"impressive five-game winning streak. In November 2007, in the wake of Argentina's World Cup run, the future status of ""Los Pumas"" was a key topic of discussion at an IRB conference on the future worldwide growth of the sport. The decisions made at the conference regarding Argentina were: On March 13, 2008, Santiago Phelan was named as the coach of the Argentine rugby union team, filling the vacancy left by Marcelo Loffreda. On 7 June 2008, the Pumas beat Scotland 21–15 in Rosario, Argentina, thus maintaining their position as the third highest ranked team in the IRB rankings. In June"
"Club, where the first rugby match in Argentine had been played). The animal was later replaced by a native to Argentine species, so the jaguar was chosen due to his ""agility and courage"", according to their words. The ""Pumas"" nickname is the result of an error made by Carl Kohler, a journalist for the then ""Die Transvaler"" newspaper in South Africa, while following the team during their first overseas tour ever – to Southern Africa in 1965. He tried to devise a catchy nickname for the team similar to existing international team nicknames such as ""All Blacks"", ""Springboks"", and ""Wallabies""."
"1965 Argentina rugby union tour of Rhodesia and South Africa The 1965 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of sixteen matches played by the Argentina national team in May and June 1965 in Rhodesia and South Africa. Argentina played a total of 16 matches within two months of tour. That tour was meaningful relevant for Argentine rugby due to the nickname ""Pumas"" (that has identified the national team since then) was born in South Africa, more precisely after the victory v. the Junior Springboks at Ellis Park, considered historical not only for Argentine rugby"
"Scotland lost the first test in 1968, but won a close second test two weeks later. The first trip of the Argentina national rugby team to the other side of the Atlantic was to Rhodesia and South Africa in 1965. The team acquired the nickname ""Pumas"", from a local journalist of ""The Weekly Farers"" after their first tour match, a defeat on 8 May by Rhodesia in Salisbury 17–12. The journalist mistook the animal that appeared on the UAR emblem (a ""yaguareté"") for a puma, probably because it was an unknown species in South Africa. Nevertheless, the nickname has remained"
"Pumas (rugby team) The Pumas (currently known as the ISG Pumas for sponsorship reasons) are a South African rugby union team that competes in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup and the Northern Section of the Vodacom Cup. The team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province (formerly known as the South Eastern Transvaal) and plays at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, having previously also played at the Puma Stadium in Witbank. The Pumas are a well supported team throughout Mpumalanga Province, with large fan bases located in Witbank, Middelburg, Ermelo and Nelspruit. The Pumas average crowds of 13,000 at"
"interview for the 50th anniversary of the tour, Héctor Silva stated: About the first matches, Heriberto Handley said in the same interview: ""Coco Benzi"" added: 1965 Argentina rugby union tour of Rhodesia and South Africa The 1965 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of sixteen matches played by the Argentina national team in May and June 1965 in Rhodesia and South Africa. Argentina played a total of 16 matches within two months of tour. That tour was meaningful relevant for Argentine rugby due to the nickname ""Pumas"" (that has identified the national team since"
"""Pumas"") and played at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa won 13–6 and scored the only try of the match, which was played in wet and raining conditions. The following week the two teams met again, this time at Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta, Argentina. The Springboks won again, but were considered lucky to get the 31–33 victory. At one stage Argentina were winning by 12 points, and were leading with five minutes remaining, but Springbok Morné Steyn kicked a penalty in the 76th minute to give South Africa the lead and the win. In weeks"
"#gopumas #pumas4life #pumasfamily""></ref> Rassie Jansen van Vuuren Erasmus Albertus Jansen van Vuuren (born 23 May 1985) is a South African rugby union player, whose usual position is prop or hooker. After representing the Pumas at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2003, he joined the Academy, playing for them at Under-20 and Under-21 level in 2004 and 2005. He had a short spell at French Rugby Pro D2 side Gaillac during their 2006–07 season before returning to the Golden Lions. In 2007 and 2008, he made first class appearances for the , and in South African rugby before returning to France,"
"James Lomas (rugby league) James Lomas (26 August 1879 – 11 February 1960), also known by the nickname of ""Jumbo"", was an English rugby league footballer of the late 19th and early 20th century. A three-quarter, and prominent goal-kicker, he captained the Great Britain national rugby league team. After starting with his home town Maryport's rugby union club, Lomas switched to rugby league, playing for Bramley, Salford, Oldham and York in a career that lasted for twenty-four years from 1899 to 1923, and saw him set new transfer fee and point scoring records. He also played representative matches for England,"
"Malcolm Thomas (rugby union player) Malcolm Campbell Thomas (25 April 1929 – 9 April 2012) was a Welsh and British Lions international rugby union player. A centre, he played club rugby for Newport. He won 27 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on two tours of Australia and New Zealand. After his rugby career Thomas became a successful business man. He died on 9 April 2012 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Born in Machen in 1929, Thomas went to school at Bassaleg Grammar and was chosen for the Welsh Secondary Schools rugby and cricket teams, before"
"Los Pumas since. In 1992 against Spain, he became the country's youngest captain ever at the age of 21. Has earned 86 caps for his national side and has 184 test points (17 tries, 14 penalties, 11 drops and 14 goals). He played in three Rugby World Cup's, in 1991, 1995 and 1999, and missed his chance in 2003 due to injury. Tests: 86 2005: 11/6 vs. Italy (1 try); 17/6 vs. Italy 2003: 14/6: vs. France; 20/6: vs. France (1 Drop); 23/8: vs. United States; 30/8 vs. Canada. 2002: 15/6: vs. France; 2/11: vs. Australia; 16/11: vs. Italy; 23/11:"
"Pampas XV Pampas XV was an Argentine rugby union team that was based in South Africa when they participated in the South African second domestic competition, the Vodacom Cup between 2010 and 2013.<ref name=""Equipos UAR / Pampas XV""></ref> The team was established in 2010 and was composed almost entirely by members of the High Performance Plan of the UAR. It was an unofficial third national team, below the Senior squad (""Los Pumas"") and Argentina XV, although it has been described as the second team as well. During their short existence, Pampas XV won one Vodacom Cup and two Pacific Rugby"
"Uruguay still lost to South America's powerhouse Argentina. Uruguay's biggest success was qualifying for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. They only won one game in the pool stages, against a weak Spanish side, Uruguay finished third in their pool, not qualifying for the knockout stages. Despite this rugby union's profile soared and is considered the third most popular sport, after football and basketball. In 1993, Carrasco Polo beat a Buenos Aires squad which included 14 ""Pumas"". Ormaechea, aged 40 years old, was also the oldest player ever at the Rugby World Cup finals, in 1999, being the captain"
"Paul Roos (rugby player) Paul Johannes Roos (30 October 1880 – 22 September 1948) (also known as ""Oom Polla"" – Afrikaans for ""Uncle Polla"", ""Polla"" being a pet name for ""Paul"") was one of the first South African Springbok rugby union captains and led the first South African rugby team to tour overseas – to Britain in 1906. Roos was born near the South African town of Stellenbosch on 30 October 1880 and completed his education there. Roos was a popular rugby player and was chosen by his own teammates to captain the 1906 tour. Throughout the tour he was"
"rival ingoal became iconic for Argentine rugby. The ""Pumas"" nickname is the result of an error made by Carl Kohler, a journalist for the ""Die Transvaler"" newspaper in South Africa, while following the team during the tour. He tried to devise a catchy nickname for the team similar to existing international team nicknames such as ""All Blacks"", ""Springboks"", and ""Wallabies"". Kohler was aware that the Americas had pumas, and as he was under pressure to submit his article, made a guess and called them ""the Pumas"", instead of the actual jaguar (which original name in Argentina is ""yaguareté"" but he"
"Wales British Lions Malcolm Thomas (rugby union player) Malcolm Campbell Thomas (25 April 1929 – 9 April 2012) was a Welsh and British Lions international rugby union player. A centre, he played club rugby for Newport. He won 27 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on two tours of Australia and New Zealand. After his rugby career Thomas became a successful business man. He died on 9 April 2012 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Born in Machen in 1929, Thomas went to school at Bassaleg Grammar and was chosen for the Welsh Secondary Schools rugby and"
"parliament in 1948. He died on 22 September 1948. Paul Roos (rugby player) Paul Johannes Roos (30 October 1880 – 22 September 1948) (also known as ""Oom Polla"" – Afrikaans for ""Uncle Polla"", ""Polla"" being a pet name for ""Paul"") was one of the first South African Springbok rugby union captains and led the first South African rugby team to tour overseas – to Britain in 1906. Roos was born near the South African town of Stellenbosch on 30 October 1880 and completed his education there. Roos was a popular rugby player and was chosen by his own teammates to"
"scored, 10 points in aggregate. Juan Murré Juan Manuel Murré (born March 21, 1980) is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a prop. Murré first played in Portugal at Belenenses, later becoming a naturalized Portuguese citizen. He was soon selected for the Portugal squad which played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He won his first cap at the 10-56 defeat to Scotland, and also played in the matches against Italy and Romania. He was assigned to the Italian team of Pozzi Livorno soon after. He has been a regular player with the Portugal squad, counting"
"refused to use that word as he was unable to utter it correctly). The mistake stuck, and was eventually adopted by the Argentines themselves (although the UAR crest still depicts a jaguar). A total of 26 players were selected for the tour: Complete list of matches played by Argentine in South Africa: The tour is considered the birth of the modern ""Pumas"" because of the national team had not achieved great results until then. The victory v the Junior Springboks was widely covered by the Argentine media and it is considered a turning point for the national team. In an"
"Paulo. On August 19, 1964, Mc Cormick debuted on the national team, scoring a try against Brazil, in the Argentina's victory by 30-5. In 1965, Guillermo Mc Cormick participated in the successful tour by South Africa. On this tour the national team began using the name Los Pumas. Guillermo Mc Cormick Guillermo Mc Cormick (1938–2005) was an Argentine rugby union player. His position on the field was prop. Mc Cormick's entire career was in Belgrano Athletic Club, having also played for the Argentina national team. In 1965, was part in the historic tour by Rhodesia and South Africa. In 1959,"
"J.Kotze, A.van Tonder; L.Harvey, T.van Zyl; N.De Pager; D.Herman, T.Kamfer; J.Niewoudt, H.Engelbrech (capt.); M.Vincent, V.Hanekom, B.Young.<br>Argentina:H.Silva (capt.); E.Morgan, G.Blacksley, J.Wittman, N.Carbone; A. Anthony, J.Fernández; H.Incola, U.Constante, R.Foster.</small> 1971 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa The 1971 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of 14 matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in June and July 1971. It was the second tour of Argentinian team in South Africa, six year after the 1965 tour . The ""Pumas"" didn't play against Springboks (playing meanwhile in Australia, but againnts the Gazelles, the selection of emerging young"
"defeated Ireland to finish atop their pool. They lost in the semifinals to South Africa, but rebounded with a comprehensive win over France in the third-place game. This result led to calls to include the Pumas in one of the major hemispheric national team competitions, such as the Six Nations or Tri Nations. Ultimately, it was decided that the Pumas would be steered toward a future place in the Tri Nations, and they would join that competition in 2012, at which time it was renamed The Rugby Championship. Even before the apartheid laws were passed in South Africa after 1948,"
"Zealand. He also competed at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Marius Tincu Marius Tincu (born 7 April 1978 in Vânători, Iași) is a Romanian-born former rugby union footballer. He played as a hooker. Since 2007, he has held dual French-Romanian citizenship. He was first noticed in Romania, but soon moved to France, where he already played for Rouen, La Teste, Section Paloise (until 2005). He played for USA Perpignan, from the 2005-06 Top 14. Tincu played his first game for Romania on 3 February 2002 against Portugal. He played in four games at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, scoring three"
"1971 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa The 1971 Argentina rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of 14 matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in June and July 1971. It was the second tour of Argentinian team in South Africa, six year after the 1965 tour . The ""Pumas"" didn't play against Springboks (playing meanwhile in Australia, but againnts the Gazelles, the selection of emerging young players. Originally was scheduled also a match in Rhodesia, but it was cancelled after a prohibition of Argentine government. </small> North west Cape: Ch.Husamen; P.Maas, K.de Jong,"
"Thomas Woods (rugby) Thomas Woods (30 January 1890 - unknown) was a Welsh-born dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. Woods was the first man to play international rugby union (RU) for England, and international rugby league (RL) for Wales. In rugby union he played for Pontypool RFC, Devonport Services R.F.C. (and/or Devonport Albion R.F.C.), and the Royal Navy as a forward, and in rugby league he played at club level for Wigan, as a , or , during the era of contested scrums. Thomas Woods won 5 caps for England (RU)"
"gaining their first international title. Squad to 2018 South American B Championship Peru national rugby union team The Peru national rugby team, nicknamed los Tumis, is an emerging team in the Americas and a member of the Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (Consur). In 1958 Peru, together with Argentina, Uruguay and Chile participated in the first South American tournament, held in Santiago, Chile. Because there was no IRB-sanctioned rugby union at the time, participation was not officially accepted by Peruvian sport authorities. It would be another 39 years before the Union Peruana de Rugby was formed. In September, 1999 Peru participated"
"Pumas CU Pumas CU, also known as ""Pumas Dorados"", ""Pumas"", or ""Universidad"" is the varsity American football team representing the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: ""Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico"", or ""UNAM""). It is one of the oldest and most important teams in Mexico. They maintain a fierce rivalry with teams from the National Polytechnic Institute (Spanish: ""Instituto Politécnico Nacional"", or ""IPN"") particularly with its Miguel Hidalgo-based team from Santo Tomás, Águilas Blancas. The team was founded in 1927 by a group of students led by the Noriega brothers, but it wasn't until 1931 when Pumas was officially the"
"Argentina national team were official test matches for Argentina. It was a big surprise that the ""Pumas"" won the series with a victory and a draw. Complete list of matches played by Wales in Argentina: 1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina The 1968 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national team to Argentina. The tour also took in five matches against Argentine regional and invitational teams with one test against South Africa. This was the first official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere. It was the first"
"Paul Mullen (rugby union) Paul Mullen (born 16 November 1991) is an Irish-American rugby union player who plays prop for the Newcastle Falcons and the United States men's national team. Mullen previously played for the Houston SaberCats. Mullen is originally from the Aran Islands, Galway, Ireland. He first played rugby at the age of 13, while attending the Glenstal Abbey School. Mullen played rugby there from 2004 until 2009. Mullen also attended school at The King's Hospital, playing rugby there from 2009 until 2010. Mullen also played age-grade rugby for Munster before moving to the United States to attend Texas"
"Rugby Championship. He was the captain in his ultimate 13 caps. Salvat was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing two games, in a competition where the ""Pumas"" were eliminated in the 1st round, having lost all their games. He missed the 1991 Rugby World Cup, but returned for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, as the captain. He played in all the three games, but couldn't avoid the elimination of Argentina once again in the 1st round. Salvat played for the last time for the ""Pumas"" at the 12-47 loss to France, at 21 October 1995, in Buenos Aires,"
"He asked Isak van Heerden, the then coach of the Natal Rugby team who was asked by the SARB to assist with the tour, for ideas. They saw a picture of a type of lion with spots on the UAR crest. Kohler was aware that the Americas had jaguars and pumas, and as he was under pressure to submit his article, made a guess and called them the Pumas, instead of the actual jaguar. The mistake stuck, and was eventually adopted by the Argentines themselves (although the UAR crest still depicts a jaguar). The Pumas use a variety of stadiums"
"2001, after which he slipped into a coma. A few days later he died, at the age of 69, in Randburg. He was survived by his wife, June, and son, Anton. Coenraad Frederik Strydom Coenraad Frederik ""Popeye"" Strydom (25 January 1932 – 31 March 2001) was a South Africa national rugby union team player. In all, Strydom made six appearances for the Springboks between 1955 and 1958. His rugby nickname, Popeye, was often cited together with other colourful nicknames such as those of Piston Van Wyk, Klippies Kritzinger, and Hempies Du Toit. Strydom was born in Kareedouw, South Africa and"
"Rees Thomas Rees Thomas (1882–14 June 1926) was a Welsh international rugby union back row player who was utilised usually as a flanker or Number 8. Thomas played club rugby for Pontypool and county rugby for Monmouthshire. He won eight caps for Wales and played between 1909 and 1913, representing Wales during two Triple Crown winning seasons. Thomas was first selected to play for Wales in a friendly game against France in 1909 as a prop forward. He was reslected for the very next game which was against Ireland in the final match of the 1909 Home Nations Championship. The"