Americas Rugby News
June 16, 2019
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The Seattle Seawolves have done it again. A spectacular Major League Rugby Championship Final at a sold-out Torero Stadium on Sunday saw the Seawolves earn back-to-back titles with a try scored with time expired sealing a 26-23 win over the San Diego Legion. It was all San Diego in the …
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Americas Rugby News
June 16, 2019
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Following the competition of a busy weekend of international activity the Americas Rankings have been updated. Calculations for the June 16 2019 edition take into account the June Internationals on Saturday in South America. In Montevideo Uruguay humbled the Argentina XV. The match saw the home side in control throughout …
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Americas Rugby News
June 16, 2019
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Chile and Spain continued their international rivalry on Saturday. In the sixth test match between the countries Los Leones were 29-22 winners. Prior matches date back to 1995. The first international between the teams was won by Chile 28-23. Los Cóndores also won the second fixture, doing so 20-18 in …
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Americas Rugby News
June 15, 2019
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Romania beat Brazil by a single point this evening, winning 22-21 in Jundiaí. The result was secured via a missed conversion attempt from Josh Reeves. The unsuccessful attempt from the right touchline would be what stopped Brazil from upsetting one of the traditional RWC teams. Reeves would not only be …
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Americas Rugby News
June 15, 2019
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Spain were successful in game two of their South American tour as they defeated a feisty Chile 29-22 this evening at the Estadio La Granja in Curicó. The win sees Los Leones traveling to Montevideo with an eye on a perfect 3-0 tour. Early on Spain had control of the …
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Americas Rugby News
June 15, 2019
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Uruguay silenced the Argentina XV this evening to claim the Nations Cup. In doing so Los Teros successfully defended the trophy for a second year, making them three-time champions. The match followed that of Russia vs Namibia. The Bears’ 20-0 win over Namibia saw them on 10 points in the …
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Americas Rugby News
June 15, 2019
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As expected, both the USA and Canada have officially secured their spots at the 2020 Olympics. The Women’s Eagles needed only play their opening match to earn the single point required to book their flight to Tokyo, while Canada punched their ticket by qualifying for the Cup Quarter Finals. …
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Americas Rugby News
June 15, 2019
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The 2019 Major League Rugby season comes to a conclusion on Sunday as the San Diego Legion host the defending champion Seattle Seawolves at Torero Stadium in the Championship Final. It’s a fitting end given that they finished as the top two finishers in the regular season, and one certain …
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Americas Rugby News
June 15, 2019
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In their final regular season match of 2019 Los Jaguares played host to the Sunwolves. The Argentina vs Japan Super Rugby fixture saw the South Americans completing a comfortable victory, and with it they confirmed themselves as a team that has the potential of damaging the historical roots of the …
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Americas Rugby News
June 14, 2019
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This past weekend saw history made as Brazil played host to Spain for the first time. The fixture was an important test rugby fixture as it saw two countries seeking qualification for RWC 2019 going at it face-to-face. Only once before had Brazil and Spain met in a test match. …
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Americas Rugby News
June 14, 2019
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In the second weekend of the June Internationals Chile play host to Spain. The capped test match will see two aspiring countries battling it out, both of whom have the dream of qualifying for RWC 2023. Chile go into their second of two home June Internationals with a strong Cóndores …
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Americas Rugby News
June 14, 2019
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Mission accomplished. This was the overwhelming theme of the post match celebrations from Los Jaguares. The coaching staff, and players delivered on their pre-season quest of returning to the play-off’s. Getting to the Quarter Finals was the initial goal but now it is in the after thoughts. The goal is …
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Americas Rugby News
June 14, 2019
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An exciting fixture sees a rugby test match between Brazil and Romania for the first time in South America on Saturday. Both countries have aspirations of appearing in RWC 2023, and their match in Jundiaí is to be an early indicator of their respective tasks as the RWC 2015-2019 cycle …
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Americas Rugby News
June 14, 2019
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The rivalry between Uruguay, and the Argentina XV will continue on Saturday. Despite it being a non-capped international the players selected for both countries gives the match a feel of being a true test match. Uruguay’s line-up to face the Argentina XV is close to the genuine article which will …
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Americas Rugby News
June 14, 2019
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In the opening weekend of the June Internationals Brazil played host to Spain. The fixture was the first between the two in South America, and just the second ever played. Both Brazil, and Spain are among the major markets World Rugby is interested in moving forward. Both have very large …
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Americas Rugby News
June 14, 2019
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North America’s representatives on the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series are both in line to achieve automatic qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games at this weekend’s final stop on the 2018-2019 season. It’s a formality for both at this stage. The USA will achieve their goal simply by walking on the …
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Bryan Ray
June 13, 2019
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The USA confirmed their World Cup long-list on Wednesday, an extended squad of 50 players named with 40 set to prepare for the Pacific Nations Cup beginning next week. Canada will do the same shortly – an initial, unpublished, list of 60 players has been whittled down to 40 that …
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Americas Rugby News
June 13, 2019
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The second Major League Rugby Semi Final on Sunday took place at Starfire Stadium where the defending champion Seattle Seawolves played host to the Toronto Arrows. As the No2 and No3 seeds heading in, it was expected to be a game of fine margins and it proved to be the …
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Americas Rugby News
June 12, 2019
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In the final round of the regular season of Super Rugby Los Jaguares play host to the Sunwolves on Friday evening. It is a fixture putting the two newest editions to Super Rugby together with one making global rugby headlines for performances and the other for having been shown the …
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Americas Rugby News
June 12, 2019
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Gary Gold has named 50 players in his extended US Eagles training group for Rugby World Cup 2019. An initial squad of 40 will prepare for the Pacific Nations Cup with an extra 10 players listed who may join the team at a later date. The team will assemble next …
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