USA Eagles fly half AJ MacGinty scored two points on Saturday as his side defeated Leinster in a round 18 Guinness Pro 12 fixture in Galway, Ireland. Critical to the 7-6 victory was the Eagles successful kick as the MacGinty Conversion ultimately gave Connacht the one point win. The Eagles playmaker’s …
Read More »Fernández Delivers Performance of Career for Clermont
Argentine fly half Patricio Fernández delivered the performance of his career as Clermont downed Bordeaux this afternoon in a round 19 French Top 14 fixture. Having been 19-0 down Clermont fought back to complete a 24-19 away victory in front of 28,332 supporters to retain pole position in the French …
Read More »Sloppy Jaguares sink to third straight Super Rugby defeat
Los Jaguares slumped to a 13-8 home defeat to the Stormers this evening, to make it a third straight Super Rugby defeat for the newcomers to Super Rugby. Both Los Jaguares and the visiting Stormers crossed for one try each but with Nicolás Sánchez having an off night with the …
Read More »Error-Ridden Jaguares Lose at home to Chiefs
The debut home performance of Argentina in Super Rugby did not go to plan as an error-Ridden performance saw Los Jaguares 30-26 losing at home to the Chiefs in Buenos Aires this evening. Continuous errors from the South Americans coupled with high-risk play when cooler heads were required saw Los Jaguares giving …
Read More »Chile vs Canada – ARC 2016 Full Match
The match from Santiago in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship can finally be seen for those who missed the original broadcast. Canada put up one of their biggest scores ever as they put Chile to the sword with nine tries in a 64-13 victory. The match report can …
Read More »Revolución Puma Documentary
ESPN in Latin America has produced an 83 minute documentary titled Revolución Puma. Detailing the progress of Argentine rugby since Rugby World Cup 2007 the documentary provides a detailed analysis of how Argentina made it to the Semi Finals stage of Rugby World Cup 2015 by using a roster of …
Read More »Saracens win Premiership match in New Jersey
The first ever Aviva Premiership match outside of England saw Saracens defeating London Irish 26-16 at New Jersey’s Red Bull Arena this afternoon. Played in front of a crowd of 14,811 people the official attendance approached double that of today’s Super Rigby fixture in Singapore between the Sunwolves and Cheetahs. The Super …
Read More »Uruguay vs USA – ARC 2016 Full Match
Uruguay put the wraps on their third win of the Americas Rugby Championship at the Estadio Charrúa on Saturday, a good result that shows the consistent improvement of Los Teros since qualifying for the 2015 World Cup. While the result was disappointing for Eagles fans – particularly after squandering a 20-9 …
Read More »Chile vs Uruguay ARC 2016 – Full Match
Round four of the Americas Rugby Championship kicked-off in Santiago on Saturday with Chile playing host to Uruguay at the Parque Mahuida. Los Teros completed a second win of the ARC, a 23-20 over Los Cóndores to tie Canada in third position with one round left to play. Both countries sit on 10 points, …
Read More »Brazil vs USA ARC 2016 – Full Match
History was made in São Paulo on Saturday as Brazil faced the USA for the first time ever. It saw the world’s 16th best country, on rankings, playing away to the much lower ranked Brazil who entered the match ranked 42nd in the world. The result of the match sees …
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