Argentina

Los Jaguares XV will be very changed in 2022. Nine of the players that started against Peñarol in the 2021 SLAR final now play in Europe. Four of the men from the replacements are now also playing abroad. In short, there has been a scattering of Jaguares XV players who …

Argentina has been hit with the loss of four players for the November Internationals. Second-rower Matías Alemanno, No8 Rodrigo Bruni, loose head prop Facundo Gigena, and fullback Juan Cruz Mallía have all been ruled out of the tour due to injury. Changes have seen Lucas Paulos, Joaquín Oviedo, Rodrigo Martínez, …

The Argentina XV showed no mercy against Paraguay ‘A’ today, scoring a whopping 22 tries with the final score reading 146-7. An unbalanced result was expected but it was a red card to Paraguayan lock Alejandro Montiel in the 8th minute for a head-on-head clearout of Argentine scrumhalf Joaquín Pellandini …

Francisco Gorrissen will continue his career in France. Vannes have bolstered their back-row with the signing of the Argentine for the 2021-2022 season. The French club finished second in the regular season of the 2020-2021 Pro D2. The club narrowly missed an opportunity of playing for promotion to the Top …

Player recruitment continues; London Irish have announced the signing of Lucio Cinti. The English Premiership club have signed two Pumas players in as many weeks. Last week the club confirmed the signature of flanker Juan Martín González. Both he and Cinti will join the club following the upcoming November Internationals. …

The second round of the 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge takes place on Tuesday with all six teams now taking full part. Both the USA Selects and Argentina XV will make their first appearances of the tournament. Chile ‘A’ and Uruguay ‘A’ were the two winners in the first round and …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP USA is bidding to host Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cups The bid campaign for the USA to host …

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Argentina’s roster for the end-of-year tour contains 32 players. 29 of the players play their rugby abroad and indications are that the number may reach 100% as more names are being recruited for the 2021-2022 European professional rugby season. The demand for players coincides with many who had been regulars …

Thomas Gallo was a try scorer earlier this evening in the United Rugby Championship (URC). The Argentine loose head scored an impressive solo try for Benetton against Welsh region the Scarlets. The Tucumán prop picked up from the base of a ruck and got past three Scarlets defenders. They were …