Tag Archives: Pro D2

The Pro D2 continues in France with Week 3 taking place from Thursday to Sunday. The competition is important for many countries who will playing RWC 2019. From the Americas the qualified Uruguay and USA both have hopefuls involved in the league. The same is true of Canada, a country …

Chilean Pablo Huete has traded Dax for Charente. The move comes with immediate effect and sees the second-rower back in the Pro D2. Huete had made the move to Dax from Bayonne but after playing just one pre-season friendly for Fédérale 1 side Dax he now joins Charente. The 21-time …

Major League Rugby (MLR) and the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) have entered into a formal negotiation period to ‘explore potential areas of strategic collaboration’, according to a press release issued on Thursday. After months of informal talks, the public declaration signals a clear intent between the two parties to …

Professional rugby in France continues with the second division, the Pro D2 seeing week 2 of the season taking place from Thursday to Sunday. Week 1 saw wins for Mont de Marsan, Béziers, Montauban, Biarritz, Bayonne, Colomiers, and Aurillac. In Week 2 there are to be RWC hopefuls involved for …

With the French summer coming to a close the new rugby season is upon us. The 2018-2019 Top 14 season kicks-off on Saturday, August 25. The long and highly challenging season will culminate with the Top 14 Final less than four months before RWC 2019. With this being the final …

Gonzalo Quesada Returns from 19 Years in France To Be Head Coach of Jaguares. The 44-year-old will take charge of the Argentine Super Rugby franchise in 2019. Quesada replaces RWC 1999 and 2003 teammate Mario Ledesma, the latter now being Argentina’s Head Coach. The arrival of the Quesada regime is nothing …

Two South Americans have secured their playing future in France for the upcoming season. Uruguayan fly half Felipe Berchesi has Extended his stay at Dax and Chilean second-rower Pablo Huete is to Join from Bayonne. The two new recruits are being joined by hooker Arnaud Heguy who is arriving from …

Argentine dual-international Martín Chiappesoni will stay in the French Pro D2 after signing a deal with Colomiers. The 27-year-old flanker joins from relegated Dax, where he has been a regular starter over the past three seasons. His initial contract is for one year with a further year option. Originally from …

Argentine prop Victor Damian Arias has signed for Bourg-en-Bresse. He will make the move to the eastern French club for the upcoming Pro D2 season, completing the move from Montauban. The 28-year-old Arias is a former Pumita, playing for Argentina U20’s in 2010. In 2014 he would play for the …

Barcelona rugby have signed former Pumas Hooker Martín García Veiga. The 32-year-old returns to the Spanish club from Perpignan and will play in the upcoming División de Honor season. García Veiga joined Perpignan as a medical joker in March. His stay was cut short though injury which meant he missed …