Argentina

Round 11 of the Top 14 is to be a pre-christmas experience. All seven matches are to be played before the weekend. This will enable players, coaches and all staff members to spend the Holidays with their loved ones. Taku Ngwenya will be looking to continue his impressive form for …

Chile’s player roster is preparing for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. Head Coach Bernard Charreyre selected 50 players to prepare. They have been in camp since last week. Charreyre has selected only Chilean based players for the camp. Players based abroad are to be considered for the Americas Rugby Championship. …

Round 11 of the Guinness Pro 12 will get underway on Friday. It is to be a unique round due to match days taking place on Friday, Monday and Tuesday. No matches will be played on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve. In one of the two Friday fixtures Ulster will …

A Pumas is to make his Aviva Premiership debut on Friday. Juan Pablo Estelles will play on the left wing for the Northampton Saints. The East Midlands side play host to the Sale Sharks at Franklin’s Gardens. Aged 28, Estelles joined Northampton this season. He has been playing for the …

Yesterday the news rang out that PRO Rugby had effectively shut down operations, informing all players that their contracts were terminated. After numerous media outlets – this one included – ran headlines of PRO’s demise, PRO CEO Doug Schoninger surprisingly took to the social media channels to tell us that, …

Amidst the off-field excitement we almost forgot that there was some on-field excellence from this past weekend. The European Champions and Challenge Cup had first consideration of course but there were also players in the Pro D2, British & Irish Cup, and California Cup to watch out for. The American …

Who does the USA play against the most? In the third of a series looking at the Americas’ international opposition today we look at the USA’s test matches from 1995. During this common era the USA has played against a total of 25 countries. This is a larger number than that of Argentina …

Juan Imhoff is to be absent from Racing 92 against Toulon. The teams meeting on January 01 will not involve the Argentine winger. For the first time since 2011 Imhoff will have a week’s Christmas vacation to be with his family in Rosario. Racing 92’s match against Toulon is to …

Facundo Isa has been named Argentine Player of the Year for 2016. The Santiago del Estero No 8 was selected over two other finalists. He was awarded with the Olimpia de Plata award for his performances for Los Jaguares and Los Pumas. Aged 23 Isa replaced Leonardo Senatore as Argentina’s …

Just days after announcing that the San Francisco Rush were no more, PRO Rugby CEO Doug Schoninger has made the extraordinary decision to inform all players league-wide that he is terminating their contracts effective 30 days from now. In a letter published addressed to the players published by Pat Clifton …