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Francisco Gómez Kodela played his 100th match for Lyon today. He did so in a 21-16 away win over Montpellier. The 35-year-old Argentine tighthead has played for Lyon since 2016. He previously played for Biarritz (2011-2014) and Bordeaux (2014-2016). He moved to France from Buenos Aires. He is a product …

Prominent Argentine names have been confirmed as the Head Coaches of all Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) teams. All six men have noteworthy representative honors. Among them are playing in Rugby World Cups and at the Olympic Games.   ARGENTINA – JAGUARES XV Argentina’s SLAR entrant in 2020 was …

This past weekend saw limited action with most competitions ground to a halt, no thanks again to the raging pandemic. The Top 14 did manage to fit in some make-up dates from previously postponed matches, and in fact all of our candidates come from France. In the Pro D2, Biarritz …

The year 2020 saw a player exodus from Argentina abroad. The pandemic effect caused players left in droves. This came in the form of an exodus from Los Jaguares and another exodus from Los Ceibos. The outcome saw an influx of players into a number of markets. The leading two …

Toulouse have signed Juan Cruz Mallía from Los Jaguares. The 24-year-old joins the French giants as a medical joker. The move will be Mallía’s first overseas contract. He joins after featuring for Los Jaguares in Super Rugby from 2018-2020. Toulouse have lost Romain Ntamack, Lucas Tauzin and Arthur Bonneval to …

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 Rugby United New York A busy week saw Rugby United New York confirming four significant signings. First, Giant second-rower …

Castres completed an away win over Montpellier on Sunday. The 21-19 victory saw the Tarns coming back from 19-11 to seal an important road victory. Benjamín Urdapilleta had a busy match. The Argentine play-maker scored 11 points in the win. Urdapilleta started outside Santiago Arata. In doing so, the Rio …

This past weekend provided us with a number of high quality performances by Americas players abroad. At the moment it appears this coming weekend will be significantly less populated as many European competitions have now been suspended, once again a victim of an agitated pandemic. For a moment we will …

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 Cafeteros Pro Colombia’s first professional team is up and running. Cafeteros drafted ten players from Argentina for the 2021 …

Marcos Kremer was a try scorer today. The Argentine flanker went over for his first try in the Top 14. He did so in Stade Français’ 48-24 loss against Toulouse. The result sees Toulouse climb to the summit of the Top 14 ladder. Despite the loss, Stade Français remain well …