Colombia’s impressive year of 2015 continues. Having seen the women’s Rugby Sevens team, Las Tucanes, qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the junior program continue to deliver results. Colombia hosted and won the 2015 u19 South American B Championship this past week. Los Tucanes began …
Read More »Colombia and Venezuela win South American u19 matches
After two rounds the host nation of the South American B u19 championship, Colombia is now the only undefeated team involved in the four nation tournament. Colombia ran out 39-9 winners over Peru on Wednesday evening to advance to the final. The round’s other match saw neighboring Venezuela win 19-12 …
Read More »Wins for Mexico and Colombia in South American U19s
Played under 32ºC (90ºF) heat in the north western Colombian city of La Guajira the 2015 Sudamérica Rugby B Under 19 competition got underway on Sunday. Peru and Mexico competed in the opening fixture which was a Sudamérica vs NACRA match-up and it was the North Americans who came out …
Read More »South American B Under 19s kicking-off on Sunday
The Under 19 teams from Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela are to compete in the South American B tournament in La Guajira, Colombia. The four nations competition serves as a repechage qualifier with the winner advancing to face Paraguay who finished bottom of the South American A competition played recently …
Read More »Up and Under
The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams on the weekend. UP Uruguay History was made in Montevideo on Saturday as Los Teros defeated the Argentina XV 30-26 in what was the first ever …
Read More »Venezuela and Colombia draw 2015 Series
Los Tucanes se responded to Friday’s loss by completing a 45-15 win over Los Criollos in the second round of the international series disputed in Cordero. Also in action were the Venezuelan Bravos who defeated Los Cafeteros of Colombia 19-17. Lastly the Venezuelan u18’s defeated their counterparts 25-10. The fixtures …
Read More »Venezuela complete last gasp 24-22 win over Colombia
In an electrifying match played at the estadio de Cordero in Edo. Táchira Venezuela completed a 24-22 win. The exciting match saw the lead change hands five times. A try to fullback Larry Brito which was converted by Jerús Contreras gave Venezuela the win on fulltime. In other matches involved in …
Read More »Peru to host 2015 South American B Championship
A week after the Rugby World Cup 2015 final the 5th-9th ranked South American countries will gather in Lima, Peru to contest this year’s South American B Championship. The four team competition will be played at Colegio Markham de Lima. Organized by Sudamérica Rugby in conjunction with the Federación Peruana de Rugby (Peruvian Rugby …
Read More »Colombia to host South American B U18’s
The Estadio Federico Serrano Soto Riohacha in La Guajira, Colombia has been selected in conjunction with the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (Colombian Rugby Federation – FCR) as the host venue for the upcoming Sudamericano Juvenil B, or South American Under 18 B championship. Participating in the tournament will be Sudamérica Rugby members Peru …
Read More »Venezuela Inspired by Argentine and Uruguayan Regional Models
Since 2004 the Federación Venezolana de Rugby (Venezuelan Rugby Federation – FVR) has been developing a technical standardization project which seeks to significantly improve the standards of Venezuelan players. The project has now began to crystallize with the creation of the Academias Regionales del Proyecto Bravos de Venezuela (Venezuelan Regional …
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