Uruguay

Just five rounds to go in the regular season of the French Pro D2. For some of the Americas players, that means less than two months left with their current club before moving to pastures new. Damian Arias is the first of 18 to see action this weekend, coming on …

In action this weekend are to be Americas Players in the Pro 12. The Celtic-Italian league reaches Week 20, meaning it is the third-to-last round. Yet to be determined are the final four tams to compete in the Semi Finals and the competition’s qualifiers for next season’s European Rugby Champions …

Brazil is to host Uruguay at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, it was confirmed today. The modern stadium is the home of Brazilian soccer giants, Palmeiras and has a seating capacity of 43,000. The fixture is to take place on April 23 with Brazil hosting Uruguay in the South American …

A new round of the Torneo Clasificatorio Uruguayo was played over the past weekend. Like in round three the team to impress the most was Montevideo side, Carrasco Polo. The club’s 64-10 thumping of Ceibos Rugby continues to put Carrasco Polo on track for a place in the 2016 Campeonato …

In Argentina this past weekend there were fixtures played as part of three respective national tournaments. Week 3 of the ICBC Nacional de Clubes was played as was week 3 of the Torneo del Interior B. In addition to both the Torneo del Interior A got underway with the opening …

Argentine referee Damián Schneider is one of four international referees named to World Rugby’s Nations Cup senior match officials panel. Others included are Vlad Iordechescu of Romania, Shota Tevzadze of Georgia, and Scotland’s Lloyd Linton. Schneider was one of five referees named to the senior panel of the Americas Rugby …

The upcoming South American A Championship is to be broadcast on Free-to-air television in Brazil. Confirmation has been made by Brazilian network Rede TV that Brazil’s matches against Uruguay and Chile on April 23 and 30 will be televised, enabling a greatly expanded audience to see test match rugby. It marks …

Five countries and at least 15 players on 10 different teams will represent the Americas in Pro D2 matches this weekend. Chile’s top professional Pablo Huete got things started on Friday as a replacement for Bayonne in their 26-10 defeat to Perpignan at Stade Aimé Giral. Mont-de-Marsan faces Lyon with …

My Forward Thinking column from Monday of last week received a number of inbox responses from both people I know and do not know personally. The overwhelming feedback was that the situation of the Pacific Island unions is unfortunate but they need to take action to break out of the endless cycle they …

Montevideo club Carrasco Polo impressed in week three of the Torneo Clasificatorio Uruguayo, played this past weekend. The club’s impressive 97-0 hammering of Seminario sent out a warning to the others seeking to qualify for the Campeonato Uruguayo this year. Also winning their matches were Los Cuervos, PSG, Trébol and …