Pau continue to recruit strongly. The French Top 14 club have signed Facundo Isa from Toulon. The Argentine veteran of Rugby World Cups 2015 and 2023 will join Pau next season. The move is the second big name Puma acquired by Pau; Julián Montoya has signed from Leicester Tigers. The …
Read More »Rugby Championship London Move Confirmed for Argentina vs South Africa
The home of English Rugby will play host to Argentina vs South Africa in October. The London stadium will host the final round battle of the South Atlantic on Saturday, October 04. The teams will have faced-off the seven days earlier in South Africa. As per normal, Los Pumas and …
Read More »Only Eight Places Remain at Rugby World Cup 2027
Only eight places remain at Rugby World Cup 2027. Four were claimed this past weekend in Europe. This saw four of the twelve qualifying slots in Australia 2027 taken. It remains to be seen how the four finish to finalize who is Europe 1, Europe2 , Europe 3, and Europe …
Read More »Gonzalo Quesada’s Italy Repeat Glory Over Wales with Gatland’s Job Unsustainable
As a player, Gonzalo Quesada experienced a narrow loss in the Rugby World Cup 1999 opener. The wonder-kicker from Buenos Aires scored 18 points in a 23-18 defeat in Cardiff. Earlier in the year he scored 21 points in a 36-26 home defeat. Decades later, Quesada is among the leading …
Read More »Tarucas Debut in Pre-Season Hit-Out against Super Rugby Americas Champs
The Americas’s newest professional rugby team has debuted. Los Tarucas took to the field in a pre-season hit-out against reigning Super Rugby Americas champions, Los Dogos. Los Tarucas represents Northwestern Argentina and is based in the rugby heartland of Tucumán. The Tucumán-based side took-on the Córdoba-based Dogos in two matches. …
Read More »Bath Sign Santiago Carreras from Gloucester
Bath have signed Santiago Carreras on a three-year-deal starting in mid 2025. It will see the Puma arriving for the 2025-2026 season after making the move from Argentina to Gloucester in late 2020. Bath will be Carreras’ third professional experience after he played Super Rugby for Los Jaguares in 2019-2020. …
Read More »The Rugby Sevens World Cup Disappears
The Rugby Sevens World Cup disappears. This was the headline published by Spanish publication Marca. The tragic news for rugby players and supporters is that World Rugby administrators are cutting costs with the Sevens World Cup deemed not important enough to continue. Rugby Sevens is the Olympic model of the …
Read More »Puma Guides Zebre Parma to Historic URC Win in Belfast
Zebre Parma made history in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Sunday. For the first-time in history the Italian side defeated Ulster in Belfast. The 15-14 victory came with a well executed game plan guided by Pumas scrum-half Gonzalo García. El Tucumano was named man of the match. It is welcome news …
Read More »Double Special from Sebastián Cancelliere Sees Glasgow Warriors Home
A try scoring double from Sebastian Cancelliere was pivotal in the Glasgow Warriors’ home win over Connacht on Sunday. The Scottish side downed the Irish province 22-19 in round 10 of the United Rugby Championship (URC). Cancelliere scored two of Glasgow’s three tries. Cancelliere scored one try in each half …
Read More »Argentina Power to Glory at Perth 7’s
Argentina claimed back-to-back titles in Western Australia. Los Pumas 7’s powered to glory on Day Three of the Perth 7’s. The South Americans put on impressive displays to win their Semi Final and the tournament Final. A first-half hat-trick to Marcos Moneta helped Argentina down Spain 40-5 in the Semi …
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