Pablo Matera scored in Stade Français’ big win over Castres. The Sunday fixture saw the Parisians completion a 29-9 victory. Matera scored the first of three tries for the winning team. The win edges Stade Français closer to the play-off’s zone. After 15 rounds the Parisians are in 8th position …
Read More »Jerónimo de la Fuente scores for Perpignan in bonus point loss
Jerónimo de la Fuente was a try scorer on Saturday. The former Jaguares captains scored his first try for Perpignan, dins so in a bonus point loss against Montauban. The 25-23 defeat sees Perpignan dropping from 1st to 2nd position in the Pro D2. Vannes are now the competition leaders …
Read More »Kate Zackary shines as Exeter snaps Saracens streak
Saracens are no longer perfect in the 2020-21 Premier 15s season. In fact their unbeaten run dated back to October 2018, but it came crashing to a halt on Saturday as Exeter Chiefs took a famous victory with the final score reading 22-14 to the home side at Sandy Park. …
Read More »Matías Alemanno’s try gives Gloucester a bonus point in defeat
Gloucester were beaten at home on Saturday. The 31-26 defeat sees Gloucester occupying bottom spot in the English Premiership. Despite losing against the Northampton Saints, Gloucester did come away with a competition point. Matías Alemanno’s 78th minute try gave Gloucester a bonus point in defeat. Alemanno was one of two …
Read More »AJ MacGinty scores 10 points in away win over Leicester
AJ MacGinty scored 10 points for the Sale Sharks on Friday. His team were 25-15 winners away over the Leicester Tigers. The result sees the Sale Sharks continuing their impressive season. After seven rounds the club sits in 3rd position with a 5-2 record. MacGinty started the match at fly …
Read More »ARN Player of the Week – Jerónimo de la Fuente
This past weekend saw limited action with even the Saracens match called off. It was France where we found our contenders, but to be truthful the list was short. Francisco Gómez Kodela and Juan Imhoff did well for Lyon and Racing respectively, while Evan Olmstead was prominent in a dominant …
Read More »Benjamín Urdapilleta signs extension with Castres
Castres have re-signed Benjamín Urdapilleta. The Argentine fly half will remain at the Tarns until mid-2022. His contract extension comes following an approach from Perpignan. The Catalans instead contracted fellow Argentine play-maker Patricio Fernández from Lyon. The veteran Urdapilleta joined Castres in 2015. He previously played for Oyonnax (2012-2015) and …
Read More »Peñarol signs Teros front rower Facundo Gattas
Peñarol have signed Facundo Gattas. In doing so the Uruguayan international will play in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby this year. Gattas joins Peñarol from Buenos Aires’ Hindú Club. The 25-year-old Gattas has 33 caps for Uruguay. He made his test debut in 2016 against Canada in the Americas …
Read More »Selknam sign Ramón Ayarza from Anglet
José Ramón Ayarza is on his way back home from France. The Chilean loose head prop is joining Selknam for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. He is doing so from French club Anglet. Ayarza is Chile’s leading loose head prop. The 27-year-old has 13 test caps …
Read More »Big win for Olmstead’s Biarritz over Montauban
Biarritz Olympique kept their promotion hopes intact with a 31-3 demolition of Montauban at Parc d’Aguilera on Saturday. Canada’s Evan Olmstead was again a top contributor with another 80 minute performance in a dominant BOPB forward effort. The result was very different to that of the first meeting between the …
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