South Africa

The fourth annual Rugby Championship kicks off this weekend with New Zealand and Australia hosting matches on Friday and Saturday respectively. For three of the four it has been a quick turn-around from Super Rugby to get ready for the competition. Argentina, in contrast, has gone straight from camp in …

This week World Rugby’s ongoing retro series took a look into the third and fourth Quarter Finals matches during Rugby World Cup 2007. The two matches were played on Sunday October 07 with South Africa facing Fiji in the afternoon in Marseilles and Argentina taking-on Scotland in the evening in …

Argentine back-rower Pablo Matera was recently featured by World Rugby. The 21 year old offered his thoughts into Argentina’s chances at the upcoming Rugby World Cup in addition to his personal experiences leading to his rise and inclusion at a very young age in the senior team. In his first …

Just days out from the fourth edition of the Rugby Championship the extent of Daniel Hourcade’s impact on Los Pumas is profoundly clear. In this week’s edition of Forward Thinking I will look into the impact of Hourcadism on Argentina’s fortunes over the past year. Daniel Hourcade, the former Portuguese assistant coach …

Played every November, excluding Rugby World Cup years, the November or autumn internationals see European nations hosting incoming test teams from across the globe. It is a time when not only southern nations such as Argentina, Australia, Fiji, Namibia, New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa and Tonga tour the north but …

The USA has dropped out of the bidding process for the Rugby World Cup 2023, leaving four unions left in the hunt to host the quadrennial tournament. South Africa, Ireland, France, and Italy are the remaining unions that have confirmed that they will bid on the hosting rights for the World Cup. …

World Rugby has released the locations and dates for the 2015/2016 Men’s World Series season. Coming off an exciting season in which Fiji took home the overall crown and the USA won their first-ever tournament, the HSBC World Series preps for their most important season to date. The 2015/2016 season …

Daniel Hourcade’s 36 man training squad for the Rugby Championship is currently flying to Australia and consists of five more players than the total in which all competitors will take will them to England and Wales in September. Of note are the return of Gonzalo Camacho and Juan Figallo in addition to the inclusion of …

South African Head Coach Heyneke Meyer has named a 36 man squad for the Rugby Championship.  The Preliminary Squad features a total of 49 players of whom 8 are uncapped. The majority of selected players play their rugby for South African Super Rugby franchises. There are, however, places for players …

Following this evening’s home win over the French Barbarians Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade confirmed a squad of 36 players to depart Buenos Aires tomorrow. They are to travel to Sydney, Australia to prepare for the Rugby Championship. Hourcade explained how the process had been: “it has been a long …