Argentina

Juan Imhoff was at his best once again for Racing 92 in their Champions Cup win over Ospreys in Paris on Friday evening. The flying winger had five line breaks including two for tries in the 40-27 victory that puts Racing six points clear at the top of Pool 4 …

Argentina are the 2019 Beach Rugby champions in both the men’s and women’s categories. Argentina completed the double at Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema Beach on Saturday. The Beach Rugby rules are five on five matches with five minute halves. Competing in both the men’s and women’s this year were Argentina, …

The Men’s Eagles will miss out on the Cup Quarter Finals for the first time since the 2017-18 season after being halted by the Blitzboks on Day Two of the Cape Town Sevens. Argentina will be the only Americas team in the final eight after Canada’s hopes were snuffed out …

It’s back to business for Canada’s only professional rugby team as the Toronto Arrows have begun their preseason training. The internationals will start to trickle in over the next couple weeks with those locally-based already stretching their legs. Having shed their expansion label, the Arrows approach their second Major League …

15 signings have been completed for Los Ceibos, reports Despúes del Try. The players add to the three previously signed players – scrum half Tomás Cubilla, flanker Lucas Santa Cruz; and hooker Pablo Dimcheff. The twelve signings to join them come in the form of eight forwards, and four backs. …

Argentina were the only men’s team from the Americas to taste victory on Day One of the Cape Town Sevens. Los Pumas came away convincing winners over Canada in their Pool B opener, while the Men’s Eagles were well beaten by Fiji in Pool A. A first-minute try from Franco …

Former Puma Gabriel Ascárate is among new Olímpia players from Argentina. The Paraguayan professional team that will compete in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) thus far has seven players known. The first two players unveiled for the Olímpia Lions were Manuel Montero, and Renato Cardona. The former joins …

Argentina’s second professional rugby team, Ceibos, have signed a duo from Los Jaguares XV. Confirmed in joining captain Tomás Cubilla on the roster for the 2020 Súper Liga are hooker Pablo Dimcheff and second or back row Lucas Santa Cruz. Dimcheff is just 20 years old and was a reserve …

In a special initiative the Americas will have official club champions in 2020. UAR President Marcelo Rodríguez has today confirmed that there will be a battle of the champions in 2020 between the winners of Major League Rugby (MLR) and Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Both leagues are to …

The World Sevens Series continues in Cape Town this weekend, the three-day event kicking off on Friday. It will be the second stop on the circuit for the men, and the third for the women. It’s the second of a record six combined events on this season’s schedule. Live broadcasts …