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Canadian Jamie Cudmore will start in the second-row for Clermont Auvergne who take on Castres at 8:45pm on Saturday. The seventh round fixture is to be Cudmore’s first match in club colors this season. He was unavailable in earlier rounds due to his involvement in the Rugby World Cup. The …

Former Puma Francisco Goméz Kodela will start at tighthead prop for Bordeaux-Begles in the team’s home fixture against Toulouse on Saturday. Aged 30 Goméz Kodela has been capped 11 times Argentina but is yet to play for his country under Daniel Hourcade. His test debut came in 2008 against Uruguay …

Former Uruguayan international forward Rodrigo Capó Ortega will captain Castres Olympique this Saturday in the club’s home match against Grenoble. Capó Ortega will play second-row while Argentina’s Lucas Martínez will act as a replacement prop. Castres is welcoming back international players from World Cup duty such as Remy Grosso, Rory …

Former Puma Santiago Fernández will start at flyhalf for Pau’s home fixture against Brive on Saturday.The 11th placed Pau will be looking for a home victory over the 5th placed visitors with both teams expected to be threatened with relegation as the season goes on. After five rounds Agen and …

Uruguayan veteran Rodrigo Capó Ortega will lead Castres from the second-row in this weekend’s Top 14 fixture against Stade Français in Paris. Castres 15 Palis, 14 Smith, 13 Wulf, 12 Lamerat, 11 Martial, 10 Dumora, 9 Seron, 8 Tulou, 7 Bias, 6 Caballera, 5 Capo Ortega, 4 Samson, 3 Wihongi, …

Argentine international Patricio Fernández has been named among the replacements for Clermont’s home match against Pau on Friday. The 2015 European Rugby Championship Cup runners-up will play host to last season’s second division winners in a fifth round match. Fernández, 21, is playing his first season of professional rugby. He …

Argentine Manuel Carizza has been named in the second-row for Racing 92. The Parisian suburban club will face Oyonnax away on Friday evening in a fifth round match of the Top 14. Carizza was left out of Argentina’s Rugby World Cup player roster by Daniel Hourcade who had fielded him …

Samoa have been forced into a late change with Leicester Tigers front-rower Logovi’i Mulipola having been forced out of the Rugby World Cup. He has been replaced by veteran Toulouse tighthead prop Census Johnson who will join up with Samoa’s squad on Monday. A teammate of Patricio Albacete, Johnston is to …

The best players from the Americas are all on World Cup duty, but there is still a sizeable group of overseas professionals back in the swing of things for the new club season. Here’s a quick look at those who were in action this past weekend. GUINNESS PRO 12 A couple …

Having gone down injured against Toulouse this past weekend Argentine Benjamín Urdapilleta now faces a three month recovery period. The ten time capped former Puma suffered a torn hamstring in his team’s 37-20 away loss. Urdapilleta is to undergo surgery over the coming days. The club is also expected to …