Peru national rugby union team Peru national rugby union team The Peru national rugby team, nicknamed los Tumis, is an emerging team in the Americas and a member of the Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (Consur). In 1958 Peru, together with Argentina, Uruguay and Chile participated in the first South American tournament, held in Santiago, Chile. Because there was no IRB-sanctioned rugby union at the time, participation was not officially accepted by Peruvian sport authorities. It would be another 39 years before the Union Peruana de Rugby was formed. In September, 1999 Peru participated in its first official international tournament: the first under-21 South American tournament
History of the England national rugby union team while breaking the streak with a win at Cape Town. History of the England national rugby union team The History of the England national rugby union team covers the period since 1871, when the England national rugby union team played Scotland in the first ever rugby union international. The game of rugby union developed out of the game of football that was played at Rugby School from the mid-18th century. In the first half of the 19th century, the game began to spread, as ex-pupils of Rugby, and other public schools, introduced it into the universities. At Cambridge University, in