Uruguay

It was another traumatic week for our intrepid panel, with all six Americas teams beaten to the finish line and our so-called gurus left to retreat with their tails between their legs. With most of our friends from the USA camping out with family and big birds and others choosing …

Childhood friends Agustín Ormaechea and Felipe Berchesi will reunite to face Romania. The French-based Montevideo players will start in the halves for Uruguay on Saturday. Esteban Meneses became Los Teros Head Coach ahead of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. This weekend’s match, though, will be his first with Ormaechea and …

The French Barbarians defeated Australia by a score of 19-11 at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on Thursday. Uruguayan lock Rodrigo Capo Ortega played for the best part of an hour in the second row for the Barbarians in a match that didn’t quite live up to the expectations of …

World Rugby and the Japan 2019 organising committee have confirmed that the Rugby World Cup 2019 pool draw will take place on 10 May, 2017 in Kyoto’s State Guest House. The iconic venue is a national symbol in Japan and has played host to globally important meetings, including hosting world …

What a terrible week for Americas teams. Of the six involved in November tour matches, all six were defeated by their opponents. Chile’s catastrophic collapse in the second half against South Korea was the worst of the bunch. With such results we debated including European-based club players in this week’s …

“Defensive Repositioning to be key” says Uruguay Head Coach Esteban Meneses. Three days out from Los Teros’ third and final November International match the South Americans are focusing on regrouping. Having competed to losses against Germany and Spain Uruguay will complete their tour against Romania in Bucharest. Saturday’s test will …

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. Unlike previous editions this week sees Up, Under, and a third category – Buried. The reason for this are the circumstances that transpired in …

A fight erupted late in Saturday’s test match between Spain and Uruguay. The 78th minute incident saw players from both teams throwing punches. It was sparked by Spanish replacement prop Juan Anaya who shoved Uruguayan second-rower Diego Magno. With Facundo Munilla having tackled Juan Manuel Cat into touch, Anaya took offense to …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – November 20 2016 show changes. The Top 8 from the Americas all played this weekend. Six of these teams competed in Europe with Paraguay vs Colombia being the only …

Spain played host to Uruguay on Saturday. The match was the second this month for both countries. Spain was coming off a competitive loss against Tonga while Uruguay was looking to bounce back from a shock defeat at the hands of Germany. Uruguay named a significantly changed side. It was …