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Los Jaguares first choice tighthead prop Ramiro Herrera has been suspended for two weeks, the Argentine Super Rugby franchise confirmed this evening. The front-rower from Patagonia was red carded in Los Jaguares away loss against the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Friday. He was the second of two players …

Los Jaguares winger Emiliano Boffelli suffered a season-ending injury on Friday. The Rosario 21 year old suffered ligament damage when scoring a first half try against the Kings. Buffalo leaped high to gather a Nicolás Sánchez cross-kick which he did so but landed awkwardly after a mid-air collision and was …

Los Jaguares forwards Tomás Lavanini and Ramiro Herrera are to face SANZAR discplinary hearings this coming week to respond to their foul play charges which saw both red carded in the first half against the Kings on Friday. The Argentine Super Rugby franchise lost the second-rower and tighthead prop yet gave the Kings a run …

Having won 73-27 in Buenos Aires against the same opposition much was expected of Los Jaguares away to the Kings this afternoon in Port Elizabeth. The second match, though, was vastly different as the Argentine franchise played over half the match with just 13 players. Red cards to second-rower Tomás …

New Yorker Andrew Durutalo will start Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Brumbies in Canberra. The USA Eagles back-rower retains his starting spot at opened flanker, the position he has been utilized at throughout the season. The Sunwolves opponents will be without Puma Tomás Cubelli. The Argentine scrum half has …

Within 10 years Argentina needs 250 contracted players, claims the incoming World Rugby Vice Chairman Agustín Pichot. The figure is a notable jump from the present number of 80, a reflection of the evolving status of professional rugby in the country. Currently with one Super Rugby franchise plans for the …

Firm evidence appeared this morning that rugby is evolving in Argentina. Against the Kings on Friday all Santiago del Estero back-row is to Start for Los Jaguares in a Super Rugby match. When Los Pumas shook-up the rugby establishment in 2007 the World Cup roster featured only four players who were not …

Tucumán mid-fielder Gabriel Ascárate and Jaguares captain Agustín Creevy are the changes to Los Jaguares roster preparing to face the Kings in Port Elizabeth on Friday. Ascárate has joined as a replacement for winger Lucas González Amorosino who was injured playing against the Lions on Saturday. González Amorosino suffered a dislocated …

Just hours after the news that star fullback Ayumu Goromaru would miss the June test series with a damaged shoulder, the injury bug has struck Japan once again as talisman and captain Michael Leitch will also miss the June series against Canada and Scotland in its entirety with a badly …

Japan World Cup star Ayumu Goromaru has been ruled out of the remainder of the Super Rugby season and the June test matches against Canada and Scotland. The goal-kicking fullback damaged the AC joint of his right shoulder in Queensland’s match against the Sunwolves on Saturday. He will undergo surgery …