London Irish have signed Argentine Juan Martín González. The English club have signed the 20-year-old rookie Pumas flanker. The move to England continues what has been a breakthrough year for the young Argentine forward. González held down a startying position for Los Jaguares XV in the Súper Liga Americana de …
Read More »Argentina XV loaded with SLAR talent for APC
Argentina have named a roster loaded with SLAR names for the Americas Pacific Challenge. The Argentina XV will play matches in Montevideo, Uruguay on October 22, 26 and 30. The Argentina XV roster will be under the command of Ignacio Fernández Lobbe. The former Pumas second-rower also took charge of …
Read More »World Cup Watch – Argentina – October 06, 2021
The best test team from the Americas, Argentina qualified automatically for RWC 2023. The draw for France 2023 placed Los Pumas in Pool D. The group also contains England, Japan, Samoa and the Americas 2 qualifier. The stereotypical brands of rugby played by those in Argentina’s pool is varied. The …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Americas RWC Qualifiers This past weekend’s RWC 2023 qualifiers were tight contests. One match was decided in the final …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 03, 2021
The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare the men’s test teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. It was a busy Saturday for …
Read More »Prop Thomas Gallo sets pro era try record on debut
Thomas Gallo has set a world record. His two tries on test debut are the most by any prop on test debut in the professional era. Rugby went professional after RWC 1995; yet, it took until today for a prop to dot the ball down twice in the try zone …
Read More »Australia beat Argentina to finish 2nd in Rugby Championship
Australia overcame Argentina this morning. The Wallabies were 32-17 winners in the final match of the 2021 Rugby Championship for both teams. With the competition over, Australia finish in second and the winless Pumas in fourth. Argentina’s performance was lackluster. The team was categorically second best for the majority of …
Read More »Preview: Australia vs Argentina
Australia play host to Argentina in the final round of the 2021 Rugby Championship on Saturday. The fortunes of the teams differs substantially; Argentina are winless while Australia turned around a slow start to now be on a winning-streak. The Wallabies will enter the field on a three match winning-streak. …
Read More »Six Pumas to miss Rugby Championship finale for travel violation
Six Pumas have been ruled-out of Saturday’s Rugby Championship fixture. Los Pumas are to face the Wallabies in the second match between the sides to close out the 2021 Rugby Championship for both teams. The South Americans will do so without six players who violated regulations by crossing state borders …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Coastal Cup kicks off with High Performance dreams A new competition kicked off this past weekend in Canadian province, …
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