An rampant performance from Juan Pablo Socino saw the Buenos Aires back blasting through for two tries against Lyon. The Rugby World Cup 2015 Puma crossed for a double in the opening half to help the Newcastle Falcons to a dream start. The 48-29 win was by six tries to four. Socino’s …
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Taku Ngwenya scored a double for Brive on Friday. The USA Eagles flier’s tries helped Brive to an impressive home victory over Russian side Enisei-STM in the Challenge Cup. The French club outscored the Russians by six tries to two. Ngwenya’s tries both came in the second half. They were …
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Connor Braid had a fine performance for the Worcester Warriors on Friday. The Canadian scored in the away match against the Newport Gwent Dragons in the Challenge Cup. Braid’s score was the one and only try from the Aviva Premiership side. It came early on with the Canadian punishing a …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Al Charron Rugby Canada has officially broken ground on a new $8 million dollar training facility in Langford, and has revealed …
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History will be made on Sunday. Colombia’s Andrés Zafra will play for Lyon away to the Newcastle Falcons in the European Challenge Cup. The 115kg (255 lbs) and 1.98m (6’6″) second-rower will make his Challenge Cup debut from the bench. The 20-year-old is his country’s first ever athlete to play professional …
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Round 4 of the Challenge Cup got underway on Thursday evening with two matches. Both matches had the involvement of the Americas. In England’s west country Bath played host to the Cardiff Blues. The Aviva Premiership side proved to be far too strong for the out-of-sorts Welsh region. A compressive …
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A full plate of European action somehow wasn’t quite enough to fill our team this week, so we’ve reached down into South Africa for a couple selections and even way across to California for one. In general the backs were the standouts with the forwards a little lacking, though the …
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Connor Braid will make his Worcester Warriors debut against Newport Gwent Dragons in Round 3 of the European Challenge Cup on Saturday. The Canadian flyhalf was named on the bench in Worcester’s Aviva Premiership match last weekend but did not make an appearance in the match against Wasps. This will …
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Buenos Aires’ Benjamín Espinal has been included in the Stade Français squad for the Challenge Cup. The 25-year-old Tight Head prop joined the French club in October as a medical joker. He made his senior debut for the Top 14 club on November 13, doing so as a replacement against Toulon. …
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It was a challenge to put together a select side this week and in all honesty it isn’t one of our best, but sometimes you have to make do with what you’re given. A number of backs put their hand up which made things a little easier out wide. Up …
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