Tag Archives: Sudamérica Rugby

The South American B Championship’s repechage play-off between Ecuador and Guatemala has been postponed until August 27. The fixture had been set to take place in June but has been delayed due to problems in Ecuador. Ecuador was recently struck by a devastating earthquake last month which killed over 650 …

Uruguay Head Coach Esteban Meneses has made six changes to his starting lineup for Saturday’s home international against Chile. Mateo Sanguinetti is recalled at loosehead prop, taking the place of Ignacio Secco. He will join Germán Kessler and Carlos Arboleya who both started against Paraguay past Saturday. In the second-row …

Brazil has made six changes for Saturday’s final round fixture of the 2016 South American A Championship. Brazil face Paraguay in Asunción with the winner avoiding the wooden spoon and, also, securing their place in the 2017 edition of the tournament. The loser will have a close watch on the …

Four changes have been made by Chile for Saturday’s test match against Uruguay in Montevideo. The third and final round fixture of the South American A Championship will see the two undefeated sides squaring-off at the Estadio Charrúa. Benjamín Soto is to be in charge of an unaltered back row with …

Brazilian free-to-air network, Rede TV’s decision to broadcast live test match rugby has been a tremendous success. Notícias da TV has confirmed that the viewing numbers have surpassed the numbers watching live basketball in Brazil’s domestic professional league, the NBB. With a rating of 0,6 Brazil vs Uruguay in the opening …

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 Uruguay Sitting pretty at the top of the South American A Championship standings is Uruguay. After two rounds Los Teros are the …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – May 01 2016 see improvements for Brazil while the Dominican Republic and Turks & Caicos both rise to new highs. Despite winning big in Asunción there is no change to Uruguay‘s rankings position nor …

Following their opening round win over Brazil in São Paulo Uruguay made it two from two as Los Teros overpowered Paraguay in Asunción this afternoon. In defeating Los Yakarés 60-15 the Uruguayans are now the odds-on favorites to win the South American A Championship. As big as the final scoreline …

Brazil and Chile competed to a 20-20 draw in the second round South American ‘A’ Championship match in São Paulo this afternoon. Despite outscoring the visitors by three tries to two Brazil’s inaccurate goal kicking saw no winner. As was the case against Uruguay one week earlier, Brazil had an …

Uruguay have made five changes to their starting side to play Paraguay tomorrow in Asunción during the second round of the South American ‘A’ Championship. Los Teros will look to build on their impressive 36-14 win over Brazil last weekend ahead of the crucial third-round tie against Chile on May …