Announced yesterday afternoon, Daniel Hourcade’s 26-man squad to travel to South Africa this Saturday offers significant insight into how his final squad for the World Cup is going to look. Names to have stood out in the performances to date have almost all been out, thereby implying their inclusion in the World Cup …
Read More »Australian tests confirm same Rugby Championship format for 2016
The Australian Rugby Union have confirmed the Wallabies home match schedule for the 2016 Rugby Championship. The 2016 competition will return to having all three teams play each other twice with Australia’s home matches being on August 20, September 10 and September 17. The order of matches is to replicate that of …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 7): Where are the Bilingual Referees?
Rugby World Cup 2015 is almost here. The opening fixture of England v Fiji is just 53 days away. It will begin a long tournament played from September 18 to October 31 which the organizers claim as being the biggest sporting event of 2015 and the third biggest of all …
Read More »New Zealand edge towards Rugby Championship Title
New Zealand outscored South Africa by three tries to two earlier this afternoon to close in on retaining the Rugby Championship title. Tries to Ben Smith, Dane Coles and captain Richie McCaw saw the All Blacks completing a come-from-behind victory after South Africa had led until well into the final …
Read More »ARN Rugby Forecast July 24-25
Americas Rugby News is happy to announce another semi-regular feature addition to the website. Each week, our editors will give their predictions and insight on various international rugby matches. Most will involve teams from the Americas, but may also include some big international events such as the Rugby Championship, Six …
Read More »South Africa and New Zealand Approaching Saturday Differently
The world’s top two teams will battle it out at Ellis Park this Saturday in a fixture of great interest to rugby supporters worldwide as the Rugby World Cup quickly approaches. The venue is none other than the same which played host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final, a tryless …
Read More »Moving the Pieces as Pumas look to rebound
Finding a balance between improving on what was an underwhelming performance in Christchurch and building for the World Cup is the task Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade is setting himself this week. Prior to the Rugby Championship getting underway he made it known that players were going to be rotated. …
Read More »World Rugby Review 2011 Quarter Finals
World Rugby’s most recent ongoing reviews of previous Rugby World Cups took a look at how Australia and New Zealand reached the Semi Finals in 2011. The teams did so by winning matches against South Africa and Argentina. Los Pumas faced the home side at Eden Park in Auckland in …
Read More »Agustín Creevy’s Double in Christchurch
Los Pumas captain Agustín Creevy went into Friday’s match against New Zealand as a player yet to score a test try. He came out of it with two and with his reputation as one of the leading hookers in world rugby intact. Creevy had a strong match in general play. He …
Read More »All Blacks down Pumas in Rugby Championship Opener
The World Champion All Blacks started their Rugby Championship title defense well by defeating Argentina 39-18 in Christhurch on Friday evening local time. The performance made up for last week’s below-par showing against Samoa in Apia while for Argentina it was a reminder of the need to enter with the …
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