Los Pumas are to face Georgia at the Estadio 23 de Agosto in June. The fixture will be Argentina’s third and final home international of the month. The match will be played on June 24, seeing test match rugby played in the city of San Salvador de Jujuy for the …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Jamie Cudmore For years ‘Cuddles’ has been the hard man of Canadian rugby. Now into the twilight of his career the veteran …
Read More »Video: Capó Ortega Scores as Castres Hammer Bayonne
Veteran Uruguayan forward Rodrigo Capó Ortega was a try scorer for Castres this weekend. The Tarn’s ran out 47-18 winners over Bayonne. Also scoring for Castres was Benjamin Urdapilleta. The former Puma converted five tries. Now aged 36 Capó Ortega is in the twilight of his career. The try was …
Read More »2017 Top 10 Wishlist
2017 is just hours away from arriving in the Americas. With that in mind let us take a look into a 2017 Top 10 Wishlist. These desires for the year feature both feasible projections and dreams. The Top 10 list is in no particular order. 1 Juan Imhoff back for …
Read More »Americas Players in RFU Championship – Week 13
It’s a half-dozen Americas exports in the Greene King IPA Championship this weekend. The fate of London Welsh is still up in the air but it’s a full 12-team division for one more week at least, with three games each on Saturday and Sunday. Cornish Pirates are locking down their …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 15
Americas players are spread thinly through most of the Top 14 this week, with half of the 10 likely to play named in one game. Lyon is set to welcome Bordeaux to Matmut Stadium on Friday evening with Francisco Gómez Kodela holding down the tighthead side of the scrum in …
Read More »Americas Players in Aviva Premiership – Round 12
Things look a little better in the Premiership with a dozen Americas players named to match day squads for games on Friday and Sunday. As the calendar ticks over into the New Year, the second half of the season officially begins with Saracens and Wasps tied for top spot and …
Read More »Americas Players in Guinness Pro 12 – Round 12
Things couldn’t be much quieter in the Guinness Pro 12 this weekend. Only one solitary Argentine international will be in action with the five other Americas-born players unavailable to the nations of their birth. Injuries have ruled out some while others simply haven’t been selected. Former Pumas prop Guillermo Roan …
Read More »Los Pumas named for Punta Del Este
Argentina will take a young side to participate in the renowned Punta Del Este 7s tournament that will take place starting January 6. Currently 11th on the HSBC Sevens Series table, Santiago Gómez Cora has opted to rest his senior players with the circuit due to resume on January 28 …
Read More »Cedaro set to leave La Rochelle
Argentine second row Leandro Cedaro will be moving from La Rochelle to Agen next season according to the French press. The 28-year-old is originally from the Regatas club in Resistencia but qualifies for Italy through ancestry and won a single cap for the Azzurri against Scotland in 2013. Despite showing …
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