Tag Archives: Americas Rugby Championship

Another week with no overseas competitions yet on the go. With the Rugby Championship and Top 14 set to start this weekend it will make a more competitive team next week, but in the meantime we reach almost exclusively into the URBA Top 14 for our weekly draft. The lone …

For the first time two Chilean players will compete in the top division of French rugby. Bayonne have confirmed that prop Ramón Ayarza will continue with the club this season after signing as a medical joker at the end of last season’s championship run in Pro D2. Together with second …

Los Pumas 7’s star Juan Pablo Estellés is to play for the Northampton Saints. The center from Atlético del Rosario has joined the Aviva Premiership club on a deal which will see him at the club for the duration of the 2016-2017 season. In moving to England the 28 year …

Rugby in Brazil has been expanding rapidly in recent years and is showing no signs of slowing down. This acceleration has now reached the point that Brazil seeks a place in Super Rugby in 2019. The country’s largest rugby-dedicated website, Portal do Rugby has confirmed that Agustín Danza, Confederação Brasileira de …

The CBRu recently confirmed the arrival of Australian Paul Healy as the director of the High Performance Center in São Paulo. The move sees the former Chilean Head Coach back in South America after leaving Santiago late last year. He departed Chile for Germany where he took charge of TVP Pforzheim. …

Hurricanes flanker Tony Lamborn is one of seven new additions to the revised Eagles Elite Training Squad (EETS) announced by Head Coach John Mitchell and Director of Performance Alex Magleby on Tuesday. After being identified as US-eligible earlier this year, the New Zealand native made an immediate impact, winning his debut …

With an eye on the national provincial glory Tucumán has selected a 32-man roster for the Campeonato Argentino. The coaching staff, led by former Racing 92 and Pumas back-rower Álvaro Galindo, will meet with the selected players on Wednesday August 03 to begin preparations. The roster includes a number of …

For the third consecutive year Mexico is to compete in the Sudamérica Rugby under 18’s. Despite being a member union of Rugby Americas North the strong relationship with fellow Spanish-speaking unions from Sudamérica Rugby will see Las Serpientes again afforded the opportunity of competing in South American under 18 competition. Following on …

The governing body of Portugal rugby, the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (FPR) has included on its calendar a home international against Brazil on December 3. The match has been listed as to be confirmed but with Brazil already going to Europe to face Germany it is just a matter of time …

The Canadian Rugby Championship is all over, and today the national brain trust will grab a coffee with maple syrup and sit down to decide which 28 players will travel to the UK in three weeks’ time. Rugby Canada has yet to formally announce the tour, of course, but in case …