Tag Archives: Sudamérica Rugby

Day one of the 2018 Juegos Suramericanos is in the record books. The opening day saw Bolivia officially joining the South American rugby community. Both Men’s and Women’s teams from the host nation competed for the first time in history. For a tournament preview click here. For Bolivia it was …

The 2018 Juegos Suramericanos are almost here. Taking place at 2500m altitude the Bolivian city of Cochabamba host the 2018 edition of the South American Games. This year’s Juegos Suramericanos begin on Friday with Rugby 7’s featuring from Sunday to Tuesday (May 27-29). There are both Men’s and Women’s Rugby …

Further Advancements for the Liga Sul Americana de Rugby have been made. South America’s professional rugby competition was born with it serving the needs of the four union South American unions in the Americas Rugby Championship – Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Before the competition became official it expanded to …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Brazil History was made on Saturday with Brazil wining the inaugural Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’. Os Tupis did so in style …

The Argentina XV scored a dominant 64-15 victory over the Uruguay XV at Club Newman in Buenos Aires on Sunday. The match brought a close to the 2018 Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’, the newly revamped South American Championship that saw Brazil score a surprise title after beating Argentina at the …

International competition involving senior side’s has closed for the weekend. In total there were four test matches, two in South America and two in the Caribbean. The Americas Rankings – May 20 2018 have been updated to take into account the points exchanged. Brazil hammered Colombia 67-5 in the opening match …

Chile ended their 2018 Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’ campaign with a 97-0 thrashing of Paraguay in Santiago on Saturday evening. Los Cóndores scored 15 tries in all as the Yakarés simply could not keep up with the pace of the high-flying Chilean attack. By halftime the score was already past …

On Sunday the Argentina XV play host to the Uruguay XV. Their match-up will bring to a close the inaugural Sudamericano 6 Naciones A. The placement of the fixture was expected to mean a title determining match. But with both losing last weekend against Brazil and Chile respectively this is …

Brazil have done it. After their superb win over the Argentina XV a week ago they have completed another first with their first ever South American title, winning the new Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’. The Tupis scorched the Tucanes by 67-5 in São Paulo, scoring nine tries while conceding only …

Brazil and Colombia meet on Saturday. Their fixture is a final round fixture in the inaugural Sudamericano 6 Naciones A. Upon drawing up the match schedule little did the organizers know that this would be the pivotal game in the final round. Brazil’s stunning win over the Argentina XV last …