Argentina

Up and Under

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 Classifying Americas Rugby Markets, new and old, offer great hope for a future of greatly expanded international competition in our region. This …

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The Missing Pumas

Daniel Hourcade’s 33-man roster for the Rugby Championship confirmed what the Head Coach had already stated. Argentina is no longer selecting those contracted to foreign clubs. As such nine members of the Rugby World Cup roster are missing. The Retired Not involved due to retirement are Horacio Agulla and Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe. …

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Player Handed Life Ban

According to reports the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán is going to hand Victor Macías with a 99 year ban. The culprit bit off a part of Daniel Contreras’ finger in a Tucumán match between Aguará Guazú and Corsarios. The incident took place on Sunday July 10. Contreras recalls that “we both fell on the …

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The Geographical Distribution of Los Pumas in 2016

Of Argentina’s 30-man roster at Rugby World Cup 2007 all but four players were from Buenos Aires. This was a reflection of URBA’s quality within Argentina. It was also, according to the provinces, evidence that changes were needed for the future. Following that tournament efforts were made to set-up a …

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2015-16 European Club Dream Team

After seemingly endless months the European club season is over, and we’ve had a couple weeks to to digest the season and take a look at who we thought was the best of those Americas players exiled across the professional divisions in France and Britain. Note that players were selected …

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Who is Marcos Kremer?

Daniel Hourcade’s roster for the Rugby Championship featured 33 players. Of them all but one has previous experience with Los Pumas. So who is Marcos Kremer? Player Profile Standing in at 2 meters in height and weighing 115kg, Kremer already has the physicality of a seasoned veteran second-rower. Aged 18 Kremer is very …

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Garcia Leaves Italy to Play in France

Gonzalo Garcia has departed Italy to continue his career in France. The 32-year-old has made the transition from Zebre in the Guinness Pro 12 to Stade Cadurcien (Cahors) in the Fédérale 2. Located in the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées region, Cahors is nearby many traditional French rugby towns. The club, though, is to …

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