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Players from Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina are set to participate in the French Pro D2 semi-finals this weekend. A half-dozen have been nominated by their teams to contest the next step towards promotion to the Top 14. Just two wins stand between the clubs and the big time. Aurillac host …

This weekend sees week 25 of the French championship taking place and involved are to be a host of players from the Americas. Week 25’s opening fixture was that of La Rochelle vs Racing 92 earlier this evening. The match saw the visitors from suburban Paris claiming a minimum of …

French site Rugby Rama has named Mario Ledesma as one of the ten greatest Clermont players of all time. In naming the Pumas great the site posted the following: Coming through Narbonne and Castres before joining Clermont Auvergne in 2005, “Super Mario” was one of the spearheads of the pack …

The global rugby community warmed-up with excitement to the news earlier this year that a rugby player from Colombia was on his way to France to join Fédérale 3 club Givors. That player was 19 year old second-rower Andrés Zafra. His time at the club in the Lyon region has …

Retired Puma Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe got his name on the try scorers list on Saturday. Starting in the back-row for Toulon the veteran of three Rugby World Cups went over for a 62nd minute try against Agen. Toulon won the fixture 52-13 to move above Montpellier on points differential …

Argentine fly half Benjamin Urdapilleta put in a top self performance for Castres on Saturday as the Tarn side outclassed La Rochelle 67-20. Urdapilleta scored twenty-two points in the comprehensive win which helped his team rise up to 6th position. Urdapilleta was joined by Uruguay’s Rodrigo Capó Ortega in the …

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 Mexico Mexico is now two wins from two appearances in the Rugby Americas North section of Rugby World Cup 2015 qualifying. Las …

One of Canada’s brightest international prospects took another big step in his rugby career on Saturday. Named for the first time in a Top 14 roster as a reserve by French club Pau, 19-year-old tighthead prop Matt Tierney came on as a replacement in the 64th minute to make his …

With summer almost having arrived in Europe France’s domestic championship is into the final rounds of the regular season. This weekend will see a number of clubs scrambling to win competition points so that they can secure their places in the play-offs and in the 2016-2017 European Champions Cup. The …

While PRO Rugby now holds the distinction of being the first fully professional domestic rugby competition on American soil, it will almost certainly not be the last. Rumors have circulated of various upstart competitions, involving both North and South American teams, one of which was said to be spearheaded by …