Tag Archives: Rugby Championship

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby.   UP Uruguay Secures Home Test Match Against Argentina in July  The wait is over. Uruguay and Argentina will resume international competition …

Argentina has gone for modern stadiums for home internationals during the 2024 Rugby Championship. Los Pumas will face Australia in La Plata and Santa Fé and take-on South Africa in Santiago del Estero. Two of the three are first-time host cities while all three stadiums will be making their debuts …

Argentina will play twelve rugby test matches in 2024. This is the same number as in 2021, 2022 and in 2023. As in the tears outside of Rugby World Cups the fixtures will come in three varieties: (i) July Internationals, (ii) Rugby Championship and (iii) November Internationals. July will begin …

Argentina will play a home Rugby Championship match in Santa Fé for the first time. Lisandro Olearo reports that Los Pumas will take-on Australia on September 07 at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López in Santa Fé. The match will be the first Los Pumas appearance in Santa Fé since …

New Pumas Head Coach Felipe Contepomi held a camp in London, UK this week. The training regime featured Contepomi, his staff and 31 players. The coach thus gave an early indication into selection intentions for 2024. With the camp concluded, the World Rugby Hall of Famer spoke about the present …

Felipe Contepomi’s coaching staff has undergone an alteration. Days out of Los Pumas’ London Training Camp, Contepomi has added Bradley Mooar to his staff. Mooar will be attack coach. He joins former Pumas Andrés Bordoy and Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe as assistant coaches to Hall of Famer Felipe Contepomi. Mooar …

The new era begins for Argentina in March. The new Head Coach of Los Pumas, Felipe Contepomi will assemble a roster in London, England. The three day camp will feature 31 players. Most, but not all, of the players featured at Rugby World Cup 2023 in France. The camp will …

Ignacio Mendy is a Puma in waiting. The winger / fullback is having a red-hot season for Benetton. Mendy scored a double on Saturday for the Italians against Irish powerhouses Leinster. His performance was the latest instance of a player putting up his hand for new Pumas Head Coach Felipe …

Tomás Lavanini is move from Clermont to Lyon. Le Progress report that the Pumas second-rower has agreed to a two-year-deal with Lyon. Lavanini will join Lyon next season. The deal will see him at the club until June 2026. The move to Lyon comes after Bayonne had made a move …

South Africa will not be joining the Six Nations. The speculated move is officially not happening. South Africa, reports Rapport. SA Rugby had been interested in playing in the European tournament, thereby leaving the Rugby Championship. The change would have completely aligned South Africa with the Northern rugby calendar. South …