Argentina

Argentina XV head Coach Pablo Bouza has selected a 24-man roster to travel to Punta del Este to prepare for Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship match against Uruguay. The unbeaten Argentina XV will face Uruguay who have one win and one loss from the opening two rounds of the competition. A win for …

Ahead of Los Jaguares’ second warm-up match seven players are returning home to Argentina. Los Jaguares will take-on the Lions in Johannesburg on Friday in the second of two warm-up matches before debuting against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on February 26. The returning players are doing so for a variety …

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 Ben Cima Goal kicking matters so much that it can win and lose matches. Regardless of the team a specialist is mandatory …

Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend. As of February 15 2016 there are no changes in overall position. There has, nonetheless, been movement in rankings points. Canada’s ranking points have been altered, seeing the 63,62 points decreased to a new ranking of 63,42 points. This …

A home win in San Juan this evening saw the Argentina XV completing a bonus point victory. What had been an error-ridden performance, involving a high number of unforced errors and multiple tries blown turned into a comfortable 52-15 victory following a late flurry. A strong start from the home …

At Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, Los Jaguares did not have an ideal debut, losing 29-14 to the Stormers in a Super Rugby Warm-up. The fixture was the first of two before debuting in the competition against the Cheetahs later this month. Played over four periods of twenty minutes, the …

The Americas Rugby Championship is already a big hit. The inaugural addition of the competition has delivered competitive matches with the opening round match between the USA and Argentina XV doing more than going down to the wire. The full match can be viewed in the following video. Among other …

Gastón Cortes returned to the Bristol lineup on Friday against Ealing, one of two Argentina players in action this weekend in the Greene King IPA Championship. Jersey hooker Martín García Veiga is the other, up against two of the nine Canadians featuring on Saturday in the form of Bedford Blues …

It is all-go this weekend as the Aviva Premiership marches on despite the Six Nations taking place. With England having hosted the Rugby World Cup last September and October the season needed to be compacted to fit everything in which sees the Premiership clocking-in an additional round this weekend. Involved …

In a match against the Queensland Reds on Friday evening (local time), Tomás Cubelli scored for the Brumbies who won what was a Super Rugby warm-up fixture. Played at the famous Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, the home side was downed by Cubelli’s franchise the Brumbies. The 31-18 win was the …