World Rugby is to trial a new law in this year’s Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). During the competent will be take place from August 15 to September 12, the law 50:22. will be trialled. The law may have implications for how the sport is played. It will enable an attacking …
Read More »A Brazilian Referee for Major League Rugby
There is to be a Brazilian referee involved in the 2020 Major League Rugby (MLR) season. The leading official from Brazil, Henrique Platais will take control of matches in the upcoming season. From Rio de Janeiro, the 32-year-old Platais went from playing rugby to officiating at a young age. He …
Read More »Italy Call Up Argentina XV Center Juan Ignacio Brex
The dream of playing test match rugby is close to being realized by Juan Ignacio Brex. The 27-year-old has been called up by Italy to prepare for the upcoming Six Nations Championship. Brex joins fellow Argentine player, and captain, Sergio Parisse on the roster. The N8 will retire from international …
Read More »Brazil front rower Wilton Rebolo arrives in Austin
A new name suited up for the Austin Herd in their warm-up match against the Austin Huns on Saturday. Highly rated Brazil front rower Wilton Rebolo has finally arrived in Texas, joining the team for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old joins from the Pasteur club in São …
Read More »Los Ceibos add highly promising lock Jerónimo Ureta
Los Ceibos have added the highly promising lock, Jerónimo Ureta. The Argentina XV representative is the latest name confirmed for the Córdoba-based team that will compete in the new Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) beginning in March. Ureta is the fourth lock on the roster. He joins Rodrigo Fernández …
Read More »Americas Rugby in 2020
The calendar of international competition for Americas Rugby has been unveiled by Sudamérica Rugby. The annual competition included marks an expansion which will see 2020 being the busiest yet on record for the Americas. In total more than twenty different official competitions are to be played. Included are Sudamérica Rugby …
Read More »2019 Timeline Review
Every year we seem to say the same thing – “this was the biggest ever for rugby in the Americas” – and this was no exception. In fact we will boldly predict that 2020 is even bigger. This year could be a tipping point with big names signing on for Major …
Read More »Peñarol Add Two RWC Centers
Further announcements have come from Peñarol. The latest players to officially sign for the Uruguayan Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) club are Tomás Inciarte, and Agustín Della Corte. Both men went to RWC 2019. The 23-year-old Tomás Inciarte has 17 test caps. As a busy player over a short …
Read More »Peñarol Name Seven New Players
Peñarol continues to announce recruits for the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Following the announcement of the signing of u20s flanker Maxime Sonneveld, Seven further players have joined the Uruguayan SLAR team. The latest recruits are a mixture of senior players and u20s. A notable signing is that …
Read More »Happy Holidays from ARN!
It’s hard to believe, but another Rugby World Cup cycle has come and gone. For Americas Rugby News, this was the first full cycle and our first time covering each and every match of the flagship tournament. We also had boots on the ground in Japan, no small feat given …
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