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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 …

Three players – Emiliano Boffelli, Pablo Matera, and Nicolás Sánchez have been nominated for the Olimpia de Plata. The nominees were chosen by Argentine sporting journalists who determined that the trio were Argentina’s finest rugby players in 2018. Boffelli played 12 test matches for Argentina in 2018. He scored three …

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 …

Our last podcast of 2018 features US Eagles lock Nick Civetta to talk about the year that was, his professional career, and a little Major League Rugby. Paul Tait also checks in to talk about where things stand and what lies ahead less than a month away from a World …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Andrés Zafra History was made in France on Saturday with Zafra becoming the first ever Colombian to score a try in …

The Barbarians and Argentina played out an entering match today in London. The composite side would mount a stunning comeback to complete a three point win after Los Pumas had been 21 points ahead. The fixture served Argentina as a means of concluding 2018 with an exhibition match. With Super …

Argentina ended their year in London this afternoon, falling 38-35 to the Barbarians. The defeat came after Argentina had been leading 28-7 and sees Mario Ledesma’s team officially winless in their end of year tour. The mark left by Ledesma has already seen personal changes. One of them is no …

This episode features a good chat with Curry Hitchborn to talk about UBC and the pathway from college rugby to the pros. We also cover the last week of the international test window and what lies ahead for the Americas in the coming months. The ARN Podcast is available on: …

The November Internationals have concluded yet there is still one fixture to play. Argentina take-on the Barbarians in London on Saturday in a special attraction to bring to an end 2018’s international activities. The Barbarians are South African heavy yet are captained by New Zealand’s Wyatt Crockett. The RWC winner …

The last week of the November test window has now passed and it’s hard to believe it but we’re just a month away from being in a World Cup year. It’ll be mostly European club sides who supply our selections next week. This week we saw four teams in test …