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With the summer coming to a close in the south it is time for the start of a new Super Rugby season. The 2018 edition gets underway this weekend with two matches. Both games are to be played in South Africa with Los Jaguares being the one foreign side involved. …

Guido Petti is in Doubt for the season’s Super Rugby opener. Los Jaguares face the Stormers this coming Saturday in Cape Town. Head Coach Mario Ledesma has been preparing today for the fixture without Petti. The second-rower Petti was knocked-out playing against the Bulls in a warm-up match this past …

The Argentina XV have called up Santiago Álvarez to face Uruguay. The battle of Rio de la Plata will take place this coming Saturday in the resort town of Punta del Este. Álvarez joins the Argentina XV after he was left out of Los Jaguares Super Rugby season opening tour of …

Jaco Peyper is to officiate Stormers vs Jaguares. The teams are to meet this coming Saturday in the opening round of the 2018 Super Rugby season. Their match will take place at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. The appointment of Peyper means that Los Jaguares will not have an official …

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 Uruguay Uruguay did not play well in São Paulo. Missing several leading players and then having to front up against Brazil …

Los Jaguares Fell to the Bulls in a Super Rugby warm-up match. Played this afternoon in Pretoria, South Africa the Argentine franchise lost 21-12, being outscored by three tries to two. The performance was the first outside of Argentina under Mario Ledesma. In the prior outing Los Jaguares were pushed …

It is now a week out of the start of the Super Rugby season. With the clock ticking the teams are finalizing their details with an eye to beginning the competition strongly. The Bulls vs Jaguares is a pre-season match taking place on Saturday in Pretoria. For Los Jaguares the …

The Seattle Seawolves have beefed up their front row stocks once again with the signing of former Melbourne Rebels prop Tim Metcher for the 2018 Major League Rugby season. A member of Australia’s u20 side at the 2011 Junior World Championship, the 26-year-old tighthead specialist arrives in Seattle after an …

With two weekends of international rugby already in the books for 2018 it’s time to revisit our best of 2017. The first of five awards still to come is our 2017 ARN Dream Team, a select XV made up our picks for the best Americas players over the course of …

Jaguares coach Mario Ledesma has named a 29-strong traveling squad for their three-match tour of South Africa that begins this week. Los Jaguares will travel to Pretoria to play the Bulls in a preseason fixture on Saturday. Their 2018 Super Rugby campaign officially begins against the Stormers at Newlands on …