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Nicaragua claimed an historic win over Panama today. The 46-36 victory was the first victory by Nicaragua in test match rugby. The Central American republic joined the South American C Championship this season, facing Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama. All three of Nicaragua’s opponents are established teams in the South …

Juan Pablo Socino scored in Newcastle’s impressive win over Worcester on Friday. The team’s met in a first round fixture in the 2017-2018 Aviva Premiership season. The Newcastle Falcons were the superior side, running-out 35-8 winners. Former Pumas center, Socino, scored his try as a replacement. His appearance from the …

Looking for an immediate rebound from their surprise first round loss to Portugal, head coach Mario Lamé has rung the changes for his Uruguay side to face the powerful Fijians in their World Rugby u20 Trophy match on Saturday. The Teritos were off the pace in the poor weather on …

In search of their first win at the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Montevideo, Chile have opted for five changes from the team that fell to Japan in the opening round. Saturday’s match against Namibia will be pivotal in terms of the pool after the African nation defeated Canada in …

The expanded Guinness Pro 14 Championship kicks-off today. The league will have three Friday matches in week 1 with the remaining four being played on Saturday. Despite it now being a competition involving teams from five nations, only Ireland and Wales host matches in week 1. An explanation of the …

Week 2 of the Top 14 takes place this weekend. Six of the seven matches are to be played on Saturday with the remaining game being played on late Sunday afternoon. Having lost heavily in week 1, Agen are targeting a much improved performance in week 2. They will have …

The UAR President has hinted at selecting European players for Los Pumas. The official policy is under serious questioning now. With those based in Europe blocked from international duty Argentina has experienced a run of negative results since Rugby World Cup 2015. Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has firmly stood his …

The Guinness Pro 12 is now more. Expansion has seen it become the Guinness pro 14 Championship. Two South African teams are now in the competition, joining two from Italy, four from Ireland, two from Scotland and four from Wales. The 2017-2018 Guinness Pro 14 season starts today, September 01. …

An Argentine hooker has joined Japanese side, Kamaishi Seawaves. 24-year-old Juan Rivas arrives in Japan from URBA club, San Fernando. He does so having been the captain of the side. Rivas is 1.74m tall and weighs 105kg. The Kamaishi Seawaves play in the Top Challenge League. It is the second-highest …

Round two of the South American C Championship saw further movement in the Americas Rankings. The updated rankings to close out August of 2017 see Costa Rica and Guatemala rising, doing so at the expense of Nicaragua and Panama. The second ever test match involving Nicaragua was against Costa Rica. …