Agustín Creevy scored in his London Irish debut. Played on Monday in London, Creevy was a first half try scorer in the English Premiership match. The former Pumas captain joined London Irish from Jaguares. The score was a simple pick-and-go. Creevy arrived at the breakdown, and scored with a low …
Read More »MLR Off-Season Update – August 31
Four weeks after our last update and there has been a considerable number of signings though some teams remain conspicuously silent. Below we summarize all the off-field action over the past month with a few extras as of yet unreported. Confirmation one way or the other of a potential 14th …
Read More »34 named to train at Concepción High Performance Center
34 players have been named to train at Concepción’s High Performance Center. The new facility is part of a combined effort between the Chile Rugby Federation and Sudamérica Rugby. The facilities in Concepción are to be one of four rugby High Performance Centers nationwide. The third largest Chilean urban area …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Colombia Colombia has set a target: qualify for RWC 2031. The ultimate goal is 11 years away and it involves strategic …
Read More »Creevy to make London Irish debut against Saracens
Agustín Creevy will make his London Irish debut against Saracens on Monday. The former Pumas captain has been named at hooker in a largely second-string Exiles team that features only one other capped international – Australian center Curtis Rona – in the run-on side. There are two test players in …
Read More »Full Match – Wales vs Argentina 1998
Stradey Park in Llanelli was the venue for Argentina’s UK tour match against Wales on November 21, 1998. It was just the fifth test hosted at the famous Scarlets ground, the same venue where Argentina faced Australia in Rugby World Cup 1991 and would play Samoa the following year at …
Read More »Michael de Waal recovered and ready for AG’s in 2021
Austin Gilgronis flanker Michael de Waal is fully recovered from the injury that kept him from making his Major League Rugby debut in 2020. The club has confirmed he will take up the second of his three-year contract signed in September 2019 for the upcoming season. de Waal, 24, arrived …
Read More »Rugby Canada expands scouting network
Rugby Canada have revised their talent identification program in search of new players domestic and abroad to support their national teams. Led by former international flanker Adam Kleeberger, the program expands on work initiated by Director of Athletic Performance Matt Barr and former Player Development Manager Ken Goodland. An online …
Read More »Canadian flanker Lucas Hotton heads to Floirac
Québec flanker Lucas Hotton will play for CMF Floirac in the French Fédérale 1 league this coming season. The news follows an earlier announcement that Rugby Québec was sending 19 of its top players, some Canadian internationals, to play in the Women’s Élite divisions in France. Hotton, 27, was a …
Read More »Austin re-sign Kurt Morath for 2021 season
Kurt Morath has re-signed with the Austin Gilgronis for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Tonga’s all-time leading scorer with 340 points in 38 tests, the New Zealand-born flyhalf gives the AG’s two sets of international halfbacks along with Will Magie and scrumhalves Pele Cowley and Marcelo Torrealba. Morath arrived …
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