Brazil had home advantage against Uruguay on Friday. The match was a second round fixture in the 2018 ARC and saw two sides looking to back-up from winning in round one. Brazil benefitted greatly from playing in São Paulo. They also gained from Uruguay’s tired players not yet having recovered …
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The Americas Rankings – February 11 2018 see history having been made. Results from this weekend’s fixtures in the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) see Uruguay officially catching the USA to now have an identical ranking. Uruguay completed a come-from-behind victory over Brazil on Friday. The 27-18 victory sees the teams …
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The Argentina XV Overpowered Chile in Ushuaia, winning 57-12. The victory in Ushuaia not only saw the home side playing an entertaining brand of rugby but it also did so from the visitors. Chile had high and low points during the match. Indeed in just the second minute center Lucca …
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Romania and Spain won their respective RWC 2019 qualifiers today. Their victories see the two European countries edging closer to qualifying for RWC 2019 in Japan. For a complete look at countries who can still qualify for RWC 2019 click here. Romania humiliated Germany 85-6 while Spain pulled-off a shock …
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Los Jaguares Fell to the Bulls in a Super Rugby warm-up match. Played this afternoon in Pretoria, South Africa the Argentine franchise lost 21-12, being outscored by three tries to two. The performance was the first outside of Argentina under Mario Ledesma. In the prior outing Los Jaguares were pushed …
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Uruguay came back from a 15-point halftime deficit to defeat Brazil 27-18 in São Paulo on Friday evening. The win saved embarrassment for Los Teros after earning World Cup qualification just a week ago and ended Brazil’s five-match undefeated run at Pacaembu. Los Teros were firm favorites to overturn Brazil …
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It is now a week out of the start of the Super Rugby season. With the clock ticking the teams are finalizing their details with an eye to beginning the competition strongly. The Bulls vs Jaguares is a pre-season match taking place on Saturday in Pretoria. For Los Jaguares the …
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Despite this weekend seeing just the second round of the Six Nations taking place, the long season requires week 14 of the Guinness Pro 14 to be squeezed in. The Celtic-Italian-South African League this weekend sees four Friday matches, two Saturday matches and one Sunday match. Jeff Hassler’s injury came …
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Coming off losses in round one, the Argentina XV and Chile are looking for their opening wins of the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship. They will have the opportunity of playing at the bottom of the world in the iconic Ushuaia. World Rugby Hall of Famer Felipe Contepomi has not held …
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The Aviva Premiership returns this weekend. It does so for what is to be the Week 14 of the 2017-2018 season. A full round of matches are being played despite this weekend also seeing a full round of rugby being played in the Six Nations. Below is a preview covering …
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