The USA Eagles opened 2018 in style. They began the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) with a victory over the Argentina XV in Los Angeles. In doing so they became the first team to defeat the Argentina in the ARC. Since the ARC began in 2016 the Argentina XV has gone …
Read More »Uruguay vs Canada RWC Qualifier – Match Highlights
History was made on Saturday afternoon in Montevideo, Uruguay. The home team defeated Canada to send the North Americans into Rugby World Cup repechage qualifiers for the first time in history. Uruguay’s come-from-behind victory saw the South Americans winning the match 32-31. On aggregate Los Teros won the series 70-60. It …
Read More »ARC 2018 – Canada vs Uruguay – Full Match Video
The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship got off to a flying start on Saturday as Canada hosted Uruguay at BC Place in Vancouver. More than 16,000 fans showed up to watch a thrilling match that doubled as the first leg of the Americas 2 World Cup Qualifier. A full match report …
Read More »Uruguay’s Top 5 Greatest Victories
How does Uruguay’s 38-29 win over Canada compare to historical results? The answer is that it is among Uruguay’s most significant achievements. It surpasses many of Los Teros’ most noteworthy results both in the recent and long-term past. It merits a place in Uruguay’s Top 5 Greatest Victories of all-time. Uruguay …
Read More »Imhoff Double Sinks Castres
A double from Juan Imhoff helped Racing 92 sink Castres on Saturday. The Top 14 victory was made possible thanks to Imhoff’s tries. They accounted for 100% of Racing 92’s tries in the match which was won 18-13. Neither of the tries were textbook wingers scores. Instead the first was …
Read More »Segundo Tuculet Scores 100 meter Try vs Pro D2 Leaders
Segundo Tuculet ran in a 100 meter try vs the Pro D2 leaders, Montauban on Friday. The try would be the only one of the match for Narbonne who fell to a 34-10 defeat. The former Jaguar, Argentina XV and Los Pumas 7’s player caught a cross-kick ingoal and sprinted …
Read More »Match Highlights – Canada vs Uruguay
On Saturday evening Canada and Uruguay played in the first match of 2018 involving the Americas. It was the opening fixture of the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship. More importantly it was the first of two qualifying matches for Rugby World Cup 2019. The winner, on aggregate, will qualify for Japan …
Read More »PladAR Success Story Is Now Jaguares’ Captain
A PladAR success story is now Los Jaguares’ captain. Confirmation out of Argentina is that the national Super Rugby franchise will not be captained by Joaquín Tuculet but, rather, by Pablo Matera. The 24-year-old Matera officially replaced Agustín Creevy as the Jaguares captain today. The change enables Creevy to focus on …
Read More »Axel Müller Scores in West Ireland
Axel Müller scored his latest try of the season, doing so in West Ireland against Connacht on Saturday. The 2016 Argentine Olympian scored the opening try for Oyonnax in their final round fixture of the European Challenge Cup. The visitors from France were no match for Connacht in Galway. The …
Read More »Federico Torres Giliberti Charges into Posts to Score in Challenge Cup
Federico Torres Giliberti charged into the posts to score a try in the Challenge Cup. Playing for Russian side Enisei-STM the former Pucára winger went over for a first half try. The score came following a solid tackle on former England test fly half Toby Flood. The tackle dislodged the …
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