Argentina

Super Rugby’s Jaguares are not the only professional Argentine rugby team to experience a player exodus. Los Ceibos have too. Argentina’s Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) competitor had a 34-man roster for the 2020 season. 16 of those players will play their rugby in 2021 outside of Argentina. There …

Los Ceibos have come and gone. The team is no more as the UAR decided that Los Jaguares will play in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) as the one and only Argentine franchise. The decision sees the disintegration of Los Ceibos. The UAR had sought a competition for …

Four further Argentina players have joined the Olímpia Lions. They are to join the eleven players previously attached to the team for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. The latest recruits are prop Rodrigo Martínez, flanker Jerónimo Gómez Vara, center Franco Bullentini, and  winger Martín Begado. Martínez …

The Olímpia Lions have signed not one, but two Ceibos scrum-halves for the 2021 season. Joaquín Pellandini and Ignacio Inchauspse join the Paraguayan team from Argentina to compete in the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The pair were two of the three scrum-halves on Los Ceibos’ 2020 roster. …

Selknam have signed Santiago Portillo. The Chilean Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) franchise have secured the services of the Argentine player from Los Ceibos. With Portillo joining Selknam presently have four Argentine players. Three members of the 2020 roster re-signed. Selknam proved to be competitive in the 2020 SLAR …

Three Argentine players have been retained to play in Paraguay. The trio are returning for the Olímpia Lions in the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. N8 Nicolás Proto, fly half Máximo Ledesma, and center Santiago Resino all started for the Olímpia Lions vs Los Ceibos in 2020. …

Four Argentine players have been drafted by the Brazilian Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) franchise. Brazil will have one team in this year’s SLAR competition. This matches that of 2000, however the team was unable to play a league match due to the early suspension of the season. None …

Nahuel Milan will play for Peñarol this year. The Argentine second-rower is the second foreigner player recruited by the Uruguayan franchise. He joins Manuel Nogués at the Montevideo club for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. Both players are from across the Rio de la Plata. A …

Nicolás Bruzzone is now the Head Coach of Selknam. The former Argentine 7’s player will be in charge of the Chilean franchise in the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Bruzzone replaces Pablo Lemoine who, in 2020, was Head Coach of both Selknam and Chile. Bruzonne becomes Head Coach …

Leopoldo Herrera will move north from Argentina to Paraguay. The former Argentina XV winger played for Los Ceibos in 2020; in 2021 be will play for the Olímpia Lions. Herrera joins the six previously confirmed Argentine players at the Olímpia Lions. The 22-year-old is a product of Córdoba Athletic. There are …