Ciencias Olavide has signed Gabriel Roldán. The Argentine player will play the 2020-2021 División de Honor for the Spanish club. Roldán joins from Aldro Independiente. The 29-year-old is naturally a scrum-half, though he has also played at fly half and fullback in Spain. He is 1.74m tall and weighs 82kg. Both …
Read More »Agustín Creevy sees London Irish past Exeter Chiefs
Agustín Creevy played well yesterday. The former Pumas captain helped London Irish past the Exeter Chiefs. He was both a try scorer and a defensive master in the match. London Irish won 22-19 in their best result of the year. Creevy was a replacement hooker. He entered in the 50th …
Read More »Mitre 10 Cup – Round 3 Review
Just a week after one of their own lifted the Ranfurly Shield, a second New England player emerged triumphant at Inglewood. Once again a number players with Major League Rugby links made their marks, some for the wrong reasons. The final match of the weekend featured a remarkable eight players …
Read More »Santboiana sign Roberto Tejerizo
Unión Esportiva Santboiana have signed Roberto Tejerizo. The move means that the former Jaguares front-rower will play in the Spanish División de Honor. The 32-year-old makes the move from Eastern to Western Europe. He previously played for Baia Mare in Romania. Tejerizo is from the northern Argentine city of Tucumán. …
Read More »Facundo Isa scores as Toulon advance to Challenge Cup Final
Facundo Isa scored for Toulon on Saturday. The rampaging ball-carrier from Santiago del Estero continued his fine form ahead of the Rugby Championship. His try helped Toulon to a Semi Final victory. The French Top 14 club defeated the Leicester Tigers 34-19. Toulon will face the Bristol Bears in the Challenge …
Read More »Juan Imhoff try takes Racing 92 into Champions Cup Final
Juan Imhoff scored a match-wining try today for Racing 92. The Argentine winger scored the only try of the European Champions Cup Semi Final match against Saracens. His 75th minute try gave Racing 92 a 19-15 win. Racing 92 now await the result of the second Semi Final. It is …
Read More »Western Force re-sign Marcel Brache
The Western Force have re-signed Marcel Brache. The team’s website made the announcement, noting it as a new two-year-deal. Brache joins Kieran Longbottom, and Brynard Stander in committing to the Western Australian Super Rugby side. The 32-year-old Brache has over 50 appearances in Super Rugby. In addition to playing for …
Read More »On this day in 2019: David downed Goliath
History was made on this day in 2019. Quite simply David downed Goliath. Uruguay put in their most memorable rugby performance of all-time to defeat Fiji. The match was Los Teros’ first game of RWC 2019. The September 25, 2019 match was the second of two between the countries in …
Read More »ARN Player of the Week – Taylor Paris
European rugby’s knockout rounds restarted this past weekend but COVID didn’t get the memo. Positive (or should we say negative?) test results in Castres robbed us of watching five Americas players at Welford Road among them Tomás Lavanini and Tyler Ardron. Of those who did take the field, a trio …
Read More »Leicester Tigers add Joaquín Díaz Bonilla from Jaguares
The Leicester Tigers have added Joaquín Díaz Bonilla from Los Jaguares. The club has confirmed the signing of the fly half from Argentina. Díaz Bonilla will join the Leicester Tigers for the 2020-2021 English Premiership season. He follows the signing of center Matías Moroni. Both Moroni and Díaz Bonilla will …
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