Puma Tomás Cubelli will start for the Brumbies who take on the NSW Waratahs at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday evening local time. It sees the Buenos Aires scrum half retained as the starting nine for the Canberra-based franchise. He has started all Super Rugby fixtures this season. The …
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Andrew Durutalo is back in the Sunwolves starting lineup to face the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday. Four changes in all have been made to the side that lost to the Stormers in Cape Town last week, with four further positional switches. Durutalo lines up at openside with Ed Quirk …
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Despite a decent spread of Americas players in the European finals they didn’t quite shower themselves with glory. The Jaguares lost and with only the Pro D2 left to look for players it’s a scrappy selection this week, but one we’ll have to live with. Next week we’ll have a …
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Raúl Pérez has followed through with extensive rotation. Los Jaguares’ Head Coach has opted for wholesale changes for Saturday’s away Super Rugby fixture against the Crusaders in Christchurch, New Zealand. Getting their first opportunities to start are Facundo Isa and Gonzalo Bertranou, doing so at number eight and scrum half …
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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 USA Women’s Sevens The USA’s Women’s Sevens team may not have won the war in Atlanta but a significant battle was nonetheless …
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Los Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez has opted to rotate a number of his roster for the two upcoming away Super Rugby matches. The Argentine franchise will take on the Crusaders in Christchurch, New Zealand and the Sunwolves in Tokyo, Japan over consecutive weekends. For Pérez rotation was always the …
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The second of four away matches in as many weeks saw Los Jaguares Fall Short against the Hurricanes in Wellington, New Zealand. The Argentine Super Rugby franchise was beaten 40-22, their largest loss to date. The home side converted a 21-12 half time lead into a six tries to three …
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Tomás Leonardi will make his second start of the season for the Sunwolves on Friday. The Pumas international lines up at no8 against the Stormers at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. Ed Quirk moves to openside flank to make room, with USA’s Andrew Durutalo dropping to the bench. The change …
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Los Head Coach Raúl Pèrez has opted to change three players for Saturday’s Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes in Wellington. Alterations see starts this weekend for Santiago García Botta, Matías Orlando and Nicolás Sánchez. Sánchez returns to start at fly half which sees last weekend’s starting 10, Santiago González …
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It wasn’t a great week for the fortunes of Americas players. Few were found in starting lineups across Europe and fewer stood out. The Jaguares weren’t especially sharp against the Blues either, but we think we’ve managed to staple together a half-decent XV between the North and the South. 1 …
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