Argentina

Los Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez has made six changes to his team to face the Chiefs in Buenos Aires on Saturday. The fixture is to mark the historic home debut of Argentina’s first ever professional team. With Ramiro Herrera forced out through injury, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro has been elevated …

Former Puma Tomás Leonardí is set to make his Sunwolves Super Rugby debut against there Melbourne Rebels in this weekend’s round four fixture. The Sunwolves will play host to the Australian franchise in Tokyo as they seek their first win. In round three the Japanese side lost by a single …

Tomás Cubelli is to start again for the Brumbies. The Buenos Aires scrum half has been named to start in the number 9 shirt for Saturday’s away Super Rugby fixture against the Stormers in Cape Town, South Africa. In being selected to start Cubelli retains his monopoly on the Brumbies …

There are no tickets left for Los Jaguares vs Chiefs, the historic first home Super Rugby match for the Argentine franchise. Sold Out, proclaimed jaguares.com.ar this afternoon, confirming the success of the team in capturing public interest. The fixture is to be played at Velez Sarsfield, a famous Buenos Aires soccer …

After the excitement of the Americas Rugby Championship this week’s selection seems downright boring. Los Jaguares were on a bye, as was the whole of the Guinness Pro 12, and most of the top Americas exports were either not playing well or not at all. In some cases we’ve simply …

Having missed the opening two Super Rugby matches Juan Martín Hernández will start for Los Jaguares vs Chiefs, writes Sergio Stuart for Ole. The veteran utility back is to be a welcome return for the Argentine Super Rugby franchise who are to be without three starting forwards to injury. Hernández …

Mauricio Reggiardo, the current Head Coach of Pro d2 side Albi will take over the reigns of current Top 14 club Agen next season. Having worked miracles last season to save Castres from what was, at point point, probable relegation former Puma Reggiardo will be responsible for Agen playing in France’s …

The pool draw for the 2016 Hong Kong 7s has been released, with 16 teams taking part in the main HSBC Sevens Series competition and another 12 set to compete for core status on the 2016-17 season. All but one team that took part in the wildly successful Vancouver tournament …

Starting Rugby World Cup 2015 forwards Ramiro Herrera and Pablo Matera will not face the Chiefs, it was confirmed today by the Argentine rugby press. Tighthead prop, Herrera is yet to fully recover from a knock to his angle picked up in the round two fixture against the Sharks in …

World Rugby has confirmed the nominations for the positions of Chairman and Vice-Chairman, which will be determined at the annual meeting of Council on 11 May, 2016. In accordance with World Rugby Bye-Law 9.6.2 (c), member unions were invited to submit nominations for the position of World Rugby Chairman and/or …