In 50 days time Argentine Head Coach Daniel Hourcade will be at the Rugby World Cup for the second time in a coaching capacity. In 2007 he was Assistant Coach to Portugal who played in their only Rugby World Cup tournament to date. Portugal were unable to win a match …
Read More »Hourcade’s Squad for South Africa Reveals RWC Plans
Announced yesterday afternoon, Daniel Hourcade’s 26-man squad to travel to South Africa this Saturday offers significant insight into how his final squad for the World Cup is going to look. Names to have stood out in the performances to date have almost all been out, thereby implying their inclusion in the World Cup …
Read More »Final Match before Lemoine names World Cup Squad
The Uruguayan test team, are preparing to play for the final time at home before the Rugby World Cup. The number two ranked South American team will play against an Argentina XV on Saturday at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Uruguay will be hosting a side missing Rugby Championship players making …
Read More »Worcester Warriors release Ignacio Mieres
Last season’s English rugby second division champions, the Worcester Warriors have confirmed the departure of fly half Ignacio Mieres. The former Puma played for the club for two seasons after having previously spend three years at the Exeter Chiefs in addition to playing for Stade Français, Perpignan and the Leicester …
Read More »Hernández, Matera, Lezana and Orlandi return to Pumas
Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has named a 26-man squad to travel to South Africa. The Springboks are to play host to Los Pumas in a third and final round Rugby Championship match on Saturday August 08 in Durban. Set to earn their first test caps of 2015, Juan …
Read More »ARN Forecast July 29-August 1
There’s no Rugby Championship this week but the Pacific Nations Cup is still on, and there’s also a match between an Argentina XV and Uruguay to rule over. PACIFIC NATIONS CUP July 29 – USA v Tonga Paul – Being able to back-to-back Pacific Nations Cup victories for the USA …
Read More »Argentine Squad named to face Uruguay
A 23-man Argentine squad has been named for Saturday’s away match against Uruguay. Los Teros will play host to the Argentina XV at the Estadio Charrúa with kick-off scheduled for 3:30pm. Both countries are to compete at this year’s Rugby World Cup and for Uruguay the match is to be …
Read More »Blow to Pumas as Ramiro Herrera Requires Surgery
Having started at tighthead prop in the opening two rounds of the Rugby Championship Ramiro Herrera was well placed to wear the number 3 shirt for Argentina at the World Cup. His place is now in doubt and with the non-availability of Juan Figallo and the forced retirement of Maximilano Bustos …
Read More »Australian tests confirm same Rugby Championship format for 2016
The Australian Rugby Union have confirmed the Wallabies home match schedule for the 2016 Rugby Championship. The 2016 competition will return to having all three teams play each other twice with Australia’s home matches being on August 20, September 10 and September 17. The order of matches is to replicate that of …
Read More »Bayonne announce 2015-2016 squad with two Pumas
Bayonne’s squad for the upcoming Pro d2 season has been announced. The Basque club is to retain the services of two of the three Pumas from last season. Current Puma Benjamín Macome and former wing / fullback Martín Bustos Moyano have been confirmed as playing next season for the club. …
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