History was made this past Friday as Colombian Andrés Zafra debuted for Top 14 club, Lyon. Aged just 19 Zafra is Colombia’s first to ever play rugby in Europe. He is now on the verge of playing in the richest league in the world, the Top 14. His debut appearance for the club …
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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 …
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Wallabies Head Coach Michael Cheika has named a 36-man roster ahead of the Rugby Championship roster on August 20. Coming off a telling 3-0 series defeat against England the Australians are stepping-up their preparations by calling-in reinforcements from France. This sees Matt Giteau returning from Toulon to replace Christian Leali’ifano of …
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Los Jaguares’ inaugural Super Rugby campaign involved fifteen matches. Of these the return was four victories, an insignificant total for the season to be deemed successful. Numerous questions from a variety of people as to ”what went wrong” have been asked. On social media alone I have been contacted by Argentine …
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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 Classifying Americas Rugby Markets, new and old, offer great hope for a future of greatly expanded international competition in our region. This …
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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. …
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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 …
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Gonzalo Tiesi has retired from rugby.the Argentine outside center made the announcement on twitter where he declared: “the end of this incredible voyage. I will always be thankful for what I have lived during these 12 years”. Aged 31 the Buenos Aires enjoyed a successful career abroad. Playing in both …
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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 Chile There were two significant breakthroughs for Chile in recent days. Firstly the sport in the country is set to be boosted in …
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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 …
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