Montevideo clubs Old Christians and Old Boys are to represent Uruguay in Argentina this year. They will do so in the second division of the Campeonato Argentino Interior with Old Christians competing in Pool B and Old Boys in Pool 3. The eighteen team competition will feature teams from throughout Argentina’s hinterland. The …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14 – Week 18
The Six Nations will be capturing most of the spotlight in Europe this weekend. Most, that is, but not all. The Top 14 will be rolling-on with week 18 seeing a host of matches involving players from the Americas. Kicking-off the round will be today’s only fixture with Toulouse playing host to …
Read More »Americas Players in Premiership – Week 16
A number of players from the Americas will take to the field in week 16 of the Premiership this weekend. The round will have a special appeal as, for the first time in history, a match will be played outside of England. That fixture will be played in New Jersey. …
Read More »Americas Players in Pro D2 – Week 22
The Americas will have at least 16 players in action over the weekend in the French Pro D2. With Mont-de-Marsan due to play on Sunday, both Agustín Ormaechea and Carlos Muzzio could feature and increase that total. Already done and dusted is Thursday’s game at Narbonne, where Takudzwa Ngwenya scored …
Read More »Argentina to play New Zealand at River Plate Stadium, Australia in Twickenham
Argentina is to play against New Zealand at River Plate Stadium in the 2016 Rugby Championship. Located in Buenos Aires the stadium is the largest in Argentina and has an extensive record in hosting premier sporting events including the final of the 1978 FIFA World Rugby. Los Pumas have previously played …
Read More »ARC Team of the Week
The Americas Rugby Championship wrapped up this past weekend which means it’s time for our last weekly selection of this year’s tournament. Of course there is still our ARC Dream Team to come early next week. Might some of the players below find themselves in our best of the tournament …
Read More »Cubelli to start third consecutive Super Rugby match
Argentine international Tomás Cubelli is to start his third consecutive Super Rugby match when the Brumbuies taken the Western Force in Perth on Friday. The Buenos Aires scrum half will again wear the number nine shirt for the Canberra based franchise. Head Coach, Stephen Larkham has made three changes with Blake Enever and …
Read More »XXI Edition of the Argentina Nacional de Clubes
The UAR launched the XXI Edition of the Argentina Nacional de Clubes today. The Argentine national club competition will bring together the best 16 clubs from the country, nationwide. It will kick-off on Thursday March 24. UAR President Carlos Araujo commented at the launch that “the ICBC Nacional de Clubes is …
Read More »Delguy and Moyano Called up to Los Pumas 7’s
Two late changes to the Argentine Rugby Sevens roster have see Bautista Delguy and Ramiro Moyano called up to Los Pumas 7’s for this weekend’s international competition in Vancouver, Canada. The alterations follow that of Ramiro Finco who had already replaced Santiago Alvarez Fourcade. The UAR has now confirmed that Argentina …
Read More »Tomás Lezana returns to fitness
Los Jaguares back-rower Tomás Lezana has recovered from injury and will be fit to face the Chiefs in the round four Super Rugby fixture on Saturday March 19. The fixture is to be the first ever home appearance of Argentina’s first professional rugby team. Lezana had traveled to South Africa …
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