Pablo Bouza has made wholesale changes to his Argentina XV squad for their second match of the Americas Rugby Championship against Chile at the Estadio Bicentenario in San Juan on Saturday. More than half the team that finished in a 35-all draw against the US Eagles in Houston have been …
Read More »Americas Rankings – February 07 2016
With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship having kicked-off this past weekend today marks the first update for Americas Rankings of the year. Teams with their rankings on the line were Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay. Argentina and the USA saw no changes due to Argentina’s side being Argentina XV and not …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Canada An impressive opening performance in the Americas Rugby Championship sees the Canadians topping the standings. The bonus point home victory over …
Read More »Pichot, Super Rugby and future for North and South America
The President of the Americas Rugby Championship, Agustín Pichot has asked the question “Why can’t Uruguay Play Super Rugby?” This was one of a number of revelations to be outlined – others include possible Super Rugby futures for Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and the USA and a second division for the Americas …
Read More »USA Draw with Argentina XV in Entertaining Match
In front of a crowd of just over 10,000 at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, the USA Eagles and Argentina XV opened up their Americas Rugby Championship accounts with a match for the ages. The two sides battled it out for over 80 minutes in an entertaining and action filled …
Read More »Canada dominate Uruguay in Langford
Canada got the Americas Rugby Championship off to the best possible start taking maximum points a dominant display of running rugby as they defeated Uruguay convincingly at Westhills Stadium in Langford. A frantic opening quarter saw the home team score twice and from then on the men in red never …
Read More »Chile down Brazil in ARC Opener
The first ever Americas Rugby Championship fixture is now over. Chile hosted Brazil in Santiago, completing a tight 25-22 win. With it Los Cóndores can breathe a sigh of relief as the prospect of collecting the inaugural wooden spoon is now all but over. Chile went into the Americas Rugby …
Read More »Americas Rankings to Open 2016
Today marks the fundamental change in international competition in the Americas. With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship beginning World Rankings are to be on the line for Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay in their matches. Argentina and the USA are to play too but with it being the Argentina XV …
Read More »Chile name side to face Brazil
Los Condores have named their team to face the Tupis in their first match of the Americas Rugby Championship, to be played at Parque Mahuida, Santiago, on Saturday. Veteran loose forward Benjamín Soto has been named as captain in a team that shows seven changes to the side that was …
Read More »Americas Rugby Championship Broadcast Schedule
A number of changes have been made to the original Americas Rugby Championship schedule, and Americas Rugby News has now confirmed kickoff times and broadcast details with ESPN. Below takes into account all revisions and time zone corrections, including the most recent from Americas Rugby Championship officials: Changes to Chile’s …
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