Just days out from the fourth edition of the Rugby Championship the extent of Daniel Hourcade’s impact on Los Pumas is profoundly clear. In this week’s edition of Forward Thinking I will look into the impact of Hourcadism on Argentina’s fortunes over the past year. Daniel Hourcade, the former Portuguese assistant coach …

Highly promising Chilean back-rower Sebastian Kalm has been named in the USA Junior Collegiate Stars and Stripes Camp. A total of sixty-seven athletes are to take part in the camp in Vallejo, California from July 14-19 and will include the Stars and Stripes match on Saturday July 18. The camp …

The governing body of New Zealand rugby, the NZRU has released information on incoming tests in 2016-2017.  The All Blacks will continue the policy of hosting three home tests in the month of June and also three Rugby Championship home internationals in these years. An addition Bledisloe Cup test will …

Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has confirmed a 28-man squad for the opening round Rugby Championship match against the All Blacks in Christchurch. Argentina will face the world’s highest ranked team and reigning World Cup champions at AMI Stadium on Friday July 17 with kick-off scheduled for 4:35am Argentine …

Former 86 time capped Puma Lisandro Arbizu has signed a contract to join the coaching staff of French third division side the Union athlétique Libournaise (UAL) in the south-western town of Libourne. Located on the outskirts of Bordeaux the new home of Arbizu is very much within the heartlands of French …

Chile is one of the fastest rising countries in world rugby, and especially the Americas. This week Americas Rugby News had a unique chance to peek inside Chilean rugby with international flyhalf Francisco González Moller. How did you begin playing rugby? I started playing rugby when i was 15 years old. I …

The dreaded worst case scenario following Juan Figallo’s knee injury suffered in training last week has been confirmed by his Aviva Premiership club, Saracens . The 27 year old tighthead prop will play no part in this year’s Rugby World Cup. Instead he will undergo surgery to repair ligament damage to …

Played every November, excluding Rugby World Cup years, the November or autumn internationals see European nations hosting incoming test teams from across the globe. It is a time when not only southern nations such as Argentina, Australia, Fiji, Namibia, New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa and Tonga tour the north but …

Pro d2 club Bayonne have confirmed the departure of Head Coach Patricio Noriega. The former 25 time capped Puma and 24 time capped Wallaby will not continue on at the club following relegation from the Top 14 to the second division. Bayonne finished on equal competition points with the 2013 champions …

Colombia’s national women’s Rugby Sevens team Las Tucanes have arrived in Toronto in search of returning home with medals from the upcoming Pan American Games. Rugby Sevens is to be involved for just the second time in the games’ history after having featured four years ago in Guadalajara, Mexico. Unlike in 2011, …