Argentina

The final details are yet to be made public though Americas Rugby News can confirm Argentina’s 2017 Internationals. The South Americans will play three home matches in June, three way in November and six in the Rugby Championship. The twelve matches are to see Argentina playing against seven countries. The …

Three Pumas have been named on the Barbarians roster to face England. Former Scotland Head Coach Vern Cotter will take chareg of the team for this coming Sunday’s fixture as well as a second match against Ulster on June 01. Already having been named in the Barbarians squad are Facundo …

South Africa are to play host to Los Pumas in Port Elizabeth. The opening round fixture will be played at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on August 19. South Africa’s remaining home fixtures will be in Bloemfontein and Cape Town against Australia and New Zealand respectively. For round two the Springboks are …

Juan Imhoff has suffered a season engine injury. The Argentine winger was forced off early against Montpellier on Saturday. Tests have revealed that he suffered two fractured ribs, one of which is also displaced. He will be unable to play again this season. Racing 92 won the barrage match against Montpellier. …

Georgia have named a 36-man training squad to prepare for their historic three-match tour of the Americas. The first stop is Calgary to play Canada on June 10, then the USA in Kennesaw on Jun 17, and finally Argentina in Jujuy on June 24. Head coach Milton Haag will reduce …

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 Chile Chile produced their best performance in a very long time to humble Paraguay in Santiago. The 66-7 victory saw Los Cóndores’ …

Matías Osadczuk is HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Rookie of the Year. The Los Pumas 7’s player was today awarded with the prestigious prize of being the best newcomer in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Osadczuk was one of three finalists for the award. He joined New Zealand’s Vilimoni Koroi and …

The 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series has come to a close with Scotland taking the spoils after a tense 12-7 win over hosts England in the Cup Final. It was a fitting close to the careers of several of the Scottish team including retiring veterans Mark Robertson and Scott Wight, with …

Test match rugby this weekend saw changes in the Americas Rankings. Gains were made by Chile and Turks & Caicos Islands. Of the two the former made a slight gain while the later completed an impressive rise in rankings. Chile’s home victory against Paraguay sees Los Cóndores gaining 0.26 points. This …

After 10 years of playing in Europe Horacio Agulla returns to Hindú. The 32-year-old winger announced his departure from France following Castres’ barrage defeat to Toulon on Friday evening. Agulla began his professional career following Rugby World Cup 2007. He was included in the squad and went on to be the …