A 28-man Argentina XV roster has been named for the Uruguay conference. The Argentine next-of-XV will play matches against the USA Falcons and the Uruguay XV in Montevideo this month. The Uruguay Conference is to be the second assignment of the year for the Argentina XV. The team toured Europe …
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Los Cóndores heroics in the Americas’ Rugby World Cup Qualifiers made headlines inside Chile and abroad. Chile made history by qualifying for a first Rugby World Cup and giving South America a record three teams in a World Cup. Chile will play in Pool D of RWC 2023. The group …
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The 2022 Rugby Championship is the 11th edition of the competition since expanding to include Argentina in 2012. It was originally the Tri Nations; an annual competition involving Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The first edition was played in 1996. This article documents players that qualify to represent a …
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Spain have new leadership. Juan Carlos Martín Sánchez, also known colloquially as ‘Carlos Hansen’ has been elected as the new president of Spain Rugby (Federación Español de Rugby – FER). He replaces Alfonso Feijoo to take charge of the FER. Hansen is a native of the Spanish rugby stronghold of …
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The summer schedule will wrap up for Canada on Sunday as they host Spain at TD Place in Ottawa. It’s a match that was not originally on the cards, with Los Leones stepping in to replace the French Barbarians on relatively short notice. Belgium provided little opposition to the Maple …
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The most significant match of the year thus far takes place on Saturday in Santiago, Chile. Los Cóndores have home advantage against the USA in the first of two matches. The teams will meet again in game two in Denver, Colorado. The winner of the matches, on aggregate will qualify …
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Chile ended their long winter wait by facing Scotland on Saturday in Santiago. The international was listed in Chile as a test match though Scotland played as Scotland ‘A’ making it a non-capped fixture. The visiting side were 45-5 winners in a match that the level between the sides was …
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Luciano Molina is staying in Spain. The Tucumán flanker has signed to play for Sevilla’s Ciencias Enerside in the División de Honor, Spain’s premier competition. Molina will soon be eligible to play for Spain via five years eligibility. Molina will move to Ciencias Enerside for the upcoming 2022-23 Spanish season. …
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Chile has assembled a strong roster to prepare for upcoming international competition against Scotland and the USA. Los Cóndores’ June / July fixtures will involve two matches at home and one on the road. Two of them are the winner-goes-to-France series between Chile and the USA. Los Cóndores are preparing …
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Following the disqualification of Spain from Rugby World Cup 2023, Spain Rugby, the Federación Española de Rugby (FER) are taking action. Spain was kicked-out of RWC 2023 for breaching player eligibility laws. Prop Gavin van den Berg was not eligible to play for Spain but did so against Holland. van …
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