The year 2015 could well turn out to be height of Americas players’ impact in European club rugby. With Super Rugby drawing most of Argentina’s stars back home and PRO Rugby on the horizon in the United States, selections for Club Player of the Year in 2016 should have a …
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The Americas will have players in action in Week 8 of the Aviva Premiership which takes place this weekend. Of note is the naming of Argentine winger Gonzalo Camacho in the Leicester Tigers run-on team. It is to be his first start for the club he joined over two years …
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There has been no shortage of players in the Top 14 from the Americas over the years. Who, though, have been the greatest? Americas Rugby News has selected 25 players who have performed with distinction for French clubs in Top 14 and European competition. 25 – Luke Gross (Harlequins 1996-1998, …
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With Pro D2 on a mid-season break and a number of Americas players getting the week off elsewhere, things were a little sticky this week, but we’ve just about managed to throw together a group of players to take the pitch for us… almost anyway… 1 – Matías Agüero (Leicester) …
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Horacio Agulla scored his first try of the season for Bath on Saturday. The Aviva Premiership club defeated the Worcester Warriors 21-14 in front of 13,499 supporters at the Recreation Ground. The veteran Puma scored late in the first half in the left corner. After seven rounds Bath sits in 7th position …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Los Jaguares The roster of Los Jagures has people talking. Indeed this past week the head of Australian rugby Bill Pulver came …
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The Aviva Premiership is also geared up for a big weekend, and there are nearly a dozen Americas players on show over the course of Saturday and Sunday. London Irish gets things underway on Saturday against Northampton at the Madejski Stadium, and two Canadians have been named on the Exiles …
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Juan Pablo Orlandi does not yet have a club for 2016. The 32 year old Puma from Mendoza is weighing up his options as the possibility exists for him to play Super Rugby or return to Europe. He told ESPN Scrum that “in 15 days it will be confirmed”. Orlandi …
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Lots of European action on the go again this week, with both the Challenge and Champions Cup to comb over as well as the French Pro D2 and the British & Irish Cup. Some big names were absent but still a few familiar faces in the lineup along with a …
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Former Canada u20 flyhalf Shane O’Leary will make his run-on debut for Connacht on Sunday. The Irish side travels to Kingston Park in Newcastle to take on the Falcons in round 4 of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. O’Leary is in his second season with Connacht and has made seven …
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