Tag Archives: Top 14

The World Cup Watch series identifies the players most likely to represent their respective countries at the next RWC. The current edition analysis the situation following the completion of international duty in 2020. Mario Ledesma took 45 players to Australia for the Tri Nations. Not every player received game time …

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 Women’s RWC The Women’s Rugby World Cup will expand from 12 to 16 teams for the 2025 tournament. The 2021 …

Brive have signed Lucas Paulos. The Top 14 club will be the home of the Pumas second-rower for the remainder of the 2020-2021 season. Paulos has signed as a medical joker. He will arrive at the French club December 16. Paulos joins Brive from Los Jaguares. The move will see …

The 2020 Tri Nations was the third such competition in which Mario Ledesma was Argentina’s Head Coach. Bocha took over from Daniel Hourcade following the June 2018 home internationals. During this period Argentina have competed in three Rugby Championships, a November tour of Europe and a Rugby World Cup. During …

Jerónimo will lead Argentina out against Australia on Saturday. He assumes the captaincy from his Stade Francis teammate, Pablo Matera. The 27-year-old Matera was revoked of the captaincy in response to tweets from 2011-2012 that surfaced on Monday. Matera led Argentina from October 2018 to November 2020. He replaced Agustín …

Pablo Matera has been revoked of the Pumas captaincy. The UAR has taken action in response to tweets from 2011-2012 that surfaced today that were discriminatory and xenophobic. The 27-year-old Matera recently captained Argentina to a historic victory over New Zealand. He is now no longer the skipper of Los …

Los Jaguares are likely to play in the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). There is no place for the Argentine franchise in Super Rugby. Playing in Australia, New Zealand or South Africa or joining the Pro 14 or Major League Rugby are also out of the question. This …

Santiago Arata completed four tackles in 30 seconds vs Clermont. The Uruguayan started ahead of Rory Kockott for Castres on Saturday. With Arata on the field, Castres were leading. He was replaced in the 47th minute. Arata’s defensive included a smashing hit on Japanese fullback Kotaro Matsushima. Clermont went on to …

US Eagles prop David Ainu’u is set to make his first career Top 14 start when he wears the No1 shirt for Toulouse against Agen on Saturday. The opportunity comes just a week after his 21st birthday and in his 10th competitive appearance for the club. Colombian lock Andrés Zafra …

Bautista Delguy has signed for Bordeaux. The 23-year-old will join the Top 14 club for the remainder of the 2020-2021 season. The move marks Delguy’s first professional rugby experience outside of Argentina. He will not only join Bordeaux, he will also join Pumas teammates Santiago Cordero, and Guido Petti. All …