Tag Archives: Sudamérica Rugby

Uruguay’s best player from RWC 2019, Santiago Arata has signed for Peñarol. This sees the talented scrum-half continuing his professional rugby career in a different country. He moves from the Houston SaberCats (MLR) to play for Uruguay’s first professional rugby team, Peñarol in the new Súper Liga Americana. Arata was …

Manuel Montero is to play for the Olímpia Lions. The 28-year-old Argentine winger is the first player unveiled in the history of professional Paraguayan rugby. He will play for the team in the new Súper Liga Americana which begins in February 2020. Montero was a part of the inaugural Jaguares. …

Chile and Uruguay have set up a winner-take-all match for a place in the 2020 Junior World Trophy. The two South American countries won their respective Sudaméricano u19 matches in Montevideo on Wednesday. Chile were convincing winners over Paraguay. Their 52-14 victory saw them in the lead throughout. They converted …

Teams for the Súper Liga Americana have been revealed. Lisandro Olearo has confirmed that six teams will compete in the competition, each being from a different country. The teams are to be Los Ceibos (Argentina), Corinthians (Brazil), Selknam (Chile), Cafeteros (Colombia), Olimpia (Paraguay), and Peñarol (Uruguay). The competition is to bring …

Paraguay’s team to compete in the new Súper Liga Americana de Rugby will be the Olimpia Lions. It is to be a rugby team from the soccer club, Olimpia. Confirmation came from Olimpia Club chairman, Marco Trovato. The Olimpia Lions are to consist of Paraguay’s ten best rugby players with …

Chile will play their only test match of November next weekend against Portugal. Having not played together since June, however, Cóndores coach Pablo Lemoine has arranged a warm-up fixture against Argentine province San Juan to be played on Saturday afternoon at Club Huazihul. The group is close to that which …

Argentina, and Brazil impressed on Day One of the 2019 Valentín Martínez competition. Played in Montevideo, Uruguay the three groups were won by Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia with Paraguay joining them in the Gold Cup. The remaining sides are now competing in the Challenge Cup under a format in which …

Players from around the globe are to be unveiled in the new South American professional rugby competition. Set to start in February 2020 there are to be players from Namibia, Portugal, and the Pacific Islands joining South Americans in the new competition. As reported by Ignacio Chans in El Observador …

Nine countries are to compete for the Valentín Martínez in Montevideo. The traditional Sudamérica Women’s Rugby Sevens event will take place on November 8-9 in the Uruguayan capital. This year’s competition will be played at Carrasco Polo Club. The rugby club will stage the event alongside the national governing body, …

Uruguay have joined the World Rugby Council. In doing so the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay becomes the 52nd member of rugby’s global decision-making entity. Uruguay obtained World Rugby Council status following the earlier appointments this year of Fiji and Samoa. All did so after having achieved the required governance criteria. On …