Colombia Nines

By ROBERT BURGIN BOGOTA Armadillos took the honours as rugby league returned to Colombia last weekend, taking out a national Nines tournament in an event where two teams travelled a 2000km round trip. Following two days of action, the men’s competition boiled down to the Armadillos from the capital – boasting the greatest depth of any club in Colombia –…

By ROBERT BURGIN RUGBY league returns to Colombia for the first time in two years, as the town of Funza hosts a Nines tournament this weekend. Five male and two female teams will contest the two-day event, 22km west of the national capital Bogota. While some sporadic training has taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic, no official games have been…