Americas Rugby News is happy to announce another semi-regular feature addition to the website. Each week, our editors will give their predictions and insight on various international rugby matches. Most will involve teams from the Americas, but may also include some big international events such as the Rugby Championship, Six …
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Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has made seven changes to the side which faced New Zealand last Friday. In seeking to keep all players fresh while experimenting to finalize his squad ahead of the Rugby World Cup Hourcade has called upon inexperienced players in a variety of positions. Having debuted in …
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Australian Head Coach Michael Cheika has made seven changes to the Wallaby starting lineup to play Argentina in the Rugby Championship in Mendoza. After defeating South Africa in Brisbane the Australians are looking for back-to-back wins in the opening two rounds for the first time since the competition began in 2012. Cheika …
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The Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR) will now be known as Sudamérica Rugby after a renaming exercise in line with World Rugby’s own re-branding last year. “It was a decision approved unanimously by the Annual General Meeting in Santa Fe, Argentina, last month,” explained Carlos Barbieri, Chairman of Sudamérica Rugby. …
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The Uruguay test team, Los Teros are to play one final match in the country before departing for the Rugby World Cup. The fixture is to take place at Montevideo’s Estadio Charrúa on Saturday August 01. With the match falling a month and a half before Uruguay’s opening World Cup fixture, …
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Finding a balance between improving on what was an underwhelming performance in Christchurch and building for the World Cup is the task Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade is setting himself this week. Prior to the Rugby Championship getting underway he made it known that players were going to be rotated. …
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The two former UAR employees who were accused of fraud of nearly 3 million Argentine pesos are on the verge of trial. Andres Sánchez and Hernan Blanco are accused of having committed crime against the company by cashing checks with forged signatures. The pair are near public trial after the Fourth Crime Chamber ratified prosecutions …
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The Americas Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the pros and cons from the weekend. Up AJ MacGinty debut A number of players boosted their Rugby World Cup chances substantially this weekend and none more so than USA Eagles debutant AJ MacGinty. Having …
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It wasn’t a great week for the Americas teams in either the Rugby Championship or the Pacific Nations Cup, with three losses from three. As such it might be easier to select a ‘mediocre’ XV, but we can only work with what we’re given. Here is the Americas Team of …
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World Rugby’s most recent ongoing reviews of previous Rugby World Cups took a look at how Australia and New Zealand reached the Semi Finals in 2011. The teams did so by winning matches against South Africa and Argentina. Los Pumas faced the home side at Eden Park in Auckland in …
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