Argentina

Week 17 of the Guinness Pro 14 Championship was scheduled for two weeks ago. Yet with heavy snow across the U.K. and Ireland mass cancellations took place. On Friday the Guinness Pro 14 Championship will have two matches. These games are postponed fixtures from Week 17. In Wales the Cardiff Blues …

History will be made on Saturday in Rome, Italy. The home team’s captain, Sergio Parisse will tie Brian O’Driscoll’s 6 Nations appearance record. The former Irish center and captain played in 65 matches in the European competition. Parisse reaches the mark against Scotland this weekend. Earlier in this year’s 6 …

With the Americas Rugby Championship over it’s back to our regularly scheduled programming. Where last week saw no Argentines selected, this week is a complete turnaround in fortunes with only two North Americans stopping the side from being a whitewash. It should be noted that the club schedule limited our …

Argentina’s u20’s, Los Pumitas are to travel to France. Departing Buenos Aires on Sunday, the u20 team will play warm-up matches for the 2018 Junior World Championship. This year’s edition of the World Rugby tournament will also be played in France. Head Coach José Pellicena and his staff of Enrique …

Perpignan have signed a former Pumas hooker. The Pro D2 leaders have acquired Martín García Veiga on a short-term deal. The front-rower from Buenos Aires has begun training with the team who are on track for a return to the Top 14. For García Veiga the move to Perpignan marks …

A huge performance from Santiago Cordero helped Exeter into the Anglo-Welsh Cup Final. The Exeter Chiefs will take-on fellow Aviva Premiership side, Bath in the final on Sunday. The Chiefs’ Semi Final win was against the Newcastle Falcons this past weekend. Playing at home at Sandy Park, Exeter won 20-17. …

The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship is now behind us. Sad days indeed as we must wait until next February for the next edition. This year’s tournament provided plenty of exciting rugby and several historic moments – Brazil’s first-ever victory in Chile, Uruguay’s World Cup qualifying heroics, and of course the …

An Argentine hooker will remain in the Guinness Pro 14 until 2020. Tomás Baravalle has signed a full-time contract with Benetton Treviso after joining earlier this season as a medical joker. With one prior cap to his name, Baravalle has been captured by Argentina. He is therefore unable to play for …

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 Vancouver Sevens A record attendance of 77,096 was recorded across the two days of the Vancouver Sevens at BC Place this …

Fiji left no doubt as to who was the top team at the Vancouver Sevens after a thoroughly convincing 31-12 win over Kenya in the Cup Final. It closed a perfect tournament for the irrepressible Fijians who coasted past Argentina in the Quarter Finals and edged HSBC Sevens Series leaders …