Tag Archives: Pro D2

Following time spent at Montpellier, Newcastle, and Carcassonne, Nahuel Lobo has returned to Estudiantes de Paraná. Still aged just 24 the loosehead prop has turned down offers to remain in Europe to focus on an international recall. In an interview with UNO Entre Rios Lobo said “the last year I …

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 Denver Stampede, PRO Rugby It is official, the inaugural PRO Rugby champions come from the Rocky Mountains. The Denver Stampede were crowned …

Star Canadian rugby 7’s player Conor Trainor is on his way to France. The newly promoted Pro d2 side, Vannes have signed the Vancouver flier on a one-year contract. Having debuted for Canada’s men’s rugby 7’s team in 2010 he is now a veteran. During his time on the international …

Daniel Hourcade’s 33-man roster for the Rugby Championship confirmed what the Head Coach had already stated. Argentina is no longer selecting those contracted to foreign clubs. As such nine members of the Rugby World Cup roster are missing. The Retired Not involved due to retirement are Horacio Agulla and Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe. …

After seemingly endless months the European club season is over, and we’ve had a couple weeks to to digest the season and take a look at who we thought was the best of those Americas players exiled across the professional divisions in France and Britain. Note that players were selected …

Argentina is targeting winning Gold in Rio de Janeiro as a strong roster has been named for the Olympics. Los Pumas 7’s Head Coach Santiago Goméz Cora has combined regulars with stars from Super Rugby and Europe to piece together a formidable squad. Juan Imhoff is the biggest name included in the …

Biarritz, Bourgoin, and Narbonne will not be relegated to Fédérale 1 after all. All three French Pro D2 clubs have been spared the axe by the DNACG, the administrative arm of the FFR. In late May it was announced that the long-established clubs were facing severe penalties for failing to …

Buenos Aires native Matías Agüero has signed for French Pro D2 club Aix-en-Provence. The 35-year-old loosehead prop departs Leicester Tigers, with whom he spent one season after signing as a medical joker to replace fellow Italian international Michele Rizzo in November. He won the last of his 40 caps for …

Promising Argentine second row Manuel Plaza will join Perpignan for the coming season. The 20-year-old has signed an academy deal with the French Pro D2 side, the second Americas lock forward to do so in recent weeks following Canadian counterpart Paul Ciulini. Plaza, who stands 1.98m (6’6″) and hails from …

Tomás Vallejos Cinalli will play for Nevers in the 2016/17 season. The former Pumas lock joins the French Fédérale 1 side from Aix-en-Provence in PRO D2, who he joined mid-season after a spell as a medical joker with Stade Français during the World Cup. At 31 years old Vallejos has …