The USA have successfully defended their Las Vegas Sevens title, defeating Samoa in a one-sided Cup Final on Sunday. It was the fifth consecutive Cup Final appearance for the Men’s Eagles but just their first win of the season. That consistency, however, puts them alone on top of the HSBC …
Read More »Americas Rankings – March 03 2019
The Americas Rankings have been updated following the completion of international competition this weekend. The March 03 2019 rankings take into account the results from the latest round of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). In the first fixture of the round Canada fell to a 39-23 home defeat against theArgentina …
Read More »Super Rugby Highlights – Jaguares vs Blues
Los Jaguares were third round winners of the Blues on Saturday. Their three tries to one victory sees them tied for second place in the South African conference together with the Bulls. The match was the first game against a side from another conference this season. The next such match …
Read More »Creevy Ruled Out of South Africa Tour
Los Jaguares have lost Agustín Creevy for their two-match tour of South Africa. The Argentine Super Rugby side have had their former captain ruled out with a traverse process spinal fracture. The injury was suffered in the 19th minute of Saturday’s home fixture against the Blues in Buenos Aires. It …
Read More »Eagles and Pumas make Vegas Semi Finals
The Americas have two title hopes at the Las Vegas Sevens as both the USA and Argentina won their Cup Quarter Final matches to book their place in the final four. Canada’s day ended in defeat but Chile conquered France to earn a shot at the Challenge Trophy. Martin Iosefo …
Read More »Jaguares Hold Out Blues
Los Jaguares completed a second consecutive home win today, defeating the Blues 23-19. The Argentine side were on top for the most part but were forced to hold out the Blues in the final minutes. The win was by three tries to one with the Blues try being highly fortunate …
Read More »Pumas perfect, Cóndores tie Blitzboks on Vegas Day One
North American sides Canada and the USA had rocky starts to their Las Vegas Sevens tournaments with neither booking their place in the Quarter Finals yet. Instead the day belonged to South America, as Argentina turned things around to win both matches while Chile went toe-to-toe with South Africa to …
Read More »Argentina XV battle past Canada to clinch ARC title
The Argentina XV battled past Canada in Langford to win the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). The 39-23 win sees the Argentina XV on 20 points with one round left to play and gives the team their second title in four years of the ARC. The match was a quintessential …
Read More »RFU Championship – Week 16 Preview
With the Americas Rugby Championship still in full swing it’s a bit of a ghost town in the Championship as far as Americas involvement is concerned. Just two of the six games will feature internationals from this side of the pond with a total of five players on show. Four …
Read More »Top 14 – Week 18 Preview
This weekend marks week 18 of the Top 14 season. In the latest round of the French championship there are to be a range of Americas’ players involved. The following preview documents their involvement. First up will be Racing 92 at home against La Rochelle. The outstanding Juan Imhoff will …
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