Brazilian rugby has developed significantly in recent years. Americas Rugby News caught up with the CBRu CEO Agustín Danza to get insight into what is behind the progress and what to look forward to in the future from Brazil. How has the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) changed the shape of …
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Rodrigo Báez has been forced into early retirement. Aged 29 the flanker from Mendoza has been forced out of rugby through injury. He made the announcement today on his Instagram account. Báez leaves rugby prematurely, doing so after having been involved in Super Rugby for Los Jaguares in 2016 and …
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Chilean international Anton Petrowitsch is to play in England. The Cóndores flanker has completed the move from AA Coimbra in Portugal to join the Rotherham Titans to play in England’s third division. The Rotherham Titans were relegated from the RFU Championship to the third division for the upcoming season. The …
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Juan Manuel Cat has undergone surgery. The 22-year-old Uruguayan mid-fielder suffered a ruptured pectoral tendon and is now recovering following his operation. A recovery period of 4 months is likely for such an operation. This means Cat should be free to be considered to take part in Uruguay’s tour of …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. Due to the volume of rugby played this past week this week’s Up and Under is a Special Edition. UP Brazil Miracles …
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South America’s Professional League is growing before it begins. Plans for the new competition to underway in 2019 were for Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay to be involved. Now, though, Paraguay is involved in the advanced negotiations. From Four to Five Currently ranked seventh in the Americas Paraguay was excluded …
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Goal-kicking flyhalf Will Hooley will be staying in the Greene King IPA Championship for another year. The new Eagles cap has signed a one-year contract extension with Bedford Blues, who he joined from Aviva Premiership club Exeter Chiefs ahead of the 2017-18 season. A former England u20 international, Hooley qualifies …
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It’s been an extraordinarily eventful couple of weeks in the rugby world and as such we’ve collected a number of interesting stories from other online publications that are worth a gander. Professional rugby in New York, concerns in BC, American rugby, Pumas exiles, Canadian players, French interests in America, refereeing, …
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Psalm Wooching is officially a professional rugby player. The former Washington Huskies linebacker has signed a one-year deal with Italian club Viadana. He will join the team ahead of the 2018-19 Eccellenza season in June. Viadana are currently 6th on the table in the 2017-18 season. It’s been a rapid …
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Argentina have bolstered their side ahead of the Hong Kong Sevens with the addition of four Olympians to their ranks. The team is currently in 5th place over all after six events on the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series and trail Australia by only five points heading into the most prestigious …
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