare play host Peñarol on Saturday in Asunción. The Héroes de Curupayty has been a hard place for visitors this season. Yacare has two home wins and one loss thus far at home this season. The one defeat was 24-19 against reigning champions Los Dogos last weekend. Peñarol have a …

Peñarol got the job done in Tucumán on Monday. The Uruguayans were 21-16 away winners over Los Tarucas. The tight contest was only decided with the full-time whistle; Los Tarucas had several try scoring opportunities in the final minutes. MATCH NOTES Early tries to Felipe Etcheverry and Santiago Civetta had …

Argentina claimed a podium finish at the Singapore 7’s. Los Pumas 7’s recovered from a Semi Final defeat against Fiji to win the Bronze Final. Los Pumas 7’s fell 33-24 against Fiji at the Semi Final stage. The Flying Fijians outscored Argentina by five tries to four. Argentina scored first …

For the first time ever teams based in Tucumán, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay will battle it out in professional rugby. Monday’s match sees Los Tarucas at home against Peñarol in Tucumán. The inaugural clash between the teams will be the final match of the first half of Super Rugby Americas …