Tag Archives: Rugby Championship

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 …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – August 22 2016 sees Argentina dropping slightly due to having lost away to South Africa on Saturday. Before the fixture Argentina had 80.20 points and was 9th in the world. Either side of …

French source Midi Olympique is reporting that Toulon has made an offer to Guido Petti. Furthermore it has reported that the Argentine second-rower will indeed leave Los Jaguares in the coming days to be unveiled as Toulon’s latest signing. The contract is to be a two-year deal. This would mean that …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Colombia, Mexico u18s Peru and Venezuela have been involved in the South American Championship for an awful lot longer than have Colombia. …

A late come back by South Africa saw Argentina beaten at the death, 30-23 this afternoon in Nelspruit. Leading by ten points with as many minutes remaining the visitors lead disappeared as the Springboks scored 17 late points to complete the win. The three tries to two triumph gives South Africa …

This afternoon Agustín Creevy became the 26th Puma to reach 50 caps. The Pumas captain led out his side against the might of the Springboks at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. Creevy joins an illustrious list of Pumas past and present to have achieved the career milestone. His predecessor Mario Ledesma remains the most …

All Blacks hooker Nathan Harris has suffered a cruel blow, suffering an ACL injury just hours before he was due to start against Australia in the opening round of the Rugby Championship. The 24-year-old will now miss the entirety of the competition and faces several months on the sidelines. It’s …

At the age of 31 Argentine Agustín Creevy will lead out Los Pumas in his 50th appearance on Saturday. He will do so at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, a new venue and city for the Rugby Championship. In his 22nd match as captain Creevy will become the 26th Puma to …