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The 2019 Super Rugby season concluded earlier today with the final. Played in Christchurch, New Zealand the Crusaders were 19-3 winners over first time finalists, Los Jaguares. The match went down in history as the lowest scoring final of all-time. Both teams have had high-scoring wins this season yet what …

Los Jaguares XV made their Currie Cup First Division debut with a win today over the Griffons. The Argentine side outscored the hosts by 50-43 in round one of the competition. The high scoring match saw free-flowing rugby with a total of thirteen tries scored. The opening try came from …

Argentina have made a bold move in calling-up Santiago Cordero from France. The 25-year-old joins Los Pumas from his new home of Bordeaux, doing so having stared last season for English Premiership side the Exeter Chiefs. Cordero was named in the English Premiership Dream Team for the 2018-2019 season in May. …

The Crusaders suffocated Los Jaguares to win the 2019 Super Rugby Final. Played this morning in Christchurch, New Zealand the most successful team in the professional era won for the 10th time adding to their titles from 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2017, and 2018. In what was far …

The pools have been announced for the 2019 Pan American Games. Taking place in Lima, Peru there are to be eight competitors in both the men’s and women’s Rugby Sevens competition. The competition will be played in the Peruvian capital over two days. The Games begin on Friday July 26 …

The competitive debut appearance of Argentine side the Jaguares XV will take place on Saturday. The development side will play against the Down Touch Griffons in the opening round of the Currie Cup First Division in South Africa. The Jaguares XV are coached by former Puma Ignacio Fernández Lobbe. The …

The 2019 Super Rugby Final is to be like none from ever before. The ground-breaking deciding fixture sees the most successful team in tournament history hosting Argentina’s first professional rugby side. The Crusaders are looking for a three-peat of Super Rugby titles. Victory over Los Jaguares would also see them …

The first Wallabies squad of the year has been named by the selection panel of Michael Cheika, Scott Johnson, and Michael O’Connor, and there are some surprises. 34 players are in the group that will prepare for the first match of the Rugby Championship against South Africa on July 20. …

Given the success of Los Jaguares in 2019 it does not come as a surprise to see talk over having two Argentine teams. So what would a second Argentine Super Rugby team look like? Before answering the above question it must be pointed out that a second Argentine Super Rugby …