Tag Archives: Top 14

The long and arduous French rugby season concludes on Saturday. Competing in the 2018 Top 14 Final will be Castres and Montpellier. The sides are very much a reflection of the past and the present, the old and the new with the traditional Castres up against the big spending city …

Agen have signed Colombian Andrés Zafra. The international second-rower joins the Top 14 club from rivals Lyon, for whom he played in the Espoirs with occasional matches coming for the senior side. Aged 22, the arrival of Zafra at Agen continues the development of Colombia’s first player to have played in …

The time of Manuel Carizza at Racing 92 has concluded. The Rosario second-row departs the French Top 14 club Racing 92 with immediate effect. He and teammate prop Luc Ducalcon are no longer Racing 92 players, the latter retiring while Carizza considers his options. This comes a day after Juan …

A Former Puma to Sign La Marseillaise at the Top 14 Final. The French club season ends on Saturday at the Stade de France in Paris with Montpellier and Castres squaring off to determine the 2018 Top 14 Champion. For the special occasion the LNR have arranged for Omar Hasan …

Argentine star winger Juan Imhoff has penned a new 4-year contract with Racing 92. The player made the announcement on social media. The new arrangement sees Imhoff remaining with the Parisian club until 2022. It will see him completing over a decade of playing for the club he arrived at …

Another victory for the Jaguares certainly caught our eye and there was a full slate of Major League Rugby matches to consider. Then, of course, there were the big games in Europe, an English Premiership final and the Top 14 Semi Finals. Overall there was enough out there to put …

Mauricio Reggiardo has extended his coaching contract with Agen until 2021. The 48-year-old arrived at the club in 2016 from Albi and in having successfully transformed it into a Top 14 side he has secured a new deal. The new three-year contract sees the former Pumas tighthead prop as Head …

Leandro Cedaro is returning to Mont de Marsan. The 30-year-old from Chaco province in Argentina has signed a three-year-deal with the French club which sees him on his way back to the side from Agen. Before joining Agen last year Cedaro played for La Rochelle, enjoying a highly successful five …

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 Seattle Seawolves Coming off an impressive performance against the Utah Warriors, the Seawolves turned it up a notch against the New …

The great career of Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe has now closed. On November 11 2006 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe defeated England. He was a part of the historic 25-18 Pumas victory at Twickenham Stadium. Twelve years on and he defeated England today, doing so for the Barbarians and as captain. …