Tag Archives: English Premiership

Juan Imhoff will start in the Champions Cup Final. The Argentine winger has recovered from a mild form of COVID-19. Racing 92 are to take-on the Exeter Chiefs in the European club final. Neither side has previously won the Champions Cup. The 2020 Champions Cup Final will be played in …

Argentina’s Rugby Championship preparations have run into trouble. The UK-based Enrique Pieretto (Glasgow Warriors) and Joaquín Díaz Bonilla (Leicester Tigers) are out of the tournament. They miss out due to problems with UK documentation. The outcome for others is a gain. There have been Rugby Championship call-ups for Francisco Gómez …

The Toronto Arrows have signed another star name from Argentina. Joaquín Tuculet joins the Major League Rugby franchise from Los Jaguares. He recently ended his UAR contract and retired from international duty. Tuculet joins five countrymen at the Toronto Arrows. Three of the five have played together with him for …

Argentina has ticked boxes with a notable Rugby Championship roster. Mario Ledesma appears to have learned lessons from 2019 and opted for innovation for 2019. Los Pumas were eliminated from RWC 2019 at the group stage; the worst result since 2003. Ledesma’s roster for RWC 2019 was Jaguares-centric. Three players …

Matías Moroni is out of the Rugby Championship. The former Jaguares center suffered a sprained knee in training in Uruguay. He will not play for Argentina in 2020. He is to next play for his new club, the Leicester Tigers. The 29-year-old Moroni joined the Leicester Tigers from Los Jaguares. …

JP Doyle has accepted an invitation to referee at the World Tens Series slated to take place in Bermuda next month. The 41-year-old has been one of the leading referees in Europe for the last decade and took charge of the 2014 English Premiership Final. He was on the match …

Argentina has suffered a blow ahead of the Rugby Championship. Starting second-rower Tomás Lavanini will miss the tournament. Confirmation of his non-availability came from his club, the Leicester Tigers. The Leicester Tigers confirmed that Lavanini will undergo surgery on a syndesmosis injury. The injury was sustained during the Tigers’ recent …

Agustín Creevy played well yesterday. The former Pumas captain helped London Irish past the Exeter Chiefs. He was both a try scorer and a defensive master in the match. London Irish won 22-19 in their best result of the year. Creevy was a replacement hooker. He entered in the 50th …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Chile Chile’s preparations for the South American 4 Nations are innovative. On Saturday there was a special trial match with the …

Facundo Isa scored for Toulon on Saturday. The rampaging ball-carrier from Santiago del Estero continued his fine form ahead of the Rugby Championship. His try helped Toulon to a Semi Final victory. The French Top 14 club defeated the Leicester Tigers 34-19. Toulon will face the Bristol Bears in the Challenge …