Los Pumas played 12 test matches in 2024. The fixtures were played as part of the July Internationals, November Internationals and the Rugby Championship. Following Rugby World Cup 2023, Felipe Contepomi replaced Michael Cheika as Head Coach. Contepomi brought with him new ideas which included new offensive and defensive structures …
Read More »Chile Starting Formation 2024
Chile played seven test matches and two non-capped matches in 2024. The fixtures were played in South America and Europe. They came in three different slots: (i) July Internationals, (ii) Rugby World Cup Qualifiers and (iii) November Internationals. The non-capped fixtures were against the Argentina XV before the Rugby World …
Read More »Uruguay Starting Formation 2024
Uruguay played six test matches in 2024. The test matches were played in July at home and in November in Europe. The starting formation underwent changes from one game to the next, sometimes the alterations were minor while other times they were substantial. In total, thirty-two players started test matches …
Read More »Los Angeles Complete Big Signing of Puma Gonzalo Bertranou
Rugby Football Club LA (Los Angeles) have completed the big signing of Pumas scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou on a two year deal. This means Bertranou will play for RFCLA in Major League Rugby (MLR) 2025 and 2026. The move comes on the back end of a busy 2024; Bertranou played in …
Read More »Quesada’s Italy to Tour South Africa in July 2025
Gonzalo Quesada’s Italy will tour South Africa in July 2025. The World Champion Springboks will play three home matches as part of the mid-year internationals. South Africa are to play Italy twice and also host Georgia once. Additional home test matches will be against Australia (2) and Argentina (1) in …
Read More »Americas Players with most Caps in 2024
2024 kicked-off the first of four years of international competition which will culminate with Rugby World Cup 2027. The South American trio of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, from Rugby World Cup 2023, all faced teams from far away as did Canada and the USA. Some teams were busier than others. …
Read More »Plans for the USA to land New Zealand vs France in July 2025
The USA has been tabled to host not one but two All Blacks test matches in 2025. In addition to facing Ireland in Chicago in November, as part of the end-of-year, internationals, New Zealand is seeking to move a home test match against France to the USA. France is scheduled …
Read More »Wins at World Rugby Awards for Players from Three Americas Countries
There were wins for Americas players across several categories at the 2024 World Rugby Awards. Held in Monaco, World Rugby Awards panels named one Argentine in the Men’s Team of the Year and another in the Sevens Dream Team. Canada and the USA did well in Womens categories. Click Here for …
Read More »Major League Rugby reveals big schedule changes for 2025
Major League Rugby’s schedule in 2025 will have a very different look than a year ago. The league on Tuesday confirmed a 17-week regular season and three rounds of playoffs. East and West Conferences remain though the league has dropped from 12 to 11 teams, with the Dallas Jackals confirming …
Read More »2024 World Rugby Awards Snub Americas
Despite a very impressive 2024, from Los Pumas and Los Pumas 7’s no Argentine player will win a World Rugby award in 2024. With a grand total of zero nominees across all categories, World Rugby have not considered Argentina’s greatest Rugby Championship as noteworthy. No player was nominated for Player …
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