The Top 14 continues this weekend with Week 11 of the league taking place. It is the first round since the completion of the November Internationals. Players have plenty to play for as RWC 2019 draws closer. 8th host 10th with Lyon at home against Pau on Saturday. Starting at …
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The Top 14 resumes this weekend with a full round of league matches. It returns with the November Internationals concluding on Saturday. Colombian Andrés Zafra and USA eligible prop Dave Ryan will both feature as replacements for Agen. Their team has home advantage against powerhouses Montpellier. With the fixture falling …
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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 …
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Argentina have called-up Mariano Galarza. The Bordeaux second-rower joins the roster Los Pumas in France for next Saturday’s international in Lille. Galarza has been added to the roster in place of Marcos Kremer. The regular starting flanker was forced to return to Argentina for personal reasons. Without him Head Coach …
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Running a bit behind this week with all efforts going to towards our new podcast, but we’ve pieced together a decent side at last. There is a heavy South American slant with Canada going through their warm-up matches and the Eagles smashed by the Māori at home. 1 – Martín …
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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 Toronto Arrows Major League Rugby (MLR) is now officially international. Canada is to join the USA’s professional rugby competition in 2019 …
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Juan Imhoff’s red-hot form continued this afternoon. The Argentine winger scored a double, helping Racing 92 down Montpellier on the road. The Parisians were 27-13 winners, running-in four tries to two with Juan Imhoff named Man of the Match. The Argentine crossed in the 7th and 52nd minutes of play …
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Patricio Fernández scored 12 points for Clermont today in the club’s away match against Grenoble. The teams competed to a 27-27 draw with Fernández and Frenchman Gaitan Germain involved in a goal-kicking dual. Fernández slotted five goals and Germain 6. In a good all-round match, Fernández was involved in two …
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The November Internationals officially begin on Saturday. With France not playing until November 10 there is room for another round of the Top 14. The following preview documents the upcoming involvement of Americas’ players in week 9 of the competition. The round opens in the Alpes on Saturday. Grenoble are …
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It’s been an interesting week. Our ‘international’ selections come from a Rugby Americas Select side that doubled up on the Glendale Raptors in a Major League Rugby scouting venture. Auckland won the Mitre 10 Cup with two Americas players very prominent while a third starred in the Heartland Championship. Other …
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