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Domingo Miotti will play for Italy. The Argentine born and raised fly half is making the allegiance change from los Pumas to Italy. It was confirmed by none other than Felipe Contepomi, the head coach of Argentina during Thursday’s press conference when he named his side to face Wales in …

Guido Petti will become a centurion for Argentina on Saturday. The 31-year-old reaches the milestone of 100 test caps in the Andean city of San Juan against Wales. Petti does so seven days after Matías Alemanno became the fifth Puma in history to earn 100 caps. Alemanno earned his 100th …

On-field preparations for Rugby World Cup 2027 will see teams competing in warm-up matches ahead of the tournament. The 52-match tournament will be exclusively hosted by Australia in October and November 2027. The twenty-four teams will finalize preparations with a series of matches into September. All the competitors are in …

Uruguay were humbled by hosts Georgia at the Junior World Championship (JWC) on Tuesday. The Eastern Europeans scored all of the tries in a 56-3 victory over Los Teritos. Georgian captain Luka Narsia led the way with a hat-trick. It was the second meeting between Uruguay and Georgia in a …

The decisive Pool C contest between Argentina and England at the Junior World Championship went down to the wire. Only two points separated the teams in a match which had 78 points scored. The highly competitive showdown went England’s way with a final score of 40-38. The outcome of the …

Ireland out on an outstanding performance against the USA at the Junior World Championship in Georgia on Tuesday. The men in green were 73-22 winners in the final pool fixture for both teams. The USA ran in three tries with Finnian Love, Joseph Sarkees, and Leo Keesler-Venables claiming one each. …

The Chile XV had home advantage against Paraguay in an international meeting on Sunday. Played at the Chilean Centro de Alto Rendimiento del Rugby (CARR) in La Reina, Chile, the Chile XV were 52-19 winners. The match was organized during the July International window while Chile’s test team, Los Cóndores, are …

Argentina has made roster changes for the upcoming home test match against Wales. Three French Top 14 players have been added to prepare for the test match at there Estadio Bicentenario in San Juan on Saturday, July 11. The new trio are Efraín Elías (Toulouse), Justo Piccardo (Montpellier), and Marcos …

USA Rugby had a Fourth of July to remember fondly. The National Men’s team, the USA Eagles pulled-off a hard-fought 30-29 victory over Portugal in Denver, Colorado. Fly half Chris Hilsenbeck was the hero as he struck a 79th minute penalty to put the USA Eagles one point ahead with …

Canada and Spain played out a classic in Edmonton. In round one of the World Rugby Nations Cup, there was nothing separating the teams at the final whistle. The contest ended at a 42-42 draw, miraculously after the teams were locked into a 21-21 scoreline at half-time. The match was …

It was a big evening for Chile Rugby as Los Cóndores completed a solid victory over Romania. In a match that could have gone either way, Chile came out on top to win 48-31 at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago. The win came with Chile demonstrating planting of character to …

It did not go to plan for Argentina on Saturday. Los Pumas were out-coached and humbled by Scotland in Córdoba. The Northern British side were 47-38 winners but were much better than nine points above the performance of the home side. Scotland was the better team in numerous categories including …

World Rugby have confirmed that Japan will host a two-week Pacific Nations Cup tournament in September. Four teams will take part – Canada, Fiji, and the USA the others – and it will be contested in a straight knockout format. It’s a significant step back from 2025, when six teams …

Uruguay and Georgia played out an entertaining match at the Estadio Charrúa on Saturday. The Eastern Europeans were 41-34 winners in the first-ever match between the teams in Montevideo. The contest featured ten tries with both teams scoring five each. Los Teros started ideally by scoring the opening try of …

Canada’s first test in the freshly-established World Rugby Nations Cup will be a familiar opponent. The Maple Leafs square off against Spain at the very same Edmonton venue where they danced just a year ago. On that occasion Los Leones were winners, but only just – it took a last-gasp …

The Eagles open up their 2026 test campaign on Saturday against Portugal in Denver. It’s the USA’s first match of the newly-devised World Rugby Nations Cup, intended to provide more consistent fixtures for second tier sides. They’ll face the reigning Rugby Europe champions who already have five games under their …

Chile play host to Romania on Saturday. The match is an opening round fixture in the World Rugby Nations Cup. Los Cóndores have home advantage due to the Americas hosting the July Internationals. Matches will be played in Europe in November. Chile and Romania are in the World Rugby Nations …

The first-ever World Rugby Nations Cup begins in Montevideo on Saturday. Uruguay play host to Georgia in the first test match between Los Teros and the Lelos in four years. The match is officially the world’s 15th ranked (71.94 points) Uruguay playing at home against the 13th ranked (points 69.19) …

Argentina play host to Scotland in Córdoba on Saturday. The contest marks the official debut for both teams in the inaugural Nations Championship. Los Pumas enter as the higher ranked of the two sides with a World Ranking of 5th. Scotland are not far behind in 7th. The test match …

Argentina wrote history against Ireland on Thursday. In their second match at the Junior World Championship (JWC) in Georgia, Los Pumitas scored their highest ever total against a Tier 1 opponent in JWC history. The South Americans backed-up their big win over the USA by beating Ireland 62-40. The opening …