Mike Sheppard

Os Cobras Brasil Rugby play host to Yacare on Saturday. The match is officially the basement clash, though Yacare can move above two teams by winning with a bonus point. Os Cobras are chasing their first win of the season while Yacare have been hot and cold. CURRENT STANDINGS 7th …

Selknam have home advantage against Pampas in the battle of teams based in the Chilean and Argentine capital citiess. Both teams have three wins thus far in Super Rugby Americas 2025 though they enter with different form. Selknam are red hot after rampaging past Los Tarucas while Los Pampas were …

Argentina played scintillating rugby on the opening day of the 2025 Hong Kong 7’s. Played at the new Kai Tak Stadium, Los Pumas 7’s were on fire; the South Americans racked up two huge wins. The Americas’ other Men’s competitors did not perform so well while there were mixed results …

Great attention will be on South America later on this year. The continent’s final round of Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers will see Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay competing for the South America 1 spot. The winner will book their place at Australia 2027. The qualifying matches will begin during …

A lot has happened during the two decades in between the British & Irish Lions’ home matches against Argentina. The then and the now illustrate just how far Argentine Rugby has come from 2005 to 2025. The progress has enabled Argentina to remain a critical country in the global game …

Argentina will play host to Uruguay on July 19. The home Pumas test match has been allocated to the northern Argentine city of Salta. The fixture will be on the third weekend of the mid-year international window. It will be Argentina’s final home match with it coming after two home matches …

Uruguay will play two test matches in July 2025. The matches will be against rivals from Europe and South America with Los Teros facing Romania at home and Argentina away. The two matches will be on July 12 and 19 and are to be followed by Uruguay’s Rugby World Cup …

The USA’s advertised home match against the Netherlands is canceled. With the Netherlands having been eliminated from Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifying, World Rugby decided that the Dutch will no longer tour with their place having been handed to Belgium. The change means Belgium officially replace the Netherlands as the USA …

History was made in Córdoba, Argentina on Monday. Los Tarucas came out on top as 22-20 winners of the first ever Córdoba vs Tucumán professional rugby match. The match was a dream contest for scrum lovers; both teams won penalties while defending scrums meters out from their own try zone. …

Pumas tries lit up European professional leagues this past weekend. In a positive sign ahead of the international season, Argentines ran tries in the Japan League One, the French Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship (URC). Pablo Matera scored in Japan this past weekend. He did so for Mie …