Tag Archives: July Internationals

A strong second half saw the Argentina XV come from behind to beat Portugal 52-35 at the Estádio do Restelo in Lisbon on Saturday. It’s the second week in a row that Argentina’s second choice side have overturned a full test lineup in the top 20 of the World Rankings, …

The summer schedule will wrap up for Canada on Sunday as they host Spain at TD Place in Ottawa. It’s a match that was not originally on the cards, with Los Leones stepping in to replace the French Barbarians on relatively short notice. Belgium provided little opposition to the Maple …

Diego Magno will make history against Romania on Saturday. The Uruguayan will earn his 100th test cap. In doing so, Magno will become the first Americas player to reach 100 test caps. Magno has been playing test match rugby since 2008. He made his debut that year against Russia. His …

The Rugby World Cup 2023 bound Uruguay and Romania will play the first of two test matches on Saturday. They will do so at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. The venue is the home of Uruguayan Rugby; yet, it has only previously hosted one of the ten prior test matches …

Game two of the three match series moves slightly south from Jujuy to Salta. A win for Argentina would see Los Pumas claiming a historic series win. Argentina were 26-18 winners in the first test match. Both teams had impressive periods of play in the Jujuy test match which suggests …

The July 2022 Internationals continue. Portugal play host to the Argentina XV in what is the second of two matches in Europe for the South Americans. The match follows the Argentina XV’s away victory over Georgia last weekend. The match is not a friendly. Players are under instructions to perform …

Titi Lamositele and Paul Lasike will not be playing for the USA in the World Cup Qualifier series against Chile. Lamositele has opted out for personal reasons, while Lasike suffered a broken hand against the French Barbarians. Angus MacLellan and Kisi Unufe have been called up as replacements. Lamositele had …

Reinforcements have arrived in Salta for Los Pumas. Argentina are preparing for the second test match against Scotland. Michael Cheika’s team were 26-18 winners over Scotland in Jujuy in the first test. Starting fly half Nicolás Sánchez was injured during the match and Tomás Cubelli ruled-out shortly before kick-off. This …

Andy Robinson has reduced his Romania squad to 28 players for the two-test series against Uruguay that begins this weekend in Montevideo. It’s a comparatively inexperienced group with eight players who lined up against Italy sitting out the tour including captain Mihai Macovei. There are three uncapped players included. Giant …

Spain have revised their traveling squad for Sunday’s test match against Canada in Ottawa. Eight players from the original group of 33 will not travel, with 26-year-old VRAC winger Pedro de la Lastra called up to the squad for the first time. Last week it emerged that seven players did …