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Nicolás Sánchez is the winner of the 2018 Olimpia de Plata. The accolade is the default player of the year award as selected by Argentine sporting journalists. Sánchez was one of three finalists. Also nominated were Jaguares and Pumas captain Pablo Matera and last year’s winner Emiliano Boffelli. Sánchez is …

Pushing forward with his move to establish a ‘League of Nations’ World Rugby Vice Chairman Agustín Pichot has further criticized the existing set-up.  The former Pumas captain told L’Equipe that the big countries benefit from the small ones and that there is no solidarity. He seeks to change this by …

Juan Imhoff made history today, becoming the first Argentine player to score 100 tries as a professional rugby player. The mark was reached in Paris with Imhoff scoring a first half try in Racing 92’s 36-26 win over the Leicester Tigers. The 100 professional tries are based on senior tries …

When looking at Argentina’s November Internationals the results were a winless campaign from Los Pumas. But there is much more to evaluate and focus must go elsewhere. Compare Fairly  It is easy to look at the rivals and conclude that Argentina are not well placed. This, however, is problematic in …

This Saturday will see Tomás Lavanini completing 50th caps for Argentina. The world class second-rower from Buenos Aires will reach the milestone against Scotland and have the honor of leading the team out of the changing rooms onto Murrayfield. Aged 25, Lavanini debuted for Argentina in 2013. It came at …

Forwards Julián Montoya and Javier Ortega Desio will reach 50 caps for Argentina on Saturday. They are to do so against France with Ortega Desio starting the match at no 8 and Montoya playing as the replacement hooker. They will be the 34th and 35th Pumas to reach the mark …

Next month will see the final competitor for RWC 2019 confirmed. The month will also see widespread international competition involving all of of the 19 qualified countries and many others. Many will play in familiar rivalries. What though are rugby’s overdue test matches? 1 Australia vs Georgia In the Australian-hosted …

In a recent World Rugby video USA Eagles senior players Nate Augspurger, and Cam Dolan reflected on the Eagles in 2018. The duo have been heavily involved in the rise of the national men’s team in the years following RWC 2019. Coming off a winless campaign in England the Eagles …

Argentine forwards Matías Alemanno and Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro have reached 50 test caps. The duo reached the mark yesterday playing in the final round Rugby Championship fixture against Australia in Salta. Both players are not tied on 50 test caps together with Mauricio Reggiardo and Leonardo Senatore. They became the 32nd …

Brazilian rugby has developed significantly in recent years. Americas Rugby News caught up with the CBRu CEO Agustín Danza to get insight into what is behind the progress and what to look forward to in the future from Brazil. How has the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) changed the shape of …