Argentina and Scotland square-off in the winner-takes-all series decider on Saturday. The match will be historic; never before has the city of Santiago del Estero hosted a rugby test match. The city’s modern Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades will be be a sight to behold. After years of producing Pumas …
Read More »Five Pumas To Miss Series Decider against Scotland
Much of Argentina’s team against Scotland may be changed for the series decider. Los Pumas face Scotland in Santiago del Estero on Saturday. The match follows Los Pumas’ win in Jujuy and Scotland’s win in Salta. Five players on the roster have been ruled out of the third test. The …
Read More »July Internationals 2022 – Uruguay vs Romania Game 1 – ARN Guide
The Rugby World Cup 2023 bound Uruguay and Romania will play the first of two test matches on Saturday. They will do so at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. The venue is the home of Uruguayan Rugby; yet, it has only previously hosted one of the ten prior test matches …
Read More »World Cup Qualifier – Chile vs USA – ARN Guide
The most significant match of the year thus far takes place on Saturday in Santiago, Chile. Los Cóndores have home advantage against the USA in the first of two matches. The teams will meet again in game two in Denver, Colorado. The winner of the matches, on aggregate will qualify …
Read More »2022 July Internationals – Argentina vs Scotland Game 2 – ARN Guide
Game two of the three match series moves slightly south from Jujuy to Salta. A win for Argentina would see Los Pumas claiming a historic series win. Argentina were 26-18 winners in the first test match. Both teams had impressive periods of play in the Jujuy test match which suggests …
Read More »2022 July Internationals – Georgia vs Argentina XV – ARN Guide
Gerogia host the Argentina XV in an interesting match-up on Sunday. It is a test team vs a next-of-XV; a non-capped fixture, but one with players fighting for spots on the roster for Rugby World Cup 2023. Indeed, the Argentina XV have sent a powerful team to Eastern Europe. Georgia …
Read More »2022 July Internationals – Argentina vs Scotland Game 1 – ARN Guide
A fourth decade begins in one of rugby’s notable rivalries. Argentina plays host to Scotland in on Saturday for the first of three test matches. The match itself is the first host game for Los Pumas in three years. It is also the beginning of the Michael Cheika era. The …
Read More »2022 July Internationals – USA vs French Barbarians – ARN Guide
Following the completion of the professional rugby season attention is now on test match rugby. For the USA Eagles this means the Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifiers. The USA will face Chile home-and-away to determine who goes to France 2023 as Americas 2. The Eagles prepare for that series with …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP New York are 2022 MLR Champions Rugby New York captured their first Major League Rugby title with a comprehensive …
Read More »Titi Lamositele is a French Top 14 Champion
Titi Lamositele is a French Top 14 Champion. The Washington state prop started for Montpellier in the final against Castres on Friday. Lamositele and his fellow forwards put-on an outstanding performance to tumble Castres early on. Montpellier won 29-10. Montpellier were so impressive early-on that they established a 20-0 lead. …
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