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The Argentina XV opened the Nations Cup this afternoon with a 39-25 win over Namibia. The match was closer than anticipated yet ultimately the Argentina XV were able to win by a comfortable margin. Played at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo, Uruguay the fixture was the tournament opener for the …

A special Tuesday test match will take place in Montevideo tomorrow. Los Teros will take on Russia in the opening round of the 2019 Nations Cup. Uruguay welcome back Major League Rugby (MLR) players Santiago Arata, Diego Magno, Juan Echeverria, Alejandro Nieto, Mateo Sanguinetti, Rodrigo Silva, and Andrés Vilaseca. They are to …

The Nations Cup begins on Tuesday in Montevideo, Uruguay. Opening the tournament will be a non-capped international of Argentina XV vs Namibia. It is uncapped based the Argentina XV being the ‘next of XV’ and not Los Pumas. The Argentina XV are coached by RWC 1999, 2003, and 2007 second-rower …

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Namibia’s national men’s rugby team has departed for Uruguay. The Namibians will compete in Uruguay against the Argentina XV, Russia, and Los Teros in the World Rugby Nations Cup in June. The Africa No 2 are flying today from Namibia to Uruguay, doing so with connecting flights in Johannesburg, and …

Argentina XV Head Coach Ignacio Fernández Lobbe has included big name players from Los Jaguares for the Nations Cup. Taking place in Montevideo, Uruguay in June the Argentina XV will play three matches. Fernández Lobbe’s roster contains 30 names. Four of them are from the current Jaguares roster – Rodrigo …

Uruguay’s final match before departing for RWC 2019 will be against Brazil. The South American rivals will go head-to-head on Saturday September 07 at a yet to be confirmed venue. September 07 is officially the cut-off date for all international competition prior to RWC 2019. The Japan-hosted tournament is to …

Argentina’s next-of-XV, the Argentina XV were big winners today as they beat Los Pumitas in a high-scoring match in Córdoba. Played at Palermo Bajo the Argentina XV came out on top 59-31. The win came after an evenly fought opening half. The Argentina XV were leading 21-19 at the interval, …

The schedule for the 2019 World Rugby Nations Cup has been confirmed. Uruguay will once again act as tournament hosts with all matches taking place at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Four teams will compete in a round-robin format with three games played over the course of 11 days. This …

In just under eight months time RWC 2019 will be officially underway. The showpiece tournament for rugby will feature twenty countries playing in Japan in four challenging pools of five. Only the best two from each will advance to the Quarter Finals.  In the first of a series of four …