Argentina

A strong competitor in prior years of the ARC, Uruguay go into the 2019 campaign with everyone paying attention. Los Teros have been a success of the competition, most notably in claiming the scalp of Canada in Vancouver twelve months ago.   ARC 2018 The 2018 ARC saw Canada vs …

The USA has won back-to-back Americas Rugby Championship titles and on Saturday will begin their march towards the three-peat. Gary Gold has named a squad with the World Cup firmly on his mind and with spots on the plane still up for grabs there is still plenty to prove for …

In May 2017 World Rugby changed player eligibility, making it much harder for a player to qualify via residency. In no small part was the change of extending residency laws from three years to five a response to the share number of foreign-born players to have played Six Nations rugby in the …

Ignacio Fernández Lobbe has nominated a list of 26 players to prepare for the Argentina XV‘s opening match of the Americas Rugby Championship against Brazil on Saturday. The squad will be captained by flanker Lautaro Bavaro, who returns for a fourth straight ARC tournament. There are 11 players included who …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Major League Rugby It was an historic weekend as Major League Rugby passed another hurdle with the start of it’s second …

This coming weekend will see the fourth edition of the Americas Rugby Championship getting underway. The Argentina XV will have home advantage against Brazil with Lucas Favre and Javier Corvalan being the likely starting props. Missing will be Franco Brarda. The Córdoba front-rower was a regular in the first three …

The comparative populations of the 20 countries competing at RWC 2019.

Nicolás Sánchez was in fine form it was quite enough to lead Stade Français to victory at Stade Félix Mayol. A last-gasp try by Filipo Nakosi sealed a stunning 33-30 comeback win for Toulon who were trailing by seven with only four minutes to play. While Benjamín Urdapilleta and Patricio Fernández were …

It was billed as a potential World Cup eliminator with two leading candidates for Argentina’s second flyhalf spot going head-to-head. In the end there was only one winner. Benjamín Urdapilleta led the way for Castres as they defeated Patricio Fernández and his Clermont Auvergne side 24-16 on Saturday. The win …

Area sizes from the largest to smallest countries at RWC 2019.