Tag Archives: Super Rugby

Up and Under

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Martinique Test rugby continued this past weekend in the Caribbean. In what was their first test match in a long time …

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Jaguares Facing Injury Crisis

It is just five rounds into the season but Los Jaguares are facing an injury crisis. A total of ten players are now injured, of whom nine are commonly regarded as being the leading player in their respective position. The loss of players compounds the problem that Gonzalo Quesada is …

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Super Rugby Highlights – Stormers vs Jaguares

In a performance with many negatives and few positives Los Jaguares fell to their biggest loss of the year. The Friday fixture saw the Argentine side starting well only to fall rapidly as the home side took control, asking serious questions of many players. In addition to the scoresheet additional …

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Woeful Jaguares Beaten Badly by Stormers

A woeful second half performance from Los Jaguares saw the Argentine Super Rugby franchise badly beaten by the Stormers. In a rare Friday fixture Los Jaguares fell to a 35-8 defeat to have the season record now standing at 2-3. Despite the heavy loss the best early rugby was played …

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Kremer Hands Jaguares A Problem

Marcos Kremer has handed Los Jaguares a problem. The starting flanker has suffered a fracture at the base of hid third metacarpal in his left hand which rules him out of facing the Stormers this coming Saturday. It sees Gonzalo Quesada’s injury list growing. Scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou is out for …

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Up and Under

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Argentina XV History was made with the Argentina XV claiming their first-ever ARC Grand Slam, doing so a year after the …

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Lions Overpower Substandard Jaguares

The Lions were 47-39 winners today in Johannesburg. The South Africans overpowered what was a substandard Jaguares’ performance with the scrum seeing the hosting having a notable advantage. In all there were thirteen tries scored with the Lions claiming seven and Los Jaguares six. Yet the total of tries and …

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