Pumas Santiago García Botta and Martín Landajo are English Premiership champions. Both players were one the replacements bench for the Harlequins in today’s final. The Harlequins were 40-38 winners over the 2020 English Premiership winners the Exeter Chiefs. USA Eagles center Paul Lasike also plays for the Harlequins. He was …
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Two Pumas have been crowned 2021 Top 14 champions. Argentine centers Juan Cruz Mallía and Santiago Chocobares started for Toulouse in this evening’s French championship final. Toulouse were 18-8 winners over La Rochelle. Mallía played the match out of position. The teams needs saw him playing on the right wing. …
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The French domestic rugby championship, the Top 14 has a history dating back to 1892. It has been played in a variety of formats with the current one being fourteen clubs with the winner determined with a final. The existing format is very much recent. Indeed from 2001-2005 it was …
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Colombia are ready for their RWC 2023 qualifier. Los Tucanes will travel to Chile to face Los Cóndores on Saturday, July 03. The fixture is a one-off; it is a winner-takes-all opportunity. The winning team will qualify for the South American finals which will take place in Montevideo next month. …
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Pumas and Eagles will feature in the 2021 English Premiership and French Top 14 finals next weekend. The Harlequins and Exeter Chiefs will decide who is the English champion while La Rochelle and Toulouse will square off in a repeat of the 2021 European Champions Cup Final. ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP …
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Martín Landajo is to join Perpignan in France. He will do so from Harlequins. The move sees him leaving the English Premiership for the French Top 14. Having also played Super Rugby for Los Jaguares, it sees a triple-crown for Argentina’s most capped scrum-half. Perpignan are back in the Top …
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The 2021 European club season is almost over. Teams are now either in the play-offs or turning their attention to the 2021-22 season. Argentine players featured across all of Europe’s elite leagues. There was also no shortage of names competing in the lower divisions. Those competing were included both established …
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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 USA accepted as potential Rugby World Cup Host USA Rugby has been formally accepted as a candidate to host …
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A number of Argentines played impressive rugby over the weekend. Players shined across different leagues in what was one of the final weekends of the regular season in Europe. In England Pumas shined for the Leicester Tigers. Two Argentine forwards got their names on the scoresheets with second half tries; …
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Los Pumas face a nervous wait over Pablo Matera’s fitness. The former Argentine captain was injured on Friday evening while playing for Stade Français. He was replaced in the 22nd minute by the returning Marcos Kremer. Matera left after taking a blow to his knee. He will see a specialist …
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