Rugby World Cup News

Juan Martin Hernandez who has only made one previous Test start at fly-half, but did finish the season at Stade Francais playing at 10 will face a stiff test against the French. The side is Captained by scrum-half Agustin Pichot and brothers Felipe and Manuel Contepomi link up in midfield at centre. The kicking […]

As we approach the opening game against France, we thought you might like to be aware of the odds being offered for Argentina in the Rugby World Cup. So a few of these open to you are:Outright winner: 50/1.
Probably the more interesting options are the Stage of elimination and these are: Group 2/5, Quarter-Final 9/4, […]

We are please to say that Argentina centre Martin Gaitan has left hospital in Wales after having treatment for a heart problem. But the Biarritz player has been ruled out of the Pumas’ World Cup campaign, with Hindu centre Hernan Senillosa called up as his replacement. Gaitan will take his time in deciding if he […]

Agustin Pichot will captain the 30-man Pumas squad, which has been announced as one of the first final squads. Not surprisingly Leinster fly-half Felipe Contepomi and Stade Francais full-back Juan Martin Hernandez are also named, the surprise names are Horacio Agulla and Federico Serra who were not in the original 41 preliminary squad named at […]

The new shirt for the Rugby world Cup (RWC) in France this September is expected to be available from July. The shirt has subtle changes from previous versions with the major change being the white bands only featuring across the front with a border splitting the front from sides and sleeves.
Pumas World Cup Shirts available […]

Ireland play Argentina on the 30th Sep in pool ‘D’ of Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007, in the Parc De Princes Stadium in Paris.  This is the last of the pool games and this will be the first meeting between the two at this stage although Argentina did beat Ireland 28-24 in the 1999 quarter […]

Argentina  meet Namibia on the 22nd Sep in pool ‘D’ of Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 at the Velodrome, Marseille. This will be the second occasion the sides have met in the RWC, in 2003 Australia Argentina ran out winners by 67-14.
Argentina Namibia Preview
Argentina will be looking to play their second string in this match […]

Argentina will play Georgia in their first pool ‘D’  game on the 11th Sep in the Stadium Gerland, Lyon. This will be the first meeting between the two at the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007. Argentina having featured in a different pool in the 2003 event.
Argentina Georgia Preview
Argentina having played the 1st tier nations and […]

France open the 2007 Rugby World Cup (RWC) on the 7th September at the Stade De France with a game against Argentina in pool’D’. This will be only the second time the sides have met in the RWC, the last occasion was in the quarter-finals 1999 when France came out winners 47-26.
France vs Argentina […]

Argentina beat Uruguay 26-0 in Buenos Aires on Saturday. This victory secures the Pumas sixth appearance in the RWC finals in France 2007. They will join hosts France, Ireland, a third European team and the top qualifier from Africa in group D.