Argentina

Agustín Pichot wants England to Split gate revenue with Samoa. Twickenham Stadium is to play host to November Internationals next month. The game against Samoa is causing old debates to resurface as the cash-strapped union will get nothing from a Full House at English rugby HQ. Fed-up with the status …

The final tilt of the 2017 Americas Pacific Challenge will see hosts Uruguay ‘A’ thrown in against the Argentina XV, defending champions and heavy favorites to repeat after blowing out both Canada ‘A’ and Samoa ‘A’ in successive matches. While Uruguay will be disappointed to have dropped their match against …

World Rugby has unveiled the complete list of officials for the November Internationals. This year’s edition is disappointing from an Americas perspective as powerhouses Argentina are again lacking any appointments. From the Americas as a whole World Rugby has overlooked the region. The only match of the 40 games taking …

The Greene King IPA Championship takes a couple weeks off mirroring that of the top divisions but the clubs will still be in action in their own multi-national competition, the British & Irish Cup. Development sides from Guinness Pro 14 clubs in Ireland and Wales are paired off with the …

The 2017-2018 European Champions Cup kicks-off this weekend. Involved are the qualified teams from the Aviva Premiership, Top 14 and Guinness Pro 14. This season’s opening match will be played in Northern Ireland. Ulster play host to English club, the Wasps. Named on the bench for the home side is …

The European Challenge Cup has arrived. The 2017-2018 season is underway. The competition is Europe’s second-string professional club tournament. Involved this season are clubs from England, France, Italy, Russia, Scotland and Wales. Players from the Americas will feature in the competition on Friday. The first to do so is to …

Week 8 of the Pro D2 is underway. In the opening game of the round Dax have home advantage against Colomiers. Playing fly half for Dax is Uruguay’s Felipe Berchesi. On the opposition bench covering fly half is Sébastien Poët. Starting at hooker is Agustin Costa Repetto. Five matches are to …

Franco Brarda is out of the Americas Pacific Challenge. The Argentina XV loosehead prop suffered an injury to his cervical nerves playing against Samoa on Wednesday. The Córdoba prop has been cleared of any spinal cord damage but remains in hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. The injury saw Brarda leaving the …

Argentine center Juan Pablo Socino will not be able to play for the Newcastle Falcons for the next two weeks. The English club has European Challenge Cup matches against the Dragons (Wales) and Bordeaux-Begles (France). Socino will have to sit out these games. Socino was cited by Peter Larter for …

The Argentina XV left no doubts as to who the Americas Pacific Challenge favorites would be heading into the final round as they throttled an outclassed Samoa ‘A’ side by 85-14 on Wednesday afternoon. From start to finish the Argentines punished any mistakes made by the Samoans and showed no …