Chile’s Diego Escobar made a notable contribution to the European Challenge Cup this past weekend. El Cóndor started at hooker for Racing 92 in their away Quarter Final against Connacht in Ireland. Escobar was a first-half try-scorer in the 43-40 victory. Racing 92 won the match despite having an early …
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Gloucester are into the final eight of the European Challenge Cup. The English Premiership side recorded a 24-17 away win over Montpellier on Saturday. Puma Santi Carreras was involved in the play-making and scored nine points. Glocuester’s win came despite a poor start. The Cherry and Whites conceded two tries …
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Americas players were try-scorers over the weekend in Europe. Round two of the Challenge Cup saw players from Argentina and Canada scoring tries. Tries from Americas players took place from players representing teams who play in the United Rugby Championship (URC) and France’s Top 14. Argentine loose head prop Rodrigo …
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Vannes are the Pro D2 Champions. The team from Brittany now joins the French elite, the Top 14. This is historic as never before has Vannes played at the highest level in France. It means that Vannes officially trade plays with the relegated Oyonnax for the 2024-2025 Top 14 season. …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP Uruguay Secures Home Test Match Against Argentina in July The wait is over. Uruguay and Argentina will resume international competition …
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Tomás Albornoz was Man of the Match for Benetton on Sunday. The Italian side stormed to a 39-14 win over Irish province Connacht. The match was a Quarter Final of the 2023-2024 European Challenge Cup. The result sets up a Semi Final against Gloucester. Albornoz scored two tries in the …
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English Premiership side Gloucester defeated Welsh region the Ospreys on Friday. The match was a European Challenge Cup Quarter Final. The 23-13 victory featured 18 points from Puma Santiago Carreras. The play-maker from Córdoba played at fullback for Gloucester. His 18 points came in the form of six penalties. Carreras …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP USA Women claim Silver in Hong Kong The USA Women’s Eagles won Silver at the Hong Kong Sevens. The North …
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The Quarter Finals are now booked for the European Champions and Challenge Cup tournaments. Confirmation of who plays who confirms which clubs containing Argentine players will be a part of the Quarter Finals. The final eight in the Challenge Cup are Gloucester, Ospreys, Clermont, Ulster, Sharks, Edinburgh, Benetton and Connacht. …
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Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. UP Pumas Scrum-Halves Come to Life in Europe In what was his first appearance since the World Cup, Gonzalo …
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