Brazilian women’s rugby player Paula Ishibashi has won the prestigious award as best Rugby Player of 2015, as determined by the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (Brazilian Olympic Committee – COB). Ishibashi plays for São Paulo club side SPAC and is considered as being one of her country’s best players. She was a medalist …
Read More »Brazil Prepare for Germany this Saturday
The national men’s Brazilian rugby team, the Tupis are in Blumenau, Santa Catarina preparing to face Germany this coming Saturday. The fixture is to be the first of two test matches with the second taking place in São Paulo on Friday December 04. The 29 athletes selected by Argentine Head …
Read More »El Salvador Receives Donations from British Embassy
The British Embassy is seeking to capitalize on the success of the recent Rugby World Cup. With the objective of promoting culture and rugby in El Salvador has organized a donation campaign for the Federación Salvadoreña de Rugby. More than 20 boxes weighing more than 307kg have been taken to …
Read More »Up and Under
The 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 Argentina In years gone by Argentina has suffered greatly from the transition process which occurs in the year after Rugby World …
Read More »Guatemala Topple El Salvador in Test Match
The Central American republics of Guatemala and El Salvador met earlier today in a warm-up fixture for the upcoming South American C Championship to be played in El Salvador next month. Joining Guatemala and El Salvador in the four-nations tournament will be Costa Rica and Panama. With the Copa Hermãn Arrua …
Read More »Final Tournament of 2015 in Ecuador
The year 2015 has been a record breaking year for rugby in the Americas as player numbers and audiences continue to grow. With great expectations for 2016 and beyond more places are to be added to the global rugby map with Ecuador being a future World Rugby member. Yet to …
Read More »Chile Fall to Spain in Torrelavega
Spain took a giant leap forwards towards the goal of qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan by outclassing Chile 54-10 in a test match played in Torrelavega this afternoon. Head Coach Santiago Santos was understandably happy in his post-match interview when he said “we are very satisfied with …
Read More »World Rugby Ensures Continued Growth in South America
Representatives from 10 national unions and federations, all members of Sudamérica Rugby, took part in the successful Leading Rugby workshop in the Peru capital of Lima over three busy days of meetings and presentations. Leading Rugby is a World Rugby development programme to inspire the leaders of unions to grow …
Read More »Wák win Copa Caribe, Costa Rica topple Panama
Last Saturday the Liceo Franco Costarricense played host to the first edition of the Copa Caribe, a preparation tournament for the upcoming South American C Championship to take place from december 6-12 in El Salvador. The tournament acted as preparation for both Costa Rica’s men’s and women’s teams, with the men …
Read More »Chile Prepare for Spain after losing against Basque Country
Chile’s two-match tour of Spain got underway with an intense match against Basque Country which was won by the home side 31-17. Chile now has the opportunity to improve ahead of the test side’s final match of the year, a test against Spain on Saturday. The match against the Basque …
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