Monthly Archives: May 2016

Team of the Week

The numbers were low with most teams sitting the weekend out on account of the European Champions Cup final, but thankfully Los Jaguares performed reasonably well and there were two PRO Rugby matches to run the rule over. This weekend the Top 14 returns and it won’t be long until …

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Mexico Focused on Bermuda

Training hard in Mexico City are Las Serpientes. Mexico’s national men’s team will play host to Bermuda on Saturday May 21 at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Kick-off is scheduled for 2pm local time. The match is to be one of four Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifiers in Rugby Americas North territories …

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Los Jaguares Change Four for Lions

Los Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez has made four changes to his starting lineup for this coming Saturday’s away Super Rugby fixture. The Buenos Aires based side will face the in-form Lions in Johannesburg. In the forwards Julián Montoya comes in for the suspended Agustín Creevy to start at hooker. …

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Ezcurra nominated for Sevens Rookie of the Year

Argentina standout Bautista Ezcurra has been nominated for the World Rugby Sevens Rookie of the Year award for the 2015/16 HSBC Sevens Series. The 21-year-old has stepped up to senior rugby this year, just months after captaining Los Pumitas in the 2015 World Rugby u20 Championship tournament. He has scored …

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Germishuys named top u20 Trophy Player

US Eagles prospect Hanco Germishuys has been named Player of the Tournament for the World Rugby u20 Trophy. The 19-year-old was immense as captain of the Junior All-Americans, scoring an incredible eight tries in four games, well ahead of all other competitors. While his team ended up in 5th place, it …

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Eloff out of June tests

Ohio has suffered a hammer blow with the news that star flyhalf JP Eloff has broken his left fibula and damaged ankle ligaments. The injury occurred early in the match against San Diego on the weekend, with Eloff carted off in obvious discomfort. He underwent surgery on Monday morning. Eloff …

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Argentina Dream Team for Rio 2016

Juan Imhoff’s upcoming involvement with Los Pumas 7s sees a fresh approach. It marks the inclusion of a professional athlete contracted to a foreign club and that club is to have a Top 14 fixture on the same day in which Imhoff is playing at the London Sevens for Argentina. While …

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Feeney joins Canada coaching staff

Canada has confirmed their Senior Men’s coaching staff for the June international window, adding Blues assistant Paul Feeney as a Technical Advisor for the three game series against Japan, Russia, and Italy. The 52-year-old New Zealander is a backs and skills specialist who was Head Coach for the Auckland provincial …

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Leatigaga replaces Ebner for Eagles

Ben Leatigaga has been called into the Eagles 7s team to replace Nate Ebner in the only change to the team for the final round of the 2015/16 HSBC Sevens Series, set to kick off at Twickenham in London on Saturday. It will be the second HSBC appearance for Leatigaga, …

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