Sergio Parisse has made history. The Argentine born Italian captain led his team to an historic win over South Africa today. The No 8 added to his scalps of France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales with another – the Springboks. The 20-18 win will send shockwaves throughout Tier 1. It changes the …
Read More »ARN Forecast – November 19
Last week set the panel straight with some shock results indeed. Uruguay were stunned by Germany in Frankfurt, the Eagles served up a stinker in Bucharest, and Argentina crashed down to earth in Cardiff. There are some confident individuals this week if a little shaken from the wreckage. This time …
Read More »Americas Players in RFU Championship – Week 9
Richmond have done it. The only fully amateur club in England’s second professional division – the Greene King IPA Championship – have won their first game of the season, against London Scottish on Friday evening. Playing a key role in the dramatic 17-16 victory was US Eagles midfielder Ronnie McLean. …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 12
It’s a relatively quiet week for Americas players in the Top 14 with the November internationals in full flight. No more than four have been included in starting rosters with only three more named among the reserves for their respective clubs. Toulon travel to Castres with Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe …
Read More »Americas Players in Premiership – Round 8
His recovery from a hamstring injury wasn’t quite in time to make the US Eagles tour but AJ MacGinty will finally make his return for Sale Sharks on Sunday against Saracens. The match at AJ Bell Stadium will be of great interest to American fans with Juan Figallo, Chris Wyles, …
Read More »Americas Players in Pro D2 – Week 11
The return of Jamie Cudmore for Oyonnax highlighted an eventful Friday evening in Week 11 of the French Pro D2. His country-mates will be on the pitch tomorrow in Bucharest, with the big second row set to welcome the team to France next week ahead of their match against Samoa …
Read More »Sánchez Joins 50-Cap Club
On Saturday afternoon Nicolás Sánchez will become the 28th Puma to reach 50 caps. The Tucumán fly half will reach the milestone playing against Scotland in Edinburgh. In earning his 50th cap Sánchez will draw level with Mauricio Reggiardo. Of the remaining 26 players with more caps than Sánchez seven are still playing rugby. The highest …
Read More »Tennessee Winger Starts for Scotland vs Argentina
Tennessee winger Tommy Seymour will start for Scotland vs Argentina on Saturday. Seymour is one of four changes to the side from that which lost narrowly to Australia this past weekend. Head Coach Vern Cotter has selected the uncapped Magnus Bradbury to start at flanker. This sees John Barclay moving …
Read More »Argentina Name Unchanged Lineup for Scotland
Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has named an unchanged lineup to face Scotland. The South Americans will play their third of four November Internationals, doing so in the Scottish capital. It is the second time this year that Hourcade has repeated a starting lineup. The other occasion was for …
Read More »Team of the Week
We’re a little late this week, but there was a lot of rugby to watch with five full international teams to choose from. It almost felt like a warm-up for the Americas Rugby Championship, which amazingly is just about three months ahead of us. This coming weekend will be even …
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