The Mauricio Reggiardo coached Agen conquered Paris on Saturday. Playing an away Top 14 fixture, Agen completed a sunny come-from-behind victory against the 2015 Top 14 champions, Stade Français. In what was a round 18 fixture, Agen completed a late 36-34 victory to return home with unlikely bonus points. The …
Read More »Super Rugby 2018 – Lions vs Jaguares Match Highlights
The Lions hosted Los Jaguares on Saturday in a round two Super Rugby 2018 fixture. In what was there 5th game overall between the sides the Lions won to officially have a 3-2 record over the Argentine franchise. The result was a heavy defeat for Los Jaguares. The South Americans …
Read More »Capó Ortega, Urdapilleta Star in Castres Victory
Rodrigo Capó Ortega and Benjamín Urdapilleta both started in Castres’ victory. Playing at home against Lyon, Castres won 33-22 to move into 4th position in the Top 14. Both players started the match with Capó Ortega captaining the club from the second-row and Urdapilleta playing fly half. The Uruguayan veteran …
Read More »Axel Müller Scores as Oyonnax Shock Clermont in Top 14
Axel Müller scored a try for Oyonnax on Saturday. The club pulled off a shock way win over Clermont in a round 18 Top 14 match. Not only did Oyonnax defeat the reigning champions but they did so on the road at the Stade Marcel-Michelin, one of the hardest places …
Read More »Americas Rankings – February 25 2018
Results from round four of the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) have seen changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – February 25 2018 see Uruguay now officially ranked higher than the USA. This is unprecedented. Chile’s home defeat against Uruguay sees Los Cóndores dropping 0.41 rankings points …
Read More »Argentina XV knock down Canada in Jujuy
The Argentina XV knocked down Canada by a score of 40-15 in Jujuy on Saturday evening. The win sees Argentina going to an overall record of 3-1 in the Americas Rugby Championship and gives them a shot at the title, but they’ll need a big game from Uruguay against the …
Read More »Jaguares hammered by Lions
Los Jaguares were hammered by the Lions today, losing 47-27 in Johannesburg. Having lost last Saturday today’s result sees Los Jaguares returning home to Argentina with an 0-2 record and zero competition points to begin the season. Despite losing by 20 points Los Jaguars actually held an early 10-0 lead. …
Read More »ARC Preview – Argentina XV vs Canada
The Americas Rugby Championship continues to see matches played far and wide in the Americas. On Saturday the Argentina XV play host to Canada in Jujuy, the country’s northern-most point. Their prior home match against Chile was in the world’s southern-most city Ushuaia. In looking for their third win they host …
Read More »Top 14 – Week 18 Preview
France play host to Italy in the Six Nations on Friday. This sees no Top 14 fixture taking place this weekend on Friday. Instead Week 18 of the French Championship has five Saturday fixtures with the two remaining two being played on Sunday. With only one exception, all eight Americas …
Read More »Guinness Pro 14 – Week 16 Preview
The Six Nations has all the attention this weekend yet there is to also be a full round of the Guinness Pro 14. Week 16 of the Celtic-Italian-South African League sees matches being played from Friday to Sunday. Taking to the field will be Americas players. The following is a …
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