Uruguay

It’s over! This weekend we will be distracted by the Vancouver 7s but then the sadness will creep in that it will be another 11 months until the Americas Rugby Championship returns. Of course there’s still plenty to process and the debrief has only just begun, and we still have …

The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship has come and gone. It was a tremendous success for the sport overall. There were upset results with some performing above expectations. There were also low points with areas requiring the attention of both teams and administrators for 2018. UP The Competition In looking to …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Brazil For the second year in a row Brazil made history in the Americas Rugby Championship. In 2016 the USA fell in …

Uruguay hosted Chile in the first of two matches between the countries this year. The outcome of their result in Montevideo this weekend saw Uruguay finishing third in the Americas Rugby Championship. Chile was unable to score a competition point in this year’s competition. The teams are to meet again …

Week 5 of the Americas Rugby Championship has impacted the Americas Rankings. Two out of the three matches were for rankings and both of those matches saw changes to the competitors’ rankings. Uruguay’s home victory over Chile sees no change to the ranking of either country. Uruguay went into the match already with …

Uruguay ended their 2017 Americas Rugby Championship on a high as they defeated Chile by 45-14 at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo on Saturday. Riding a wave of confidence following the defeat of Canada in Maldonado, Los Teros ran in six tries to one as they stormed home to finish …

Uruguay are riding the wave following their win over Canada in Maldonado. All that stands between a third-place finish in the Americas Rugby Championship is Chile, a team who are in last place on the table and have not won a match in the competition since the opener against Brazil …

It’s here! The final round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Next week will be a sad one indeed. This year’s competition maybe hasn’t been quite as electric as a year ago, no thanks to the weather, but it has been enjoyable nonetheless and the Americas are undoubtedly better for it. …

Diego Magno is to become the most capped Uruguayan player of all time. Aged just 27, Magno will earn his 68th cap for Los Teros on Saturday against Chile. In doing so he surpasses former Teros prop Rodrigo Sánchez, who until last week held his country’s record for test appearances. …

Bernard Charreyre has once again opted for change with seven alterations from the team that was defeated by the USA last weekend. Chile have yet to find a win in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and have now lost eight consecutive matches in the tournament. Los Cóndores have defeated Uruguay …