Argentina

Americas Rugby News would like to wish all of our readers a happy holiday season! Once again it’s been a busy year in the rugby world, rugby across the Americas continues to grow at a rapid rate and 2018 promises to be the biggest year yet. The Americas Rugby Championship …

The Pumas endured a difficult year in 2017, winning only two of their dozen test matches. It should be noted, however, that all ten of their defeats came at the hands of teams ranked in the top five of the official World Rugby Rankings (South Africa have only recently dropped …

The Guinness Pro 14 also reaches its midpoint this weekend, well technically at halftime of each game with 21 matches to be played by each game in the regular season. It’s a weird schedule for Round 11, the first of back-to-back derby matches with three games on Saturday, three on …

The Greene King IPA Championship slips into the second half of its season with its fate seemingly already decided. Both the top and bottom teams are so by a distance, leaving the rest to shuffle about for bragging rights. Bristol remain undefeated in the Championship, crushing the Cornish Pirates 56-19 …

The Aviva Premiership hits its mid-point of the season this weekend. Defending champions Exeter are assured the top spot with an eight point gap above second place Gloucester, and with the Chiefs at despondent Northampton this week there’s no reason to think they won’t be just as far if not …

It’s the final week of the first half of the French Top 14 season, and there are two teams in position to claim the top spot pending the results of the weekend. The opening match on Friday saw Racing 92 defeat Toulouse 23-19, it guarantees a top four placing for …

The French Pro D2 steps into the second half of the season with Montauban on top of the table and odds-on favorites for promotion. Grenoble have moved into second place after defeating Bayonne 28-23 in the only game on Thursday evening. Argentine prop Juan Pablo Orlandi and Chilean lock Pablo …

Juan Imhoff has received a five-week suspension following the conclusion of a disciplinary hearing in London on Wednesday. The Racing 92 winger was sent off by referee Wayne Barnes for a headbutt on Castres scrumhalf Rory Kockott in a bizarre incident during the Champions Cup match between the two sides …

Where last week we had numerous players at virtually every position to consider, this week we found ourselves scrambling for options. In some cases players simply weren’t selected, and those that were were for the most part unconvincing. It leaves us with an unusual and somewhat unique team. For the …

The Jaguares will be without one of their key attacking players for a good chunk of the Super Rugby season. Matías Moroni underwent surgery this week to repair a long-standing shoulder injury he had been carrying. He is expected to be sidelined for the next four months, which would rule …