Los Pumitas Head Coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has named his match day roster for Wednesday’s World Rugby Under 20s Championship group match against Scotland. The teams will play in a final round fixture before the competition enters the knock-out stage. The starting linup announced by Fernández Lobbe features eight changes …
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Los Pumas will play in Rosario and La Plata
The Unión Argentina de Rugby has confirmed that the upcoming non-capped internationals between Argentina and the French Barbarians will be played in the cities of Rosario and La Plata. The fixtures are to serve as preparation for the Rugby Championship as there will be no incoming tours this month due …
Read More »Zebre reinforce front-row stocks with a third Puma Prop
Argentine international loosehead prop Bruno Postiglioni has agreed to terms to join Italian side Zebre to play in the Guinness Pro 12 and European Challenge Cup. He will join the team on August 17 unless he is selected by Daniel Hourcade for Argentina’s Rugby World Cup squad. Zebre’s announcement of …
Read More »Puma named in French Barbarians Squad to face Argentina
The French Barbarians have sprung a surprise by naming Benjamín Urdapilleta in the team’s twenty-seven man squad to tour South America. The ten time capped Puma is joined by former French international scrumhalf Jean-Marc Doussain as one of two fly potential halves in the squad. Aside from Urdapilleta there is also …
Read More »NACRA: USA Women’s Roster Named
USA Women’s Sevens Head Coach Ric Suggitt has named his squad for this weekend’s NACRA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The USA Women, massive favorites to win the event, are pooled with Barbados, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. Two players, Carmen Farmer and Richelle Stephens, are new to the roster and will make their Women’s …
Read More »Canada chooses for NACRA Sevens
Canada has selected their strongest possible squad to take part in the NACRA Sevens this coming weekend. Among the 14 players chosen to travel to North Carolina are overseas professionals Jeff Hassler, Taylor Paris, and national 15s captain Tyler Ardron. All three have previous HSBC Sevens Series experience. The squad …
Read More »Fans vote for an all-Argentine Front-row in World Cup Dream Team
In an effort to engage with fans and create excitement ahead of this year’s global event Rugby World Cup’s official youtube channel is interacting with fans on social media including twitter and facebook by asking them to vote for a Rugby World Cup Dream Team. In the opening week Rodrigo Roncero received …
Read More »NACRA Pools & Schedule Set
This weekend, 18 teams from across the North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) will compete for two coveted places in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ten men’s teams and eight women’s teams are set to do battle at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina this coming weekend. Of the teams …
Read More »Samoa name extended training squad
Manu Samoa have revised their extended training squad ahead of the All Black test and the Pacific Nations Cup. Of the original 58 names released in April, 44 have been retained, with that number to be reduced to 26 for the week leading up to the historic match in Apia. …
Read More »Argentina Secure Olympic Qualification
The Argentine Rugby Sevens team completed an impressive Olympic Qualifying campaign this afternoon by winning the final match of the three-day tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina. In doing so Argentina joined hosts Brazil in being South America’s representatives at Rio de Janeiro 2016. The twelve team men’s Olympic Games Rugby Sevens …
Read More »Colombia Women Qualify for 2016 Olympic Games
Colombia’s women’s rugby team will play at the 2016 Olympic Games after winning the South American Qualification series this afternoon in Santa Fé, Argentina. The result is the biggest accomplishment in the history of rugby in the country. Colombia entered the match as the only undefeated team while Argentina had …
Read More »NRFL Independence Cup Cancelled
Organizers of the Independence Cup have confirmed that the match is going to be cancelled as USA Rugby has declined to sanction the match between their National Rugby Football League Rough Riders and the Leicester Tigers of the Aviva Premiership. Originally set to take place August 8th at Lincoln Financial Field in …
Read More »Argentina and Uruguay Set for Olympic Qualification Showdown
A second undefeated day at the CONSUR Sevens in Santa Fé, Argentina saw the home team move to within one win of qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. With one day remaining the Argentine men require a win over Uruguay to secure qualification. The two Rugby …
Read More »Colombia’s women on the verge of Olympic Qualification
Strong performances from Colombia on Day Two of the Three-Day Olympic Games qualifying tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina have seen South America’s most populated Spanish speaking nation move towards securing an unlikely spot at the 2016 Olympic Games. Well placed after Day One Uruguay’s Olympic Dream came crashing down on Day …
Read More »New Zealand topple Pumitas in Under 20s Championship thriller
Los Pumitas were on the verge of making history this afternoon in Italy as the South Americans competed to a 32-29 loss against New Zealand at the World Cup Under 20s Championship. Tries to back-rower Benito Paolucci in the 70th and 75th minutes drew the scores level forcing New Zealand to …
Read More »Clermont down Toulouse to set up repeat of 2007 Top 14 Final
Clermont earned the right to contest the 2015 Top 14 Final against Stade Français by defeating the 2011 championship winning Toulouse in Bordeaux this afternoon. In doing so the Guy Noves regime has ended with the most sucesssful coach in the professional era now set to become France’ new Head …
Read More »Carizza starts as Stormers draw against Lions in Cape Town
South African franchises the Stormers and Lions competed to a 19-19 draw this afternoon in Cape Town. The result saw the Lions eliminated from play-offs contention as the Johannesburg franchise can no longer finish either top of the South African Conference or in second position. The Stormers, in contrast, are …
Read More »Watch the CONSUR Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifiers Live
Day two of the South American regional qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games is underway. Competing are men’s and women’s teams from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Costa Rica is also involved, competing in the women’s section. The top male and female performers at the completion of …
Read More »Flagg signs for Moseley
Aaron Flagg is the latest Canadian to sign a pro contract in the UK. The 6’5″ second row will join Moseley next season in the RFU second division, also known as the Greene King IPA Championship. Moseley narrowly escaped relegation last season, finishing 11th, and will be hoping the hard-hitting Flagg …
Read More »Former Puma guides Stade Français past Toulon to Top 14 Final
The 2015 French champion will be different to 2014 after heavyweights Toulon were beaten by the Gonzalo Quesada coached Stade Français in Bordeaux earlier this evening. The 33-16 defeat means Toulon will not contest a French final for the first time since Rugby World Cup 2011. Mourning the loss of …
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