Argentina

Benjamín Urdapilleta is to retire at the end of the 2024-2025 season. He confirmed his decision to La Montagne. The Argentine will bring to an end his professional career which began in 2010. Urdapilleta has played in England and France as well as for his country at a Rugby World …

Rodrigo Bruni scored his first try for Bayonne. The Basque side was beaten 30-27 by Bayonne on Saturday. The Argentine back-rower scored in the competitive Top 14 contest. Bruni was one of three Pumas involved with Facundo Bosch and Lucas Paulos also both playing for Bayonne.   Video Highlights   …

Santiago Grondona left his mark twice on debut for the Bristol Bears. A week on from starting for Argentina against South Africa, Grondona scored two tries in the English Premiership. Grondona touched down twice in the try zone in the opening half against Bath. The Bristol Bears were 36-26 winners …

Emiliano Boffelli will miss all of Argentina’s test matches in 2024. The wing / fullback is out for the year and will potentially not play again until March 2025. This means he will not play at all for Los Pumas in 2024. Boffelli had an early end to the 2023-2024 …

Santiago Chocobares will not play for Los Pumas in the 2024 November Internationals. The star inside center was injured in the final round of the Rugby Championship against South Africa. He started throughout the tournament for his country who claimed wins over New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Chocobares’ first-half …

Super Rugby Americas is expanding in 2025. Argentina will have a third professional rugby team in the South American league. The new team will be Tarucas. The team will play home matches at Tucumán Lawn Tennis at Parque 9 de Julio in Tucumán and do so in in orange rugby …

With the 2024 Rugby Championship concluded attention turns to Los Pumas’ Paris camp. Felipe Contepomi’s staff and players will reunite on October 28-30 in Paris, France for a training camp. The three day camp will be preparation for the November Internationals.   THE OPPOSITION Argentina’s 2024 end-of-year tour will see …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby.   UP Chile Defeat Paraguay in Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifier The wonderful backdrop of the Andes were in full view as …

Agustín Creevy is not done yet. Weeks after retiring from Los Pumas, the former Argentine test captain has signed to play in the United Rugby Championship (URC). Creevy join Benetton, Italy’s leading team. Benetton will see Creevy ticking off every box of all elite professional rugby competitions. His professional career …

South Africa recovered from losing the battle of Santiago del Estero to win the war against Argentina. The Springboks defeated Los Pumas 48-07 in Nelspruit to secure the 2024 Rugby Championship. What had been a lot closer became a blow-out scoreline in the final 12 minutes with Argentina down to …