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Argentina And Its Growing Prowess

Argentina rugby team has been playing well and their strength might be seen as a threat to established rugby nations as well.


This year the country has done well; recently they were able to defeat the Canadians in their home league run the Super Sevens. The team is also gearing up to host England as they come into play two Test matches in the country. No matter what the outcome would be Argentina will surely benefit from playing against England, a team that has developed their skills considerably and has had an almost uninterrupted series of wins since last year.

Today Argentina rugby team is placed alongside teams like South Africa. Together they are seen as formidable opponents for countries like New Zealand. The All Blacks would be participating in the Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan in the year 2019. They are already eyeing the South African and Argentina teams to be potential threats that need to be taken seriously. Keep Reading

Argentina Rugby Getting Stronger Every Passing Year

Gone are the days when you were a Black Cap or Springboks fan and did not have to worry about losing if your teams played against Argentina in the rugby international game.


Argentineans are slowly but surely embracing rugby and the support for their rugby team is far better than it was before. Rugby is getting hugely popular in Argentina and one day will come when Argentineans is passionate about rugby like they are for football.

The national rugby team of Argentina has a nickname Los Pumas and the team normally plays in the sky blue and white jerseys, which is like their National football team jersey. Argentina entered the international rugby union fray in 1910. At present, the team is ranked as the fifth best team in the international rankings. Every team is wary of the power and the prowess of the Argentinean team and one their given day, they can easily knock down top opponents like Australia and New Zealand.

The Argentinean Rugby Union team played their best at the 2015 World Cup and they’re showing at this World Cup was the best that they had achieved in their World Cup history. Before the World Cup, they played at their best to enter the semi finals of the Rugby Championships. This was followed by another semifinal appearance at the 2015 World Cup. The Argentineans started 2015 World Cup against favorites New Zealand and gave them a tough fight before losing 26-16. They went on to beat Ireland in the quarters and faced Australia in the semis that were won by Australia.

Argentina showed their class and renewed form at the recently concluded 2016 Rio Olympics. They finished in the second position at the end of the group stage and qualified for the quarter finals. They were defeated 5-0 by Great Britain in the quarter finals and then beat Australia 26-21 in the 5th to 8th place standing game. They finally lost to New Zealand in the 5th place play off 17-14 to finish the Olympics run in the 6th position.

Conor Murray ‘lucky’ to be fit

Ireland assistant coach Richie Murphy has stated that Scrum-half Conor Murray is quite “lucky” enough to be fit to play against Italy after being hold by the boot of England’s Mike Brown. Murphy had to go under 8 stitches across his left eye after Mike tried to kick the ball from his hands during their match earlier on Saturday. England won that match.

Richie Murphy stated that Conor has got a split right next to his eye, he has had 8 stitches but he is grand. He did not train today, but they are only looking after him. Keep Reading

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