Chile Head Coach Sebastián Gajardo has changes ten players for Saturday’s home international against the Argentina XV. Los Cóndores will play host to their eastern neighbors in a non-capped fixture which is the third and final match in the 2016 Sudamérica Rugby Cup. Los Cóndores are returning to La Pintana, …
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Argentine lock Demián Panizzo has extended his contract with Colomiers until the end of the 2016/17 season plus a one year option. The powerful 26-year-old has been a mainstay in the engine room since arriving in France in 2014 from Belgrano, appearing in 23 matches this year for the Pro …
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It’s been one heckuva busy week already and there’s so much more to get to, but we still have enough time to fit in our picks from the past weekend’s action. A couple big finals in the UK, two matches in the USA, Pro D2 semi-finals in France and 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 Canada Women’s 7s A 29-19 win by Canada over Australia on Sunday saw the North Americans crowned champions of the French leg …
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A major story is emerging from France where the Pro D2 has made a sudden announcement that established clubs Biarritz, Bourgoin, and Narbonne are to be relegated to Fédérale 1 for financial reasons. The news has broken in the midst of the league’s finals to determine promotion to the Top …
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Players from Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina are set to participate in the French Pro D2 semi-finals this weekend. A half-dozen have been nominated by their teams to contest the next step towards promotion to the Top 14. Just two wins stand between the clubs and the big time. Aurillac host …
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This weekend sees week 25 of the French championship taking place and involved are to be a host of players from the Americas. Week 25’s opening fixture was that of La Rochelle vs Racing 92 earlier this evening. The match saw the visitors from suburban Paris claiming a minimum of …
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The global rugby community warmed-up with excitement to the news earlier this year that a rugby player from Colombia was on his way to France to join Fédérale 3 club Givors. That player was 19 year old second-rower Andrés Zafra. His time at the club in the Lyon region has …
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We’ve reached the end of the line for the regular season of the Pro D2. A long and arduous season will come to an end for 12 clubs, while four others will battle it out for one remaining promotion spot into the Top 14. The clubs will all go into …
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The numbers were low with most teams sitting the weekend out on account of the European Champions Cup final, but thankfully Los Jaguares performed reasonably well and there were two PRO Rugby matches to run the rule over. This weekend the Top 14 returns and it won’t be long until …
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