Argentina

World Cup Watch – Argentina – December 2020

The World Cup Watch series identifies the players most likely to represent their respective countries at the next RWC. The current edition analysis the situation following the completion of international duty in 2020. Mario Ledesma took 45 players to Australia for the Tri Nations. Not every player received game time …

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Up and Under

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 Women’s RWC The Women’s Rugby World Cup will expand from 12 to 16 teams for the 2025 tournament. The 2021 …

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Brive sign Lucas Paulos

Brive have signed Lucas Paulos. The Top 14 club will be the home of the Pumas second-rower for the remainder of the 2020-2021 season. Paulos has signed as a medical joker. He will arrive at the French club December 16. Paulos joins Brive from Los Jaguares. The move will see …

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Ledesma’s Pumas: 2018-2020

The 2020 Tri Nations was the third such competition in which Mario Ledesma was Argentina’s Head Coach. Bocha took over from Daniel Hourcade following the June 2018 home internationals. During this period Argentina have competed in three Rugby Championships, a November tour of Europe and a Rugby World Cup. During …

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Americas Rankings: December 05, 2020

The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It ranks the men’s test team from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. The December 05, 2020 edition considers the …

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Tri Nations Preview: Australia vs Argentina

The 2020 Tri Nations will conclude on Saturday. Australia play host to Argentina in a re-match from two weeks ago. With neither side winning on that day, the upcoming match will determine the better of the two teams in 2020. Dave Rennie has made there changes to the Wallabies. The …

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Jerónimo de la Fuente assumes Argentina captaincy

Jerónimo will lead Argentina out against Australia on Saturday. He assumes the captaincy from his Stade Francis teammate, Pablo Matera. The 27-year-old Matera was revoked of the captaincy in response to tweets from 2011-2012 that surfaced on Monday. Matera led Argentina from October 2018 to November 2020. He replaced Agustín …

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