Los Tarucas were too good for Selknam on Friday evening. Los Tucumanos humbled the Chileans, completing a 41-13 home victory to open Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026. The victory involved a barnstorming second-half wherein, Los Tarucas went from leading 8-3 to finishing with a bonus point victory. There was little …
Read More »Juan Ignacio Brex Celebrates 50th Cap with win vs Scotland
Juan Ignacio Brex celebrated his 50th cap for Italy with a win over Scotland on Saturday. The center from Buenos Aires, Argentina was one of three Italian players reaching the milestone of 50 caps in the match. He joined captain Michele Lamaro and fly half Paolo Garbisi. Brex has been …
Read More »Five Classic Pumas Tries against Australia
Argentina and Australia are regular opponents in the Rugby Championship. Indeed, test matches between the teams has boomed due to the competition. There were no matches between Los Pumas and the Wallabies in the 1990s and four in the 2000s but there have already been 11 played in the 2020s. …
Read More »Americas Anthems at Rugby World Cups
A record five Americas teams will compete at Rugby World Cup 2027. The Australia hosted tournament will be an expanded tournament with 24-teams rather than 20 as was the case from 1999-2023. The five Americas teams will be Canada and the USA from North America and Argentina, Chile and Uruguay …
Read More »Five Classic Pumas Tries against Ireland
There have been many great tries scored over the course of the long history of international competition between Los Pumas and Ireland. International competition dates back to 1952, that being a quarter of a century before the inaugural Rugby World Cup. The Rugby World Cup era is where the bulk …
Read More »Santiago Pedrero Scores 2025 Try of the Year for Chile vs Samoa
For the second time this decade, World Rugby elected a Chilean try as the best of a calendar year. Santiago Pedrero’s try for Los Cóndores against Samoa in Utah was officially determined as being the best try of the year in 2025. The try was in the opening of two …
Read More »The Greatest Day in Chile Rugby’s History
The greatest day in Chile’s Rugby history is September 27, 2025. The day saw Los Cóndores booking their place at Rugby World Cup 2027 by defeating Samoa 31-12 at a packed Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar. The match was game two of a home-and-away Rugby World Cup Qualifying series …
Read More »Five Classic Pumas Tries vs England
Los Pumas and England have competed against each other in international competition since 1978. The near half-century has seen 31 matches played with fixtures players both home-and away as well as at four different Rugby World Cup tournaments. Some amazing tries have been scored over the years. Examples of five …
Read More »Toulon Sign Tomás Albornoz from Benetton
French Top 14 club Toulon have completed the signing of Tomás Albornoz. The move sees the French giants landing the ace Argentine play-maker in mid-season transfer. Albornoz completed the move to France from the Treviso-based United Rugby Championship (URC) club, Benetton. The move from the URC to the Top 14 …
Read More »Los Pumas 7’s Win Silver at Cape Town Sevens
Los Pumas 7’s were beaten finalists at the 2025 Cape Town Sevens. The Argentines lost the final 21-19 against hosts South Africa with the difference between the sides being a conversion. The tournament performance from Argentina was a vast improvement to that from Dubai in the opening tournament of the …
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