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Argentina’s final assignment of the year is coming up this Saturday against a strong Barbarians lineup in London. The composite side are to play their second match this week after completing a  comprehensive ten tries to two win over Gloucester to win 62-14 on Tuesday. For Argentina the match is …

Argentina’s upcoming fixture against the Barbarians in London will see the depth of the South Americans thoroughly tested. It is to be the first fixture without European contracted players and sees the likes of Tomás Lezana, Emiliano Boffelli and Ramiro Moyano coming in for World Cup players. Three more big …

Daniel Hourcade’s recent roster announcement was telling. He named a 25-man squad exclusively consisting of players based at home. Missing were all players contracted to foreign clubs – namely Horacio Agulla, Marcos Ayerza, Marcelo Bosch, Juan Figallo, Mariano Galarza, Juan Imhoff, Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe and Juan Pablo Socino. Of them Agulla and Fernández …

Daniel Hourcade has named a group of 25 players to prepare for their match against the Barbarians at Twickenham on November 21. Only four players come from outside of the squad that took park in the World Cup – Tomás Lezana, Felipe Ezcurra, Emiliano Boffelli, and Ramiro Moyano. Of note …

The Barbarians have named a 24-man roster for this month’s two matches. The famous club-side will play matches against Gloucester on November 17 and against Argentina on November 21. World Cup Semi Finalists Australia, New Zealand and South Africa make up the selected players with there also being room for …

Following a review of all camera angles, Argentine second-rower Tomás Lavanini was cited by independent Citing Commissioner Steve Hinds (New Zealand) under Law 10.4(h) for charging into a ruck or maul in the Rugby World Cup 2015 Bronze Final against South Africa in London on Friday. On 25 August, 2009 the …

Legendary USA Eagle flanker Todd Clever has been called into the Barbarians side that is set to take on the Worcester Warriors this coming Saturday. After serving as Captain of the USA for a number of years and amassing 63 caps for the Eagles, Clever was dropped from the team by Head …

The teams are set for Saturday’s historic clash between the Barbarians and Samoa. The game celebrates the 125th anniversary of the invitational club, the first ever meeting between the two, and the first rugby match ever to be played at the Olympic Stadium in London. World Cup winner Bakkies Botha …

The Barbarians have named an impressive 25-man roster to prepare for their match against Manu Samoa in London this coming Saturday. This will be the first time rugby has been played at the Olympic Stadium, a prelude to the five World Cup matches slated to take place there starting on …