Los Pumas are to return to play on the Gold Coast in 2018. The Australian Rugby Union has confirmed the venues for the Wallabies’ three home matches in next year’s Rugby Championship. Australia will open against New Zealand in Sydney before hosting South Africa in Brisbane and Argentina on the …
Read More »Up and Under
This week’s edition of Up and Under brings to a close international activity for the year. The weekly segment will return again in January 2018. UP Chile In the first meeting between Germany and Chile the South Americans recorded a big win. Played on Saturday at the Sparda Bank …
Read More »Tuculet Wins IRPA Try of the Year 2017 Award
Joaquín Tuculet’s try against England in San Juan is officially the best try scored in 2017. The Argentine fullback crossed for what was a second half try in the opening match of the year for Los Pumas. The try had it all. It began from deep in Pumas territory and …
Read More »Americas Rankings – November 26 2017
International competition came to a close for 2017 on Saturday. With it the Americas Rankings – November 26 2017 edition is to be the final one for the year. Test match rugby will return on January 27 2018 with Canada hosting Uruguay in a Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifier. Argentina …
Read More »Pumas Fall to Ireland as Pressure Builds on Daniel Hourcade
Los Pumas fell to Ireland this afternoon, adding pressure to the case to replace Daniel Hourcade as Head Coach. The 28-19 defeat brings an end to a year in which Argentina won two games but lost 10. The wins came against Georgia and Italy, teams outside of the world’s Top …
Read More »RFU Championship – Week 10 Preview
The Greene King IPA Championship hasn’t quite hit the midpoint of the season and it’s already pretty clear who will be promoted and who is set for demotion. Bristol remain undefeated in regular season play and are now eight points clear of Ealing Trailfinders. Rotherham Titans are at the other …
Read More »Top 14 – Week 11 Preview
The busy calendar means that week 11 of the Top 14 will be played on Saturday and Sunday. This is despite France playing a home match in Paris against Japan and all of rugby’s Tier 1 and 2 teams also playing test matches. First up on Saturday will be Castres …
Read More »Guinness Pro 14 – Week 9 Preview
Against the backdrop of the November Internationals there is to be a full round of the Guinness Pro 14 this weekend. No matches will coincide with the tests taking place on Saturday. Instead there will be four Friday fixtures and the remaining three on Sunday. There is to be a …
Read More »Aviva Premiership – Round 9 Preview
The Aviva Premiership returns this week. It does so despite the November Internationals yet to have come to a close for the year. The competition will have matches clashing with Saturday’s packed list of test matches. Opening up round 9 will be the Newcastle Falcons at home to Gloucester. The …
Read More »Match Preview – Ireland vs Argentina
When it comes to Rugby World Cups the Ireland vs Argentina rivalry is among the biggest. In Rugby World Cups 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015 they put on memorable matches with Los Pumas winning on three occasions. Outside of World Cups the record is far more favorable to Ireland. As …
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