It’s time for predictions! The ARN Forecast returns and we’re kicking it up a notch with an impressive roster of rugby writers from across the Americas! This time we’ll be testing our punditry for the June internationals – those ones involving the Americas teams anyway – over the next three …
Read More »Carizza, Imhoff Start Barrage Play-Off against Toulouse
Manuel Carizza and Juan Imhoff have been named to start Saturday’s Top 14 barrage play-off in Paris. Both players are from Argentina’s third largest city, Rosario. Racing 92 will play host to Toulouse in suburban Paris while on Sunday Montpellier will be at home against Castres. The two winning clubs …
Read More »Fernández Lobbe Changes Four Pumitas for South Africa
Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has made four changes to his lineup for Saturday’s round two fixture of the World Rugby Junior World Championship. Argentina will take-on South Africa in one of six world under 20 fixtures this weekend. Having beaten France in the opening round the South Americans are looking to …
Read More »Italy Forced into late Change for Argentina
Conor O’Shea’s preparation for his first match in charge of Italy has hit a bump with Tommaso Boni forced out with a half strain. His place in the starting lineup against Argentina has been taken by Tommaso Castello. Castello is to make the step up next season from Calvisano in …
Read More »Uruguay Just Fall Short against Emerging Italy
Uruguay pushed Emerging Italy to the limit this afternoon, losing 26-24 in the World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania. The fixture was the second of three opening round match-ups. The others being the Argentina XV vs Spain and the official test match of Romania vs Namibia. Uruguay’s two remaining …
Read More »Argentina XV See Off Spain
The Argentina XV got their World Rugby Nations Cup campaign off to an ideal start, seeing off Spain 44-8 in Bucharest, Romania. The match was vastly different either side of the interval. An impressive effort from the Spanish scrum caused a variety of headaches for the Argentina XV and kept the …
Read More »Hourcade Names Strong Argentine lineup for Italy
Argentina Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has confirmed the lineup for Los Pumas’ first test match of 2016. Argentina will play host to Italy on Saturday at the Estadio Brigadier López in Santa Fé. El Huevo‘s selection is highly consistent with that used in 2015. The missing trio of Ramiro Herrera, Tomás …
Read More »Nations Cup Round 1 Preview
The World Rugby Nations Cup returns on Thursday, hosted for the 10th consecutive time in Bucharest, Romania. This year’s tournament has been expanded from four to six teams for the first time since 2012. With the Tbilisi Cup put on hold due to Georgia’s Pacific Island tour, Emerging Italy and …
Read More »García Veiga moves to Vannes
Martín García Veiga has signed for newly-promoted Pro D2 club Vannes for the 2016/17 season. The former Pumas hooker moves to France from Jersey in the Channel Islands, who he leaves after two seasons as a regular starter in the Greene King IPA Championship. He won the last of his …
Read More »Team of the Week
While much of the European club season is winding down, we still had a full slate of Top 14 action to pine over and of course PRO Rugby, the Pro D2 final, the Canadian Rugby Championship, and the match between Chile and the Argentina XV. Next week we’ll have the …
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