Argentina

23 year old Nahuel Lobo has agreed to terms to join second division side Carcassonne on a two year deal from his current club of Montpellier. The move comes at a time in which head coach Jake White is making changes to the player roster and sees Lobo’s two year …

Veteran Argentine utility back Juan Martín Hernández will start Friday’s Top 14 Semi Final. Named at inside centre El Mago will start outside Australian Matt Giteau and play opposite the inform Jonathan Danty of Stade Français. In doing so Hernández will be playing back-to-back Top 14 Semi Finals after he started at …

The 10-times capped Benjamín Urdapilleta has agreed to terms to join Castres Olympique on a two year deal. He makes the move to France’s south west after having made history this season with Oyonnax by seeing the club qualify for the play-offs for the first time ever. Aged 29 Urdapilleta was …

Italy head coach Jacques Brunel has named a 50-man training squad to prepare for the upcoming World Cup this September. The squad is separated into two groups, a primary selection of 40 players and 10 who have been designated as reserves. There are few surprises, with all but three of …

An experimental Argentina ‘A’ squad has been named for the upcoming World Rugby Nations Cup to be played in Bucharest, Romania this month. Formerly known as the Jaguars, the side will travel this time as an ‘Argentina XV’, playing in non-capped matches against the official test teams of Romania, Namibia …

Argentina’s hopes of opening the World Rugby Under 20s Championship with a win fell agonizingly short as Ireland completed a late 18-16 victory in Parma, Italy this afternoon. Played at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, the European side won with a late penalty in a match in which the lead changed …

Argentina’s national men’s and women’s senior sevens squads have been confirmed for the upcoming Olympic Games qualifying series in Santa Fé. In what is to be the most important weekend of the year for Rugby Sevens in South America Argentina’s men’s and women’s teams will be seeking to secure their places at …

Pumitas head coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has confirmed his starting lineup for Tuesday’s opening round fixture in the World Rugby Under 20s Championship in Italy. The Argentine side will face Ireland on Tuesday June 02 with the match kicking-off at 11:30am Argentine time. Argentina’s squad features a total of nine players returning …

Former Pumas captain Agustín Pichot believes that the Americas Six Nations concept is not only appropriate at this point in time but also necessary. Without efforts being made the hierarchy in which Argentina has a superior test side than the others will remain unchanged. The former scrumhalf believes in helping …

France’s end of season tour to Argentina in June 2016 has been placed in danger. The two-test tour is scheduled to go ahead but will coincide with the play-offs in France’s Top 14 thus denying the French test team of players involved in the later stages of the competition. The …