Tag Archives: Rugby Championship

History was made in Salta this afternoon as Los Pumas defeated South Africa in the Rugby Championship. The narrow 26-24 win was Argentina’s first over the Springboks in South America. The win comes a year after Argentina defeated South Africa in Durban. With it Argentina have now defeated their South …

On Saturday afternoon Tomás Cubelli will become the 27th Puma to reach 50 caps. The Brumbies scrum half will reach the milestone mark as a replacement against South Africa in Salta. Cubelli has been selected behind Martín Landajo for the fixture. The Jaguares scrum half will earn his 58th cap and, in doing …

Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has named an unchanged side for Saturday’s home test against South Africa. Argentina will be out for revenge against the Springboks in Salta when Agustín Creevy leads out his players. Creevy is to again be joined by tighthead props Ramiro Herrera and Nahuel Tetaz …

Australian Head Coach Michael Cheika has made changes to his lineup for Saturday’s Rugby Championship match against New Zealand in Wellington. Dumped Toulon fly half Quade Cooper has been recalled by Cheika. The move sees Cooper playing for the first time since Australia took on Uruguay in Birmingham during Rugby …

International rugby returned this weekend with Los Pumas having some success against the Springboks but also letting themselves down at key moments. The Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand and French Top 14 also got underway giving us a few more Americas players to look out for, while the URBA Top …

Backing-up from their impressive opening round win of the Rugby Championship the World Champions New Zealand are looking to make it two-from-two. This time playing at home against the Wallabies the kiwis are looking to put one foot in the door of another title. With Ryan Crotty having been ruled …

South African Head Coach Allister Coetzee has made one change to his starting lineup for Saturday’s test match against Argentina in Salta. New Saracens signing Vincent Kock has been named to start ahead of Julian Redelinghuys who was injured in the first test in Nelspruit this past Saturday. The three-time capped Koch …

For the first time ever a Rugby Championship match will take place at a neutral venue. Argentina’s home match against Australia will be played at Twickenham Stadium in London, England. The move represents a unique opportunity for the South Americans to gain revenge for their Semi Final loss against the …

On Saturday Argentina’s goal kicker, Nicolás Sánchez became the fourth Puma to pass 400 points in test rugby. The Tucumán’s 13 points against South Africa lifted his total to 404 points at test match level. He is now 82 points shy of third position which is held by Stade Français …

Ahead of facing South Africa in Salta Daniel Hourcade has welcomed back Matías Moroni from Olympics duty. The Pumas center missed out on playing in the opening round of the Rugby Championship due to his involvement with Los Pumas 7’s. On Tuesday Moroni will join Los Pumas who will begin their preparation …