Argentina

Argentina has made changes for the upcoming Oceania Tour. Los Pumas will play against New Zealand in New Plymouth and Australia in Canberra in September. Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has called-up Rodrigo Báez, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Manuel Montero. The trio enter what is now a 29-man roster. Missing is …

Sebastian Poet scored in Colomiers’ home win over Perpignan on Sunday. The teams met in a second round fixture in the French Pro D2. Poet played at fly half and was joined by fellow Argentine Agus´tin Costa Repetto in the starting lineup. Poet crossed for a try in the 47th …

Tomás Lavanini has been freed to play in Argentina’s upcoming matches. The Pumas second-rower was red carded playing against South Africa in Salta on Saturday. The second-rower received two yellow cards in the match, the second automatically became a red card. With Juan Manuel Leguizamón also yellow carded in the …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Guatemala Guatemala got their South American Championship C title defense off to a strong start on Sunday. Los Jaguares downed newcomers Nicaragua …

This weekend featured three capped matches involving teams from the Americas. Five teams in total were in action, four of them playing in round one of the South American C Championship. Nicaragua’s historic first ever test match sees the country move for the first time in the Americas Rankings. The 57-19 …

Facundo Bosch scored on his Top 14 debut on Saturday. The Argentine hooker went over for Agen’s first try in their opening round match away to Montpellier. With the conversion Agen trailed Montpellier 17-7 at the time. The powerhouse Montpellier went on to win the match 48-19. In doing so, …

Argentine flier Juan Imhoff started the new season well. He scored for Racing 92 who won their opening round fixture against Castres on Saturday. The 2016 French champions did not have a strong pre-season but their win over Castres came when it matters most. Due to still playing his rugby …

Los Pumpas are world champions. In the second edition of the adapted special rugby World Cup, the Argentine side came out as winners. Los Pumpas is a national team involving intellectually challenged players. Competing in Spain were two sides – Argentina ‘A’ and Argentina ‘B’. Los Pumpas were victorious, defeating …

South Africa cruised past Argentina in Salta, winning 41-23. The result was Argentina’s biggest home defeat against South Africa in Rugby Championship history. The Springboks, playing in red, were the superior team. For the second week running South Africa pulled off a comprehensive win over Argentina. The win game despite …

Argentina XV prop Eduardo Bello has signed with Italian club Zebre for the upcoming 2017-18 Guinness Pro 14 season. The 21-year-old departs the Atlético del Rosario club with the UAR’s blessing as fully professional opportunities at home are in short supply at the moment. If all goes well he could …