Los Teritos edged towards winning the 2015 South American Under 19 Championship by defeating Brazil 27-12 in the second round. Played at the home of Paraguayan rugby, the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty in Asunción, the Uruguayans led throughout and outscored Brazil by five tries to two. Fullback Bautista Mascia opened …
Read More »Chile Overpower Paraguay in Sudamérica U19s
Chile’s Under 19 team was too strong for Paraguay in the second round fixture of the South American Championship, winning 30-6. Played at the national Paraguay rugby stadium, the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty Los Cóndores were in control throughout. Martín Raddatz impressed with two tries while both Agustín Planella and …
Read More »Smiling Adults and Children Discover rugby in Bolivia
Rugby is growing throughout the Americas and the South American landlocked country of Bolivia is no exception. The country is aiming to to be a part of the 2018 Juegos Odesur – the South American Games by fielding a Rugby Sevens team for the first time. The 2018 Games are …
Read More »Chile impress against Brazil in Sudamérica Under 19s
Chile started the 2015 South American Under 19 Championship strongly by defeating Brazil 32-3 in Asunción, Paraguay earlier today. The fixture was the opening match of the tournament which is being played at the home of Paraguayan rugby, the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty. The junior Condores side scored all five of the …
Read More »Uruguay too strong for Paraguay in South American Under 19s
The Uruguayan Under 19 team, Los Teritos, powered to a 44-0 win in the opening round of the South American Under 19s A Championship in Asunción, Paraguay. Played at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, the home of the Unión de Rugby del Paraguay (Paraguayan Rugby Unon – URP) Los Teritos …
Read More »Bolivia Rugby Sevens train in Cochabamba
Bolivia’s Rugby Sevens team trained this past weekend at the estadio Félix Capriles in Cochabamba, continuing with the plan of arriving in good physical, technical and tactical conditions for the 2018 South American Games which will be played in the same city. The sessions led by Argentine coach Sebastián Mandaradoni, are looking …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 8): Colombia’s Spectacular Progress
With a population of 46.7 million Colombia is the fourth most populated country in the Americas with only the populations of the USA, Brazil and Mexico being larger. Those three have all regularly come up as being key markets by World Rugby in their strategic plans with the central reason …
Read More »Venezuela and Colombia draw 2015 Series
Los Tucanes se responded to Friday’s loss by completing a 45-15 win over Los Criollos in the second round of the international series disputed in Cordero. Also in action were the Venezuelan Bravos who defeated Los Cafeteros of Colombia 19-17. Lastly the Venezuelan u18’s defeated their counterparts 25-10. The fixtures …
Read More »Berchesi stars as Uruguay defeat Argentina XV
Los Teros gave their home supporters a fond farewell this afternoon in Montevideo. The Uruguayan national men’s rugby team completed a 30-26 win over neighbors Argentina in what was the final home fixture before departing for the Rugby World Cup. Uruguayan Head Coach Pablo Lemoine can now name his squad …
Read More »Venezuela complete last gasp 24-22 win over Colombia
In an electrifying match played at the estadio de Cordero in Edo. Táchira Venezuela completed a 24-22 win. The exciting match saw the lead change hands five times. A try to fullback Larry Brito which was converted by Jerús Contreras gave Venezuela the win on fulltime. In other matches involved in …
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