Argentina

This weekend will see week 19 of the English Premiership taking place. With the regular season containing 22 rounds it is nervous times for many involved. The following previous takes a look into Americas players who will feature in week 19. The opening fixture is a relegation encounter. In Northern …

Two winning teams from last weekend will battle-it-out on Saturday. In the latest round of Super Rugby the Sharks are at home to Los Jaguares in a match which sees many RWC hopefuls facing off on opposing teams. The South African side have made three changes from the team which …

The business end of France’s second division has arrived. In week 28 of the Pro D2 teams are to compete for additional competition points as they seek to realize their dreams of earning promotion to the Top 14 or avoiding relegation to the Fédérale 1. Week 28 opens today in …

Argentine speedster Santiago Cordero’s outstanding form has not gone unnoticed. He was today named by Premier Rugby as the English Premiership Player of the Month. The award acknowledges his performances over the month of March for the Exeter Chiefs. In the month of March Cordero beat 22 defenders, a number …

Los Jaguares third, and final, try against the Bulls has been named as the Super Rugby Try of the Week. The try was scored by Domingo Miotti who crossed for his second try in three minutes to see the Argentine side to their first ever away win over the Bulls. …

Los Pumas are to play their home Rugby Championship matches this year in Buenos Aires, and Salta. They will do so against New Zealand, and South Africa respectively in what is to be a reduced tournament due to RWC 2019. The reduced Rugby Championship sees six rather than twelve matches. …

After just one season with Zebre in the Guinness Pro 14, Nicolás De Battista will depart Italy and return to the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship on a two-year deal. The former Pumitas captain traded Penzance for Parma at the end of last season but will not take up …

World Rugby has unveiled a new qualification process for the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The new format sees more than half of the 12 spots already filled as seven countries have been awarded automatic spots based on their performance at WRWC 2017. Included are the two top teams from …

Los Pumitas opened their African tour in style, powering past the Namibia XV in a 64-8 victory. The match was played this morning in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The remaining matches will be against Georgia and the Junior Springboks. Most of Namibia’s players are expected to play in RWC 2019. As …

One of Argentina’s greatest professionals has confirmed his retirement at season’s end. Marcelo Bosch will step away from the professional game after a glittering career that saw him play 13 seasons at the highest levels of European rugby starting with Biarritz and most notably with Saracens. It was at the …