Juan Imhoff crossed for a hat-trick against South Africa in the third round Rugby Championship match in Durban. He became the first player to do so against the Springboks at international level to write down his name in the history books.
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The 122 time capped Victor Matfield will return to lead South Africa in this Saturday’s Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture against Argentina at Velez Sarsfeld in Buenos Aires. The 38 year old missed the Durban Rugby Championship test last Saturday due to injury. He replaces Lood de Jager who was …
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French Top 14 side Racing 92 have completed the signing of Argentine prop Nicolás Mirande who joins as a medical joker. The Tucumán front-rower joins as cover for Eddy Ben Arous who is to be representing France at the Rugby World Cup and will be unavailable until the completion of …
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Rugby has expanded tremendously from the limited base that existed prior to 1987. The IRB’s change to be called World Rugby is a significant part of modernizing the brand to give it a more credible appearance and one which is far more commercially sound. Next up is the power structure …
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Well it wasn’t hard to pick most of this week’s team! After a performance like the one from Argentina on Saturday, it was tempting to just pick the Pumas team in its entirety, but somehow we did find room to squeeze in a couple other players. 1 – Marcos Ayerza …
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The 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 Argentina History was made in Durban on Saturday as Los Pumas defeated South Africa for the first time, and did …
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Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has confirmed a 31-man squad for Argentina’s final assignment before confirming the World Cup squad, a test match against South Africa in Buenos Aires next Saturday. Included are the 26 players who traveled to Durban for the historic win. Joining them are Juan Martín …
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Argentina celebrated the 50th anniversary of their inaugural tour to South Africa with a stirring 37-25 victory at Kings Park in Durban, in doing so becoming the first Pumas side to beat the Springboks on any ground. The result has also made a clear statement to the rugby world – …
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Daniel Hourcade has continued with the squad rotation for Argentina’s third and final round match of the Rugby Championship. His team named to face South Africa in Durban on Saturday features only four returning players from the round two fixture against Australia in Mendoza. Racing 95 winger Juan Imhoff is …
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Jean de Villiers returns as captain to lead a changed Springbkos side for Saturday’s international against Los Pumas in Durban. Both Pieter-Steph du Toit and Siya Kolisi are to be involved for the first time since facing France in 2013. With de Villiers named at outside centre the in-form Jesse …
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