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Who Does Argentina Play Against the Most?

Who does Argentina play against the most? The simple answer is that it depends on which period of time it is being asked. The common era, or professional era has become common place with international rugby divided into pre and post 1995. During this common era Argentina has played against …

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Brazil To Continue Playing in Green

Brazil is to continue playing in green, the CBRu has confirmed. The decision sees green confirmed as the official alternate strip for Brazilian representative teams. Yellow will continue to be the first color of the primary strip. The decision sees blue continue to not be used for rugby. In both soccer …

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California Cup Round 3 Lineups

There’s time for one more week of action in the California Cup before the holiday break. With only two rounds in the New Year before the final, every moment counts and there are some pivotal matches this week. The two pre-season favorites will collide in San Diego as Old Mission …

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Argentina to face USA in Patagonia

Argentina is to face the USA in Patagonia, Americas Rugby News has learned. The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship fixture will be played in the Southern Argentine city of Comodoro Rivadavia in Chubut province. The fixture will be a final round match in the second annual Americas Rugby Championship. The Argentina …

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Americas Players in B&I Cup – Round 4

With most teams opting to field entirely second string sides it’s a mixed bag of Americas players in the British & Irish Cup this weekend. Five Canadians, four Argentines, and one US Eagle will take part in round four of the competition between the RFU Championship clubs and Guinness Pro …

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Colombia’s Andrés Zafra to face Newcastle Falcons

History will be made on Sunday. Colombia’s Andrés Zafra will play for Lyon away to the Newcastle Falcons in the European Challenge Cup. The 115kg (255 lbs) and 1.98m (6’6″) second-rower will make his Challenge Cup debut from the bench. The 20-year-old is his country’s first ever athlete to play professional …

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Americas Players in Challenge Cup – Round 4

Round 4 of the Challenge Cup got underway on Thursday evening with two matches. Both matches had the involvement of the Americas. In England’s west country Bath played host to the Cardiff Blues. The Aviva Premiership side proved to be far too strong for the out-of-sorts Welsh region. A compressive …

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Huete Elected Chile’s Best Rugby Player of 2016

Chilean sporting journalists have elected Pablo Huete as Chile’s best rugby player of 2016. The Bayonne second-rower’s name has appeared on the final list for best Chilean sportsmen of the year. Final awards will be given on Tuesday December 20. Huete helped Bayonne win promotion from the Pro D2 to …

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PRO drops Rush, holds USAR talks

PRO Rugby has axed one of its established teams – the San Francisco Rush. Rumors had been circulating for several months that all was not well in San Francisco with league owner Doug Schoninger publicly admitting that the team was looking for a new venue. Playing at Boxer Stadium, San …

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Americas Players in Pro D2 – Week 15

We’ve now reached the mid-point of the season with teams looking to jockey themselves into position for the run-in and a shot at promotion to the Top 14 in 2017-18. The French second division has never been so close, with only 4 points separating 5th place Colomiers and 1st place Montauban …

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PRO Rugby Roster Updates

While major details about PRO Rugby Season Two continue to be shrouded in mystery, there were blips of life from the fledgling organization in recent days with the unveiling of a new playing venue for the Ohio Aviators and a joint identification camp with USA Rugby set for this weekend in …

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Albacete informed of non-renewal by Toulouse

Patricio Albacete has been informed that his contract with Toulouse will not be renewed. The former Pumas vice-captain is one of a number of aged Toulouse players that is at the club for a final season. Albacete is yet to play this season. Having having suffered a cruciate ligament injury …

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Colombia Receives World Rugby Grant

Colombia is to receive a World Rugby grant for the year 2017. The global governing body will invest £60,000 in the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (FCR) for the period of January 01 – December 31 2017. The investment is to be used to cover administration, governance and educational programs administered by the …

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Team of the Week

A full plate of European action somehow wasn’t quite enough to fill our team this week, so we’ve reached down into South Africa for a couple selections and even way across to California for one. In general the backs were the standouts with the forwards a little lacking, though the …

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Argentina Return to face England in November 2017

Argentina will return to face England in November 2017. Eddie Jones’ team will host Argentina in the first of three home matches for the European side next November. England will play against Argentina on Saturday November 11 at London’s Twickenham Stadium. Australia and Samoa will both play at the same …

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Tameilau targeted by Top 14 clubs

It hasn’t taken long for David Tameilau to make his mark on French rugby, and if reports out of the French media are correct his stay in the Pro D2 might not be long either. After joining Narbonne in October as a medical joker for the injured David Penalva, Tameilau …

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