Pumas Ignacio Ruiz and Juan Cruz Mallía were both try scorers in the Top 14 on Saturday. They touched down in the try zone in wins for their respective clubs, Perpignan and Toulouse. Ruiz scored a late try in a 26-5 home victory. He was a replacement for Perpignan against …
Read More »Cobras With New Logo and Branding for Super Rugby Americas 2024
Os Cobras Brasil Rugby, or simply Os Cobras have launched a new logo for Super Rugby Americas 2024. The logo is that of a yellow cobra snake on top of a blue background. This marks a change from Super Rugby Americas 2023 when a purple logo was used. Super Rugby …
Read More »Jerónimo de la Fuente captains Perpignan to Away Win over Castres
Pumas veteran center Jerónimo de la Fuente captained Perpignan to an away win over Castres on Sunday. The 17-13 road victory was a big upset. The victory came after the final siren and Perpignan’s players celebrated knowing the significance of what they had pulled-off. The win came with Tavite Veredamu …
Read More »Juan Martín González Shines Bright in Saracens win over Newcastle Falcons
Juan Martín González closed out 2023 with another strong performance. The Pumas flanker from Mendoza was a try scorer in Saracens’ 37-19 win over the Newcastle Falcons. The 10th round fixture of the English Premiership season saw a one-on-one battle of Pumas. González started in the 6 shirt for Saracens …
Read More »Italian URC Derby Sees Tries to Mendy and Albornoz and Prisciantelli
Three Argentines were try scorers in the Italian United Rugby Championship (URC) derby on Saturday. Ignacio Mendy and Tomás Albornoz scored for Benetton while Gerónimo Prisciantelli crossed for Zebre. Benetton won the encounter 34-16 at home in Treviso. Gerónimo Prisciantelli was the first of the three Argentines into the try …
Read More »Domingo Miotti Inspires Oyonnax to home win over Pau
Domingo Miotti inspired Oyonnax to a home win over Pau on Friday. Oyonnax were 34-13 winners with the Tucumano organizing play and kicking points from fly half. Miotti’s kicking put Pau’s back-three through hell. Miotti sent the ball deep, causing not only problems but also securing a 50-22 for Oyonnax. …
Read More »Canada defeats France to finish 2nd in WXV
Canada capped their inaugural WXV campaign with an impressive 29-20 victory over France in Auckland on Saturday. The result, combined with New Zealand’s heavy defeat to England, means the Maple Leafs will finish in 2nd place in the top division. Les Bleuets came out firing from the kickoff. Morgane Bourgeois …
Read More »Eagles end WXV with loss to Italy
The USA closed out their inaugural WXV campaign with a heavy loss to Italy in Cape Town on Saturday. Despite the 30-8 scoreline, however, the Azzurre were left disappointed as they missed out on the second division title by just two points in scoring differential to Scotland. It was a …
Read More »Kenya takes the spoils against Colombia in WXV
Colombia’s last opportunity to find victory at the inaugural WXV came up short as Kenya took the spoils in Dubai on Friday. The strength and speed of the African side proved too much with Las Tucanes conceding three tries while scoring just one. It took just under six minutes for …
Read More »England crash through Canada in WXV
For a third time in the span of a month, Canada have been beaten by England in decisive fashion. This time the match was at the neutral venue of Dunedin, but the result was similar with the Red Roses securing a 45-12 victory in their WXV second round collision on …
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