Argentina

French source Midi Olympique is reporting that Toulon has made an offer to Guido Petti. Furthermore it has reported that the Argentine second-rower will indeed leave Los Jaguares in the coming days to be unveiled as Toulon’s latest signing. The contract is to be a two-year deal. This would mean that …

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 Colombia, Mexico u18s Peru and Venezuela have been involved in the South American Championship for an awful lot longer than have Colombia. …

South Americans Martín Bustos Moyano and Pablo Huete contributed to Bayonne’s win this afternoon over Toulon. In the seventh and final opening round match of the Top 14 season the Basque club came out 28-23 winners. Both players started the match. Busts Moyano played fullback while the Chilean Huete played …

Castres Olympique opened their Top 14 season with a 28-11 win over Pau on Saturday. Former Puma Benjamin Urdapilleta had a fine match as he created two tries and scored 11 points. He was captained by Uruguayan Rodrigo Capó Ortega. Castres won the fixture despite losing scrum half Rory Kockott to …

Americas stars are to feature in Bayonne vs Toulon, the final match of the opening round of the Top 14 season. Taking place at 6:15pm local time today the Stade Jean-Dauger will see Argentina, Chile and the USA all represented. Starting in the second-row for the home side will be …

A late come back by South Africa saw Argentina beaten at the death, 30-23 this afternoon in Nelspruit. Leading by ten points with as many minutes remaining the visitors lead disappeared as the Springboks scored 17 late points to complete the win. The three tries to two triumph gives South Africa …

This afternoon Agustín Creevy became the 26th Puma to reach 50 caps. The Pumas captain led out his side against the might of the Springboks at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. Creevy joins an illustrious list of Pumas past and present to have achieved the career milestone. His predecessor Mario Ledesma remains the most …

Juan Pablo Orlandi has returned home to Mendoza to play for Marista, the club has confirmed. His return comes at the same time when another product has departed. Marista winger Axel Muller has joined Toulon on a two-year-deal. The 33-year-old Orlandi has been away from Marista virtually non-stop since 2006. …

All Blacks hooker Nathan Harris has suffered a cruel blow, suffering an ACL injury just hours before he was due to start against Australia in the opening round of the Rugby Championship. The 24-year-old will now miss the entirety of the competition and faces several months on the sidelines. It’s …

Despite the French summer far from being over the country’s rugby season is set to start. Just 57 days after last season’s final Week 1 of the 2016-2017 Top 14 season gets underway on Saturday. With players have briefly rested before returning to training they are now set to play …