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The 2017-2018 European Champions Cup kicks-off this weekend. Involved are the qualified teams from the Aviva Premiership, Top 14 and Guinness Pro 14. This season’s opening match will be played in Northern Ireland. Ulster play host to English club, the Wasps. Named on the bench for the home side is …

The European Challenge Cup has arrived. The 2017-2018 season is underway. The competition is Europe’s second-string professional club tournament. Involved this season are clubs from England, France, Italy, Russia, Scotland and Wales. Players from the Americas will feature in the competition on Friday. The first to do so is to …

Week 8 of the Pro D2 is underway. In the opening game of the round Dax have home advantage against Colomiers. Playing fly half for Dax is Uruguay’s Felipe Berchesi. On the opposition bench covering fly half is Sébastien Poët. Starting at hooker is Agustin Costa Repetto. Five matches are to …

Franco Brarda is out of the Americas Pacific Challenge. The Argentina XV loosehead prop suffered an injury to his cervical nerves playing against Samoa on Wednesday. The Córdoba prop has been cleared of any spinal cord damage but remains in hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. The injury saw Brarda leaving the …

Argentine center Juan Pablo Socino will not be able to play for the Newcastle Falcons for the next two weeks. The English club has European Challenge Cup matches against the Dragons (Wales) and Bordeaux-Begles (France). Socino will have to sit out these games. Socino was cited by Peter Larter for …

The final scoreline read 49-36 in favor of the USA Select XV but their second round Americas Pacific Challenge victory over Uruguay ‘A’ was a one-score game until the final play. A last-second try to Zach Pangelinan sealed an absorbing contest that left spectators gasping for air between the ups …

It’s international rugby that gives us the bulk of our team this week. The Americas Pacific Challenge gave us two strong winners to pick from. No Canadians were considered and while the USA had a couple players in contention ultimately none of them made the cut either. As such it’s …

24 points from Martín Bustos Moyano saw Bayonne defeating Aurillac on Friday. The former Pumas fullback scored all points for the Basque club, landing 8 penalties in a 24-20 win. As a result, Bustos Moyano leads the Pro D2 scoring. No player in France’s second division has scored more points …

An Argentine winger was red carded playing in France on Friday. Lucas Caneda from Buenos Aires was sent-off for tackling a player in the air. The players collided following an up-and-under from Caneda’s team, Charente. In jumping to collect the kick, Mont de Marsan winger Julian Cabannes fell dangerously onto his …

Veteran players are renegotiations their Jaguares’ contracts. During today’s Press Conference some questions were answered concerning the make-up of the 2018 side. The incoming Head Coach, Mario Ledesma stated that: “I am very pleased with the group that is in place”. Questions remain as to the final make-up of the …