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Bolivia debuted in the Halcones Zicosur 7’s. Played this past weekend in Tucumán, Argentina Bolivia joined teams from Brazil, Chile,Uruguay and Argentine provinces at the regional event. Paraguay and Peru also had teams involved in Zicosur, albeit not in the rugby. Bolivia is the only Spanish speaking country in South …

On Saturday against Italy a number of Pumas’ players reached personal milestones. Agustín Creevy Reaches 70 Caps Captain Agustín Creevy earned his 70th cap. The veteran hooker became the 12th Puma to reach the milestone. He is set to tie two former captains – Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe and Agustín …

Italy hosted Argentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence on Saturday. Both teams have struggled this year with only two wins between them from 19 fixtures heading into the match. Each selected experienced sides with Italo-Argentine Sergio Parisse leading out the Azzurri in his 128th international while Agustín Creevy was …

In a surprising turn of events Tomás Lezana has rejoined the Argentine roster and may face Ireland. Los Pumas are to complete their three-match European tour in Dublin on Saturday. The match is to be the first between the countries since the Rugby World Cup 2015 Quarter Final. Lesson started …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Argentina Daniel Hourcade will be keeping his job. Under immense pressure heading into November, the Head Coach of Los Pumas got …

Juan Martín Hernández is in doubt of facing Ireland. The veteran fly half suffered a sprain in the inner ligament of his right knee in Saturday’s win over Italy. Hernández had been on the bench for the match but got game time early. He kicked the opening points of the …

The Americas Rankings have been updated following the completion of international competition this weekend. The November 19 2017 rankings see improvements for Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Uruguay and the USA. A return to winning ways for Argentina sees the South Americans overtaking Fiji in the World Rankings. The 31-15 win sees …

Impact from the bench today in Florence saw Argentina defeating Italy. The South Americans overturned a halftime deficit to win 31-15, doing so by three tries to none. The victory was just the second of the year for Argentina. It ended a seven match losing streak and brings the overall …

Clermont’s Argentine fly half may have played for the final time this season. Patricio Fernández suffered a freak knee injury today playing against Lyon. Having started at fly half Fernández went down inured in the 22nd minute. Visibly in pain on the floor, the Rosario pivot suffered a fractured knee …

The November Internationals are into full flight yet there is also elite level club rugby being played. In France week 10 of the Top 14 takes place on Saturday and Sunday. At the same time in which Argentina are playing Italy in Florence there are to be Argentine players taking …