Argentina

The start of the season in the Northern Hemisphere and the end of the season in the Southern Hemisphere; that is where we find ourselves as rugby union fans.

Manuel Montero, or “Panther” as he has been aptly nicknamed in his homeland of Argentina, is not just the latest Jonah Lomu-inspired, powerhouse winger to grace the pitches of world rugby, but rather Los Pumas’ greatest hope for establishing themselves as perennial challengers to the likes of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

The rugby season is in full flow worldwide, and this weekend sees a massive game in Wellington in The Rugby Championship

We have featured two excellent pieces on referees in our rugby news section over the past four weeks, looking at the shares and the views, Rugby Union Fans are interested in the role and how it can influence high profile games.

This weekend the Rugby Championship is back after a week off. There have been three close games and one blowout with the All Blacks thrashing the Wallabies in Round 2. But what lies in store this weekend?

Argentina hooker Eusebio Guinazu has signed for Munster on a four-month deal to offset Mike Sherry's long-term shoulder injury.

As two rounds of international rugby from the southern hemisphere have already flown by, Talking Rugby Union’s Scott Donaldson brings you the team of round 2…

South Africa survived a huge scare before making it back-to-back wins over Argentina at the start of their new Rugby Championship campaign.

The game of rugby seldom feels like a fairytale. Rugby is an intense and high impact game that would be difficult to draw parallels to bedtime stories; some might say it is more like a nightmare.

The first round of the Rugby Championship was played in difficult conditions across the southern hemisphere with two enthralling encounters sparking the competition into life.

Beale not Foley was on most people's minds leading into the first weekend of the southern hemisphere's premier competition. There was also a suspicion that Argentina were being discounted too easily.

South Africa got their Rugby Championship campaign up and running with victory over Argentina, although it was far from easy for the Springboks in testing conditions at a rain-drenched Loftus Versfeld.

The stage is set for the Rugby Championship 2014, featuring four of the best teams in the world of rugby playing each other home and away.

As the curtain draws on the 2014 Super Rugby competition, the second southern hemisphere tournament of the season - the Rugby Championship - is ready to spark into life.

Scotland snatched a 21-19 victory over Argentina in their Test match in Cordoba

The June Internationals and Pacific Nations Cup are almost over for another year. The Southern Hemisphere teams still seem to hold the dominance with exception of an understrength Argentina team.

Ross Ford wants his record-breaking night in Cordoba to be one on which Scotland's young and inexperienced players rise to the challenge posed by Argentina.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has taken the surprising step of naming lock Grant Gilchrist as his captain for the Test against Argentina on Friday.

David Denton has been ruled out of Scotland's summer tour as the back-row forward continues his recovery from a concussion he sustained over a month ago.

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt wants to try out as many players as possible in Argentina and has therefore made seven changes for Saturday's second Test match against the Pumas.