Argentina

Despite the French summer far from being over the country’s rugby season is underway. One weekend after the start of the Top 14 it is time for the Pro D2 to begin. The competition continues to become an economically success and with it clubs have quality players. This season’s edition …

The second division of the French domestic championship – the Pro D2 – starts a new season today. Competing for the right to earn promotion to the Top 14 will be sixteen clubs. Eleven of them are in France’s south-west, the traditional hot bed of French rugby. But with large cities taking …

Australian Head Coach Michael Cheika has made changes to his lineup for Saturday’s Rugby Championship match against New Zealand in Wellington. Dumped Toulon fly half Quade Cooper has been recalled by Cheika. The move sees Cooper playing for the first time since Australia took on Uruguay in Birmingham during Rugby …

International rugby returned this weekend with Los Pumas having some success against the Springboks but also letting themselves down at key moments. The Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand and French Top 14 also got underway giving us a few more Americas players to look out for, while the URBA Top …

Backing-up from their impressive opening round win of the Rugby Championship the World Champions New Zealand are looking to make it two-from-two. This time playing at home against the Wallabies the kiwis are looking to put one foot in the door of another title. With Ryan Crotty having been ruled …

A new season of Pro D2 rugby begins on Thursday. The opening round kicks off two months after the 2016 final. With there being 30 rounds and playoffs to be juggled alongside test rugby and European club rugby it is a long, long season. The new season sees Oyonnax and Agen back …

South African Head Coach Allister Coetzee has made one change to his starting lineup for Saturday’s test match against Argentina in Salta. New Saracens signing Vincent Kock has been named to start ahead of Julian Redelinghuys who was injured in the first test in Nelspruit this past Saturday. The three-time capped Koch …

For the first time ever a Rugby Championship match will take place at a neutral venue. Argentina’s home match against Australia will be played at Twickenham Stadium in London, England. The move represents a unique opportunity for the South Americans to gain revenge for their Semi Final loss against the …

On Saturday Argentina’s goal kicker, Nicolás Sánchez became the fourth Puma to pass 400 points in test rugby. The Tucumán’s 13 points against South Africa lifted his total to 404 points at test match level. He is now 82 points shy of third position which is held by Stade Français …

Ahead of facing South Africa in Salta Daniel Hourcade has welcomed back Matías Moroni from Olympics duty. The Pumas center missed out on playing in the opening round of the Rugby Championship due to his involvement with Los Pumas 7’s. On Tuesday Moroni will join Los Pumas who will begin their preparation …