Argentina has gone for modern stadiums for home internationals during the 2024 Rugby Championship. Los Pumas will face Australia in La Plata and Santa Fé and take-on South Africa in Santiago del Estero. Two of the three are first-time host cities while all three stadiums will be making their debuts …
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Uruguay Secures Home Test Match Against Argentina in July 2024
The wait is over. Uruguay and Argentina will resume international competition at the elite level. Los Teros will have home advantage against Los Pumas in a capped test match. As part of the July 2024 Internationals, the neighboring countries will compete in Maldonado on July 20. The current best two …
Read More »Argentina Rugby Fixtures 2024
Argentina will play twelve rugby test matches in 2024. This is the same number as in 2021, 2022 and in 2023. As in the tears outside of Rugby World Cups the fixtures will come in three varieties: (i) July Internationals, (ii) Rugby Championship and (iii) November Internationals. July will begin …
Read More »Santa Fé, Argentina Secures Historic Rugby Championship Match
Argentina will play a home Rugby Championship match in Santa Fé for the first time. Lisandro Olearo reports that Los Pumas will take-on Australia on September 07 at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López in Santa Fé. The match will be the first Los Pumas appearance in Santa Fé since …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Cambios de las Leyes
Con el objetivo de mejorar el Súper Rugby Américas, elevar el tiempo de balón en juego, preservar la competitividad y reforzar el respeto, el Board del SRA aprobó una serie de modificaciones y reafirmaciones reglamentarias. Estas modificaciones se dan previa a la octava fecha, en el punto medio del torneo. …
Read More »Europe Notes – Argentine Player Transfers
Player recruitment and re-signings continue. Recent instances in Europe have seen player movement involving three Pumas. The transfer news pertains to an Argentine in each of the major European leagues – the French Top 14, United Rugby Championship (URC), and the English Premiership. Veteran tight head Francisco Gómez Kodela has …
Read More »Colombians Join Super Rugby Americas 2024
Colombians have joined Super Rugby Americas 2024. April sees the number of Colombians in the South American league increasing from one to six. These players are spread across three different teams in the competition. Yacare and Peñarol both now have two Colombians each on their rosters. Yacare welcomes center / …
Read More »Uruguay name Argentine Rodolfo Ambrosio as new Head Coach
Uruguay have a new Head Coach. After a lengthily search, the URU have name Argentine Rodolfo Ambrosio as the new coach of Los Teros. Ambrosio replaces Esteban Meneses who was in charge of Uruguay from 2016-2023. The 62-year-old is well known in South American Rugby. Ambrosio coached Brazil during the …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby. UP USA Women claim Silver in Hong Kong The USA Women’s Eagles won Silver at the Hong Kong Sevens. The North …
Read More »Selknam down Raptors in Denver to climb into Play-off zone
In what will not go down in history as a classic, Selknam completed a road victory in Denver over the American Raptors. The 26-07 victory sees Selknam climbing up the standings to now be in the play-off’s Zone. Two ugly early incidents put a stain on the match. First, Tommy …
Read More »Argentines to feature heavily in European Cup Quarter Finals
The Quarter Finals are now booked for the European Champions and Challenge Cup tournaments. Confirmation of who plays who confirms which clubs containing Argentine players will be a part of the Quarter Finals. The final eight in the Challenge Cup are Gloucester, Ospreys, Clermont, Ulster, Sharks, Edinburgh, Benetton and Connacht. …
Read More »USA Women claim Silver in Hong Kong
The USA Women’s Eagles won Silver at the Hong Kong Sevens. The North Americans fell to New Zealand in the final. The 36-7 win underlined what was an impressive campaign from the tournament winners. Michaela Blyde scored a hat-trick in the final for New Zealand. I gave the champions a …
Read More »Americas Men fall short at Hong Kong Sevens
The Americas Men’s teams fell short at the Hong Kong Sevens. The USA, Argentina, and Canada were among the twelve competitors. The trio finished 7th, 9th and 12th respectively. Argentina lead the series overall yet Los Pumas 7’s failed to secure a place in the the quarter-finals in Hong Kong. …
Read More »Shorthanded LA scrap to draw with DC
RFC Los Angeles fought back from a 12-point second half deficit to earn a 22-all draw against Old Glory DC on Saturday. While it wasn’t quite a victory on paper, the visitors earned a four-try bonus point and did so despite playing half of the game shorthanded with five cards …
Read More »Free Jacks shut down Sharks in drizzly Quincy
The Free Jacks shut down the Sharks on a drizzly afternoon at Fort Quincy on Saturday, denying the visitors any tries at all with the final score reading 25-3 to the home time. New England won the tactical kicking battle while their defense repeatedly took away time and space from …
Read More »Hounds maul ill-disciplined Gold in New Orleans
The Hounds scored a resounding 38-21 road win over the Gold on Saturday. While NOLA held the lead until early in the second half, two cards – one of them red – in a span of three minutes killed their momentum and allowed Chicago to dominate the final half-hour of …
Read More »Pampas Complete the Maximum on the Road over Os Cobras
Los Pampas were 38-20 winners over Os Cobras on Saturday in Jacareí. The bonus point road victory sees the Buenos Aires side sitting very comfortable at the midway stage of Super Rugby Americas 2024. The team is now leading the competition for the first time this season. Os Cobras scored …
Read More »SRA 2024 – American Raptors vs Selknam – ARN Guide
Infinity Park will be the setting for a pivotal Super Rugby Americas match. The winner of Sunday’s clash between the Americas Raptors and Selknam will rise in the standings. Peñarol’s home defeat against Los Dogos on Friday means dark territory for the Uruguayans and certain changes to the standings. CURRENT …
Read More »Kotze try record not enough for Dallas against Seattle
Dewald Kotze scored five tries to set a new Major League Rugby single game mark, but it wasn’t quite enough to give Dallas the victory in the end. Instead it was a late penalty goal from Mack Mason that give the Seawolves a narrow 34-32 win at Starfire Stadium on …
Read More »Big second half sees Warriors past Anthem
A big second half performance saw the Utah Warriors take a 44-19 victory over Anthem Carolina on Friday night. It was the visitors who held the lead after 40 minutes but the home side recovered to score 29 unanswered points including four tries in the final quarter to secure the …
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