Venezuela is ready for the Sudamérica 4 Naciones ‘B’. The rebranded competition is the new South American B Championship with Venezuela competing against Costa Rica, Peru and tournament hosts Guatemala. The tournament will be played from September 27 to October 07. Venezuelan Head Coach Mario Urdaneta has confirmed a 25-man …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Argentina Los Pumas made history on Saturday, defeating Australia in Australia for the first time in 35 years. This marked the …
Read More »van der Merwe Scores in Winning Effort in South Africa
DTH van der Merwe scored in a winning effort in South Africa. His second half score helped the Glasgow Warriors to an away Pro 14 victory over the Cheetahs. The Canadian international played left wing and was partnered by Tommy Seymour on the right wing. The Tennessee native, Seymour was …
Read More »Cordero Scores As Exeter Chiefs Remain Unbeaten
Santiago Cordero scored the opening try for the Exeter Chiefs in their English Premiership match on Saturday. The result sees Exeter remaining unbeaten after three rounds, a club record in the Premiership. Cordero has impressed in all three rounds, scoring tries in rounds two and three. His score on Saturday …
Read More »Imhoff Sprints Over to Score in Racing 92 Defeat
Juan Imhoff sprinted over to score a try on Saturday. He did so for Racing 92 who lost 30-17 away to Toulouse. It was the second defeat for the Parisians who have a 2-2 record after four matches this season. Imhoff’s Racing 92 are currently on 10 competition points and …
Read More »Americas Rankings – September 16 2018
The Americas Rankings have been updated for September 16 2018. They have been recalculated following Argentina’s 23-19 away win over Australia on Saturday. The fixture was the only match involving a test side from the Americas this past week. Argentina’s win sees the South Americans gaining 2.00 points at the …
Read More »Wingers Delguy and Moyano Shine in Pumas Win Over Australia
Wingers Bautista Delguy and Ramiro Moyano have been on fire in the Rugby Championship. Both went into Saturday’s match against Australia with two tries from the opening three rounds of the competition. In round three they continued their strong form and shone in Los Pumas’ win Over Australia. Delguy scored …
Read More »Leguizamón Adds Win in Australia to Impressive Test Career Resume
Yesterday saw Juan Manuel Leguizamón adding a win in Australia to his impressive test career resume. In 82 test caps he has been in winning teams to record memorable Pumas results both and home and abroad. All told he is Argentina’s first player to win away games against England, France, …
Read More »Player Altercation With Spectator Follows Australia’s Loss to Argentina
A player altercation with a spectator followed Australia’s loss to Argentina this morning. Wallabies flanker Lukhan Tui was yelled at and shoved by a spectator following the completion of the Rugby Championship test match on the Gold Coast. Australia fell to a 23-19 defeat against Argentina, the Wallabies first home …
Read More »Argentina Press Conference
Argentina Captain Agustín Creevy and Head Coach Mario Ledesma were upbeat at the Press Conference earlier today. They were congratulated by the Australian media and also asked questions about not only their own situation but also Australia’s. On Australia’s Gold Coast Los Pumas completed their first win over the Wallabies …
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