Argentina

Peru and Argentina in Historic Agreement

An historic agreement has been reached between the governing rugby bodies of Peru and Argentina. Last Saturday at the Estadio de Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires members of the respective unions agreed to terms for a partnership ahead of kick-off between Los Jaguares and the Sharks. The agreement will see …

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Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 24

With summer almost having arrived in Europe France’s domestic championship is into the final rounds of the regular season. This weekend will see a number of clubs scrambling to win competition points so that they can secure their places in the play-offs and in the 2016-2017 European Champions Cup. The …

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Final squads for London 7s announced

Phil Mack has recovered sufficiently from a knee injury suffered at the Vancouver 7s to take a spot in the Canadian roster for this weekend’s London event of the HSBC Sevens Series. Mack takes the place of fellow long-time playmaker Nathan Hirayama, who drops out with a thumb injury. The …

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Americas quartet set for Premiership Semi

Leicester Tigers will travel to Allianz Park to take on Saracens in the first of two Aviva Premiership semi-finals slated for Saturday. Pumas loosehead Marcos Ayerza will make his 21st start of the season for Tigers in a side that features three British & Irish Lions caps in Dan Cole, …

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URBA Top 14 to become Top 12 in 2017

The governing body of rugby in Buenos Aires URBA has announced wholesale changes to club rugby in the city, Starting in 2017 the URBA Top 14 will be a Top 12 while all teams will face one-another both home and away with the competition now having six categories. The model …

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Santiago Socino re-signs with Newcastle

Newcastle Falcons’ planning process for the 2016-2017 Aviva Premiership season has undergone further developments. Following the recent re-signing of Puma Belisario Agulla the north-eastern English club side has retained the services of four further players. The four latest players to commit to the Falcons are Andrew Foster, Calum Green, Glen Young and …

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Team of the Week

The numbers were low with most teams sitting the weekend out on account of the European Champions Cup final, but thankfully Los Jaguares performed reasonably well and there were two PRO Rugby matches to run the rule over. This weekend the Top 14 returns and it won’t be long until …

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Los Jaguares Change Four for Lions

Los Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez has made four changes to his starting lineup for this coming Saturday’s away Super Rugby fixture. The Buenos Aires based side will face the in-form Lions in Johannesburg. In the forwards Julián Montoya comes in for the suspended Agustín Creevy to start at hooker. …

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