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History has been made as an Uruguayan player has officially joins Los Jaguares Super Rugby. Nicolás Freitas of Montevideo club, Carrasco Polo has signed a one year contract to play for the Argentine franchise. Aged 23, Freitas played for Uruguay in November. He started all three matches at center for …

Uruguay has named 24 players to face Los Jaguares. Los Teros will take on Argentina’s Super Rugby team on Monday in a pre-season fixture. It will be the first hit-out of the year for both teams, enabling them to prepare for Americas Rugby Championship and Super Rugby respectively. The players …

Toulouse are set to sign Facundo Isa, L’equipe has reported. The French media outlet says that Toulouse are to confirm the arrival of Isa in the coming hours. The 25-time capped Puma is said to be signing a two-year contract. Aged 23 Isa is regarded as one of the best …

A Pumas loosehead prop was spotted training at hooker for Los Jaguares on Wednesday. Having also done so last week Roberto Tejerizo is now indeed being trialed out of position. Aged 28 the Tejerizo has earned four caps for Argentina. He started twice against both Chile and Uruguay, doing so …

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 Chile and Uruguay 7’s A second encouraging tournament in as many weeks saw Chile qualifying for upcoming global competitions. Los Cóndores secured their places …

The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship is rapidly approaching. The Argentina XV Roster for this year’s competition has been released. The 31-man roster is a squad to feed Los Pumas. The majority of players selected are recent graduates of Los Pumitas. There are also returning players from the 2016 competition and …

Los Jaguares are to play Uruguay, Argentina XV in Warm-up Matches. The fixtures will take place this month giving the Argentine Super Rugby franchise match practice. On January 23 Los Jaguares will take-on Uruguay. Four days later the team will play against the Argentina XV. Both matches are to be …

French Pro D2 club Agen have confirmed the arrival of Facundo Bosch from Argentina. The hooker from Necochea has signed on with the club until 2019. He is one of seven arrivals, one of the others is Argentine Leandro Cedaro who joins from La Rochelle. The loss of Bosch is …

The year has not started well for veteran Juan Martín Hernández. The Jaguares inside center has been ruled out of rugby for a month, handing Los Jaguares a significant blow. In the first training session of the year Hernández collided with second-rower Juan Cruz Guillemaín. The impact caused facial trauma and …

An Argentine Super Rugby hooker is to join Agen according to reports in the French press. Midi Olympique broke the story with Facundo Bosch reportedly set to be unveiled as the club’s latest signing for the 2017-18 season. He will replace Portugal international Mike Tadjer who is moving to Brive. …