Following an impressive win today in Lima, Peru Colombia are on the verge of retaining the South American B Championship title. Los Tucanes’ 33-5 win over Venezuela today sees Colombia having two wins from as many matches while Venezuela remains winless. Tournament hosts Peru take-on Ecuador in today’s second match. The …

Argentina will return to the northern city of Salta to play host to South Africa in the 2016 Rugby Championship. Set to take place on August 27 2016 the fixture is to be a second round match with South Africa hosting the reverse fixture seven days earlier in Nelspruit. Confirmation …

Top Argentine match official Federico Anselmi will take part in his second Six Nations tournament after being named as an assistant for two matches in the upcoming tournament. The news follows his participation in the same role during the World Cup and coincides with his appointment as a referee on …

Argentina’s number two hooker, Julián Montoya has extended his contract with the UAR for two additional years which sees him now under contract to play Super Rugby and be available for international duty at all times until December 31 2017. The 22-year-old acted as deputy to Agustín Creevy at the …

Italian international prop Matías Agüero is to become the third Argentine at the Leicester Tigers. The 34-year-old has signed until the end of the season for the Aviva Premiership side to replace Azzurri teammate Michele Rizzo, out for the season with a serious knee injury. Now into the twilight of his career, …

We’re one week post-World Cup but that doesn’t mean the rugby stops! It’s not easy to sift through all the pro rugby on offer every week, but we’ll do our best. Here’s our first shot at a form XV for those kicking around the European leagues this past weekend. 1 – …

Los Pumas scrumhalf Tomás Cubelli has confirmed that he will indeed be playing Super Rugby but not for the Argentine franchise. Despite having signed with the UAR the 26 year old will instead play for Australian side the Brumbies, he told Argentine site ESPN Scrum. Cubelli confirmed that “before the …

Canadian winger Taylor Paris has been short-listed as one of three finalists for the Player of the Season award in France’s Pro D2. The winner will be announced at the Nuit du Rugby on November 23 which will recognize 0utstanding achievement for players, coaches, clubs and officials. Playing for Agen …

Stade Français and Italy number 8 and captain Sergio Parisse is one of three finalists for the prestigious Top 14 player of the season award. Born in Argentina Parisse learned his rugby playing in La Plata before moving with his family to Italy as a teenager and beginning his professional …

Match officials for round two of the 2015 Argentine National Provincial Championship have been named. The appointments are all different to the three who controlled the Round 2 fixtures played last Saturday. Juan Hernán Sylvestre will take charge of Cuyo vs Córdoba, Claudio Antonio will referee Buenos Aires vs Salta …