Two Pumas have been crowned 2021 Top 14 champions. Argentine centers Juan Cruz Mallía and Santiago Chocobares started for Toulouse in this evening’s French championship final. Toulouse were 18-8 winners over La Rochelle. Mallía played the match out of position. The teams needs saw him playing on the right wing. …
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The French domestic rugby championship, the Top 14 has a history dating back to 1892. It has been played in a variety of formats with the current one being fourteen clubs with the winner determined with a final. The existing format is very much recent. Indeed from 2001-2005 it was …
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The match schedule for the Quest For Gold Sevens in Los Angeles has now been confirmed. Games begin on Friday afternoon and will continue through Saturday evening. Eight teams split evenly between Men’s and Women’s divisions will be competing in the Olympic warm-up tournament at Dignity Health Sports Park in …
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Argentina u20s fell to a 33-26 loss this morning against South Africa u20s. The match was an intense contest played in wet conditions. It was a round two fixture of the U20 International Series. Los Pumitas were big winners in their prior match against Georgia. Next up for Argentina is …
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Sudamérica Rugby has confirmed the match officials for the upcoming international competition. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay will compete in RWC 2023 qualifiers. They are to begin this coming Saturday with Brazil having home advantage against Paraguay. The officials are names familiar to players and supporters of the Súper …
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Juan Pablo Socino is back in the English Premiership. The 33-year-old has signed for the Leicester Tigers. He joins the Midlands club from Saracens. He helped Saracens win promotion back to the English Premiership this past weekend. Socino played in the RFU Championship on a one-year deal. Prior to that …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Los Pumitas fly past Georgia u20s After over a year of no activity, u20s resumed for Argentina this past …
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The LA Giltinis made the short trip south on the California 101 Highway to San Diego. The Southern Californian match-up was low scoring, yet non-stop action. With the win the LA Giltinis stay on top of the Western Conference and the overall MLR ladder. Injuries disrupted the LA Giltinis prior …
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Harry McNulty will not be returning to the LA Giltinis this season. The 28-year-old flanker scored the fourth try of the Repechage Final in Monaco to help Ireland claim the final spot in the Men’s bracket of the Tokyo Olympics. Ireland had earlier defeated Samoa in the final match of …
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Saracens are officially back in the English Premiership. The former European champions claimed a 57-15 home victory in the second leg of the RFU Championship final, making the aggregate score a woefully lopsided 117-15 after a 60-nil result in the first leg. So ends a one-year exile from the top …
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