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26/09/2024

Records came tumbling down in Medellín, Colombia on Wednesday. Los Tucanes defeated Costa Rica by a record scoreline. The match was a Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifier. The 136-0 victory sees Colombia through to the tournament final against Venezuela on Sunday while Costa Rica will face Peru. Los Tuca...

26/09/2024

Venezuela defeated Peru in a Rugby World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday. Played in Medellín, Colombia, Las Orquídeas were 27-15 winners over Los Tumis. Venezuela’s victory means that Las Orquídeas await the result of Colombia vs Costa Rica. Venezuela advance to the final to face the winner of that ...

01/12/2022

Rugby World Cup 2023 will be the tenth men’s Rugby World Cup. Sixteen teams competed in four pools of four at the inaugural tournament in 1987. It was expanded to twenty teams competing in five pools of four for RWC 1999. It changed to four pools of five for RWC 2003 and remains so two …

01/12/2022

Chile are the 2022 South American 7’s champions. Los Cóndores 7’s won the title by defeating Argentina 21-12 in the final. This was after a comprehensive 29-5 Semi Final victory over Paraguay. Brazil defeated Paraguay 29-12 to win the Bronze Final. The Costa Rica Sevens was a seven team tournam...

01/12/2022

Wilton Rebolo is set to become the first Brazilian to play in Super Rugby. The 27-year-old has signed on with the Western Force after winning a Major League Rugby title with Rugby New York in 2022. Since debuting for Os Tupis at the age of 20, Rebolo has been a fixture when available with 34 …

01/12/2022

World Rugby have today announced significant changes to the World Sevens Series that will come into effect for the 2023-2024 season. The most notable sees the men’s and women’s competitions becoming fully aligned in both participating teams and tournaments played. They are also set to receive eq...

09/11/2022

They have done it. For the first time in history there are Argentine players who have wins against every Tier 1 Opponent. Rugby’s Tier 1 refers to the four teams that compete in the Rugby Championship (Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa), and the six members of the Six Nations (En...

10/07/2022

30/06/2022

Following the completion of the professional rugby season attention is now on test match rugby. For the USA Eagles this means the Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifiers. The USA will face Chile home-and-away to determine who goes to France 2023 as Americas 2. The Eagles prepare for that series with a home....

18/06/2022

Teammates from opposite sides of the Rio de la Plata were outstanding performers for Castres on Friday. The small-town Top 14 side upset reigning champions Toulouse to advance to the 2022 Top 14 Final. Castres were 24-18 winners in the Semi Final in Nice. The French city will play host to Uruguay’...

17/06/2022

A versão praiana do rugby animará a tarde do sábado (18) no Rio de Janeiro. O Desafio Internacional de Beach Rugby acontece na Praia de Copacabana, entre os postos 2 e 3 (av. Atlântica 1.500), das 13h30 às 16h30. Os jogos serão exibidos ao vivo pelo Globoplay e Ge.Globo, com VT no SporTV no di...

14/06/2022

Daniel Sancery will continue his career in France. The Brazilian test fullback joins Nationale 2 club Graulhet from the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Sancery was born in Campinas, Brazil but was raised in France. He returned to Brazil for professional rugby purposes in 2016. Sancery played ...

12/06/2022

A Seleção Brasileira Feminina manteve a hegemonia ao vencer mais uma vez de forma invicta a 21ª edição do Sul-americano de Sevens Feminino, em Saquarema, no Rio de Janeiro. Na final, as Yaras bateram Las Tucanes colombianas por 27 a 0 e a experiente capitã Luiza Campos foi eleita a Melhor Joga...

11/06/2022

A Seleção Brasileira Feminina confirmou seu favoritismo e venceu ontem (11) as três partidas do primeiro dia da 21ª edição do Sul-americano de Sevens Feminino, em Saquarema, no Rio de Janeiro. A campeã do torneio se classificará automaticamente para os Jogos Pan-Americanos de 2023, que serã...

08/06/2022

A Seleção Brasileira Feminina (as Yaras, como são conhecidas) será anfitriã de um torneio internacional pela primeira vez desde 2016. Neste ano, o Brasil é a sede da 21ª edição do Sul-americano de Sevens Feminino, que será realizada pela Sudamérica Rugby (a confederação sul-americana) n...

27/05/2022

South America’s professional rugby competition will come to a close on Friday. In a historic occasion Peñarol play host to Selknam in the SLAR 2022 Final. The Uruguayan vs Chilean final comes following the exit of others, including Argentina’s previously unbeaten Jaguares XV. Peñarol vs Selkna...

26/05/2022

The 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season has given six countries the opportunity of playing professional rugby in South America. The demanding season featured ten regular season rounds, of which there was some impressive rugby played. SLAR 2022 finalists, Peñarol and Selknam were the l...

26/05/2022

The 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) was the second complete season of the South American professional league. Players from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Paraguay, South Africa, and Uruguay were involved. The played for teams from the six aforementioned South American countri...