Australian Rugby Head Coach Michael Cheika has called upon players from the Queensland Reds, Melbourne Rebels and Western Force to participate in a training squad to begin the country’s Rugby World Cup 2015 preparations. Not considered were players from the Brumbies and Waratahs due to these teams being involved in …

Coming off a disappointing performance against Scotland Los Pumitas Head Coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has confirmed a team with six changes to face the home side, Italy on Monday in Viadana. The teams will meet in the Semi Finals for 9th position with the winner meeting either Samoa or Japan …

In 1999 Gonzalo Quesada left his mark on global rugby by being the leading scorer in the Rugby World Cup. His 102 points were spread around wins over Samoa, Japan and Ireland and hard-fought losses against Wales and France. Sixteen years on he has coached Stade Français to the Top 14 …

Los Teros opened their World Rugby Tbilisi Cup campaign this afternoon in a 19-10 losing effort against Georgia. Neither side was at full strength although Uruguay’s lineup was notable closer to the genuine article than that of Georgia’s expected starting lineup for the World Cup. With both Georgia and Uruguay involved in …

Argentina made a solid start to the World Rugby Nations Cup in Romania by completing a 30-10 victory over Rugby World Cup 2015 opponents Namibia this afternoon. The fixture was the opening match of the World Rugby organized event which also includes Romania and Spain who are to play a test match …

Pablo Lemoine has confirmed Uruguay’s lineup for Saturday’s test match against Georgia in Tbilisi. The two Rugby World Cup 2015 qualifiers will meet in the opening round of the Tbilisi Cup. The World Rugby organized event is to serve as preparation for the World Cup which will take place in …

Argentina’s Super Rugby franchise gained two important new members today with props Santiago García Botta and Ramiro Herrera being unveiled as new contracted players by the UAR. Signing for periods of two and three years respectively, the pair more than make up for the loss of Bruno Postiglioni earlier in the week …

This week’s withdrawal of Bruno Postiglioni from Argentina’s Super Rugby squad left the franchise without one of the team’s top two loosehead props. Postiglioni had been signed to the union for the duration of 2015-2016 but opted to end his contract early to play for Zebre in the Guinness Pro …

Felipe Contepomi and Ricardo Le Fort have confirmed the line-up for Friday’s non-capped international against Rugby World Cup 2015 opponents Namibia. An Argentine team missing professional players based abroad and also those to have signed Super Rugby contracts for 2016 and beyond are not to feature in the match. The …

Los Condores head Coach Paul Healy and the Chilean Sevens men’s head Coach Edmundo Olfos have confirmed Chile’s eleven-man squad to compete at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada next month. The selected individuals resemble that of the team that competed this past weekend in Santa Fé, Argentina in …