The SLAR player exodus continues. Martín Roger is the latest to leave the South American league. The Argentine fly half is joining Valsugana in Italy. The team play in the Serie A, Italy’s second division. He joins the club immediately and will play in the Serie A for the remainder …
Read More »Valpolicella sign former Argentina XV center Bruno Devoto
Valpolicella have signed Bruno Devoto. The former Argentina XV center makes the move to Italy from Buenos Aires club CASI. The 28-year-old Devoto is the second South American recruited in as many months. Valpolicella signed Uruguayan Juan Manuel Rodríguez last month from Peñarol. The pair will play for the Serie …
Read More »Old Glory signs Scottish tighthead Steven Longwell
Old Glory DC have looked to solve their scrummaging problems with the addition of Scottish tighthead prop Steven Longwell for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 30-year-old arrives from Italy where he has been playing professionally for Verona in the Serie A. Longwell has been a prominent figure in …
Read More »Gordon McRorie heading to Italian club AS Milano
Gordon McRorie is set to move to Italy to take up a player-coach role with Serie A club AS Milano. The 32-year-old will call Europe his home for the first time since arriving in Canada from Scotland in 2011. Milano have signed McRorie initially on a one-year deal with a …
Read More »Juan Manuel Rodríguez joins Valpolicella from Peñarol
Juan Manuel Rodríguez is departing Uruguay. He is leaving to continue his career at Valpolicella, an Italian Serie A side. The move sees him leaving Uruguay’s first professional rugby team, Peñarol. Rodríguez will have his first professional club experience abroad at the age of 23. Despite his young age he …
Read More »Teros duo sign for French clubs
Uruguayan pair Franco Lamanna and Agustín Ormaechea have signed new professional contracts in France. Lamanna departs Pro Recco of the Italy’s Serie A to join Mazamétain of Fédérale 2, while Ormaechea will spend the 2017-18 season with Strasbourg in Fédérale 1 after leaving the Stade Montois and the Pro D2 …
Read More »Puma Joins Spanish Champions
With the new 2017-2018 season just around the corner clubs across Europe continue with their recruitment. In Spanish the 2017 champions, Valladolid Rugby Asociación Club (VRAC) Quesos Entrepinares has added a former Puma. Tomás Carrió joins the Spanish champions from Italy. Aged 28, Carrió is a former PladAR player. Capable …
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