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European club rugby will have a new champion this year. Reigning champions, Saracens fell to a 30-19 defeat against Leinster in Dublin on Sunday. The match involved four players from the Americas for the visiting club from England. Among those from the Americas were Argentina’s Juan Figallo and Marcelo Bosch. …

Santiago Cordero has claimed his first European Championship. Just two months after signing a short-term deal with Exeter the Argentine flyer lifted the Anglo-Welsh Cup as the Chiefs defeated Bath by 28-11 at Kingsholm on Friday. A muddy pitch made for hard running but Cordero made the most of what …

Rugby United New York will take their show on the road for the first time this week when they take on the Boston Mystics on Saturday. Hosted at Mignone Field on the campus of Harvard University, it’s a rematch of the historic meeting between the two sides at Gaelic Park …

The Greene King IPA Championship has the weekend off but that doesn’t mean that all of its teams get to kick their feet up. Five of them geared up for the British & Irish Cup Quarter Finals with two matches each on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s action saw Leinster ‘A’ …

The business end of the European Club season has arrived. This weekend is to see eight clubs competing for the right to play in the Semi Finals of the Champions Cup this season. Game one is a Good Friday fixture. In West Wales the Scarlets are at home against La …

It is crunch time in the European club season. This weekend sees all four Quarter Finals taking place in the Challenge Cup. With there being players from the Americas involved the following preview details what to look forward to. On Friday the Newcastle Falcons play host to Brive in Northern …

Two Pumas are to feature in the Anglo-Welsh Cup Final. Taking place on Friday in Gloucester, the Exeter Chiefs and Bath will meet with the winner being crowned champion. The two players are Santiago Cordero and Lucas Noguera Paz. Both played for Argentina in 2017 and were involved in the …

Sebastián Pineyrúa has been ratified as the new Sudamérica Rugby President. The former President of the Unión de Rugby de Uruguay (URU – Uruguayan Rugby Union) replaced Marcelo Rodríguez who is now the President of the Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR – Argentine Rugby Union). Pineyrúa became in charge of the …

What a weekend for Americas players! The Jaguares in fine form, Major Leauge Rugby preseason action, and many players enjoying strong games in Europe. It’s been a while since we’ve seen so much competition for places, in fact this might be the best weekend on record with enough players to …

World Rugby has appointed referees for he 2018 June Internationals. In total have been made, including the matches involving Argentina, Canada and the USA. Yet to be confirmed are the officials for the Nations Cup in Uruguay. Appointed for the matches are 29 referees and assistant referees as well as …