Tag Archives: u20 Challenger Cup

Chile defeated Belgium to win the u20 Challenger Final against Belgium on Saturday. The South Americans did so by showing immense structural resilience and tactical maturity after a chaotic start at CARR Parque Mahuida in Santiago. Although Belgium struck immediately with a try from center Oscar Shortall after blocking a clearance …

Canada ran over Brazil to claim a 5th place finish art the U20 Challenger in Santiago del Chile. Facing Brazil on Saturday, the Canadians controlled the match through absolute second-half dominance, breaking open what was a relatively competitive first half to completely outpace their opponents. By utilizing an expansive attacking …

Portugal edged out Canada 28–26 on Monday in a thrilling third-round Group B clash at the World Rugby U20 Challenger Cup in Santiago, Chile. The junior Portuguese side, known as Os Lobinhos, secured the narrow victory by establishing an early lead and demonstrating fierce defensive resilience to hold off a …

Chile demonstrated progress today with a dominant 50–9 victory against Romania at u20 level. The result highlighted a masterful performance by the host nation in Round 2 of the 2026 World Rugby Under 20 Challenger Cup. Playing on their home turf at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugby (CARR) …

Romania edged out Brazil on the opening day of the World Rugby Junior Challenger. Played in Santiago del Chile on Friday, Romania were 27-26 winners. The match-up was between two highly contrasting rugby countries. On the one hand there was Rugby World Cup regulars Romania. While, on the other hand …

Canada opened their World Rugby U20 Challenger Cup campaign in style on Friday, obliterating Namibia 95–6 at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugby (CARR) in Santiago, Chile. In a ruthless, one-sided showcase of clinical offensive execution, the Canadians completely overpowered their African opponents right from the opening whistle to …

Brazil fell 29-24 to Hong Kong in WXV action this past weekend. Canada impressed in their WXV opener as they romped to a 64-26 over Scotland. World Rugby have cited Isoa Nasilasila following his red card for Fiji vs Canada on Saturday. Canada’s Brittany Kassil was also red carded and …

Argentina wrote history on Sunday by defeating New Zealand at u20 level for the first-time. Los Pumitas were 25-17 winners over New Zealand in the u20 Rugby Championship match in South Africa. The match was a round two match in the tournament and featured a greatly improved performance from the …

Os Curumins defeated Paraguay at the Jockey Club de Rosario in Argentina. The hard-fought 27-24 win over Paraguay at u20 level sees Brazil officially and successfully qualified for the 2026 World Rugby U20 Challenger Cup. Brazil was forced to dig deep as the match saw the lead changing hands. Paraguay …