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The national Olympic Committee of Costa Rica (CON-CRC) dedicated some space to Costa Rican rugby in October’s edition of the country’s magazine ‘Cortos Olímpicos’. Included in the article was the visit of Sudamérica Rugby’s Northern Project and Development Manager Alberto Ruíz Luca de Tena to Costa Rica and the region last month. …

The Colombian women’s Rugby Sevens team, Las Tucanes are in Uruguay preparing for the upcoming Valentín Martínez. They arrived on Wednesday with an eye to gaining vital preparation as the road to the 2016 Olympic Games draws nearer. Las Tucanes will play on Saturday and Sunday and remain in Uruguay until …

Former USA Eagle standout Julie McCoy has returned to the helm of the Women’s 7s team as the program prepares for the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games. USA Rugby announced today that McCoy, who was the team’s Head Coach from 2006-2009, has been named Head Coach of the program. McCoy is well …

Brazil’s national women’s Rugby Sevens team haqd a successful weekend in Ireland where, on Sunday, they won the Plate Final of a qualifying competition for the World Rugby Women’s Rugby Sevens Circuit. Competing were teams from the world over with Brazil being joined by Colombia and Mexico are representatives of …

Colombia’s Women finished 10th at an international Sevens event which took place this weekend in Ireland. The South Americans played matches against opposition from Africa, Europe, Oceania and Asia for the first time in history and completed a win against Samoa. Colombia also had matches against Holland, China and Kenya …

With the objective of improving the conditioning of Colombian rugby representative teams in international competition the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (Colombian Rugby Federation – FRC)  is investing in academies with the goal of improved performances. The governing body has identified the following as being of vital importance to Colombian rugby: 2016 …

Following the history making Bronze Medal winning performance at the Pan American Games in Toronto  the country’s rugby community is buzzing with excitement. Those close to the players themselves gathered to welcome them home from their return flight from Toronto while social media was red-hot with excitement. Those unfamiliar with …

The Les Bleus Rugby Sevens team will play at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after being crowned winners of the European Qualification series. France becomes the second qualifier from Europe in joining Great Britain (England) who finished in the Top Four of the 2014-2015 Sevens World Series. …

Colombian internationals Sebastián Mejía and Solange Delgado are featured in this week’s edition of Total Rugby. The players are not only two of Colombia’s leading players but are also married. Having met in 2009 the rugby players were involved in the same tournaments and subsequently fell in love. Delgado is to play …

The Confederação Brasileira de Rugby ( Brazilian Rugby Confederation or CBRu) has announced the lists of men’s and women’s players to travel to Toronto, Canada for the upcoming Pan American Games. Squads of twelve male and female players will take part in the largest poly-sporting event in the Americas and …