According to multiple reports from reputable outlets Marcos Kremer is set to join Stade Français from Los Jaguares. The Argentine flanker is deemed to have agreed to a contract which is set to be made official in the coming days. It will mean that Kremer continues to be coached by Gonzalo …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Juan Imhoff vs Wales 2012
Juan Imhoff started and finished a memorable try against Wales in 2012. The score saw the left winger passing from scrum-half and then providing support to receive a pass and dance around Leigh Halfpenny for the try. Imhoff passed to Juan Manuel Leguizamón who stepped inside to take a tackle. …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Jeff Hassler vs Romania 2015
Jeff Hassler put in a storming performance against Canada in Leicester in 2015. The Canadian winger scored a brilliant solo try wherein he beat five defenders. His try gave Canada a 15-0 lead over Romania in the 43rd minute. Hassler took an inside pass from Gordon McRorie and form there put …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Julio Farías Cabello vs NZ 2011
Tucumán flanker Julio Farías Cabello scored a memorable try for Argentina against New Zealand in 2011. He finished off what was a team score created by Rosario’s Leonardo Senatore, a player who was on debut against Tier 1 opposition. Senatore broke from a scrum several meters inside Los Pumas’ half. …
Read More »On this day in 2012 – Argentina defeat France in Córdoba
Los Pumas were 23-20 winners over France in 2012. The match was played on June 16 in Córdoba. It was the first of two between the teams in their series and it was Argentina’s second of three following a match against Italy in San Juan seven days earlier. Due to …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Jon Thiel vs Uruguay 2002
Canadian prop Jon Thiel scored a memorable try against Uruguay in 2002. The score came off an assist from scrum half Ed Fairhurst who had received a backhand pass from second-rower Mike James. It was a highlight of a match which Canada won 51-16 in a RWC 2003 qualifier wherein …
Read More »On this day in 2009 – Argentina defeat England in Salta
On this day, June 13, in 2009 Argentina defeated England in Salta. The home fans in attendance in the northern Argentine city left happy as Los Pumas were 24-22 winners. Argentina scored tries through flanker Juan Manuel Leguizamón and winger Gonzalo Camacho. Kicking the goals was Juan Martín Hernández who …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Juan Imhoff vs Tonga 2015
With 16 test match tries from 33 caps, Juan Imhoff has an excellent strike rate. He was a Puma from 2010-2015, with politics rather than merit restricting his time with the test side. His final cap came a week before that of Horacio Agulla, a Pumas winger from 2005-2015. In …
Read More »Full Match – Canada vs Argentina 2001
The final match of the 2001 Pan Am Championship saw hosts Canada square off against Argentina at Fletcher’s Fields. May 26 was the date, with both sides entering the match undefeated in their first two games of the competition against the USA and Uruguay. There were no debuts this time, …
Read More »Full Match – Canada vs Uruguay 2001
Canada’s second match of the 2001 Pan Am Championship was against Uruguay at Mohawk Sports Park in Hamilton, Ontario. It was a Wednesday evening match played on May 23, just four days after the Canadians had beaten the USA in Kingston. The Maple Leafs would face Argentina just three days …
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