Heading overseas: Argentina Pumas
Argentina head coach Daniel Hourcade has named his touring squad for the Rugby Championship fixtures in Australia and New Zealand.
The majority of the squad that tackled South Africa over the last two weeks remain, with the addition to the touring party of Juan Imhoff, Benjamín Macome and Santiago Iglesias Valdez.
The only major absentee is Pablo Matera, who suffered a partial dislocation to his shoulder against the Springboks in Salta. Argentina will return to their training base in Pacheco on Thursday before flying out on Friday, arriving at in Napier the following day to prepare to take on the All Blacks.
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Argentina and Leicester Tigers flanker Pablo Matera will miss the Australiasian tour after suffering a partial shoulder dislocation.
An MRI scan confirmed that the 21-year-old had detached his subscapularis muscle, according to Pumas doctor Guillermo Botto.
The hard-hitting flanker will now miss Argentina’s next two matches and possibly longer, although a definite timeframe it should be stressed is yet to be confirmed.
Matera joined Leicester midway through last season and has already won 12 caps for Argentina since making his debut against Chile in 2013.
Argentina touring squad: Horacio Agulla, Matías Alemanno, Marcos Ayerza, Rodrigo Báez, Marcelo Bosch, Matías Cortese, Agustín Creevy, Tomás Cubelli, Jerónimo De la Fuente, Juan Martin Hernández, Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, Mariano Galarza, Lucas González Amorosino, Santiago González Iglesias, Santiago Iglesias Valdez, Ramiro Herrera, Juan Imhoff, Martín Landajo, Tomás Lavanini, Juan Manuel Leguizamón, Benjamín Macome, Manuel Montero, Lucas Noguera Paz, Bruno Postiglioni, Nicolás Sánchez, Leonardo Senatore, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Joaquín Tuculet.
OK Pumas, go do damage with your scrum against the Blacks and Ozzmob too!
@ grootblousmile:
You think?
All Blacks have a few things working in their favor though….they know how to scrum, they know how to win and they can play a bit.
Think they will take it easy and rest up for the Bokke, so Argies will probably lose by less than 20, which will be hailed as a success.
2 @ nortierd:
Well, let’s see…
I do not for a minute believe that the Pumas will be able to reverse the All Blacks scrum as significantly as they did against the Bokke, but in that month-long camp in June / July (seperate from their dirt trackers who took on Northern Hemisphere sides) this Pumas A side worked bloody hard at their scrums, that one can clearly see.
I do not expect a Pumas win against the All Blacks, that’s for sure… but they might take the Ozzmob… maybe!
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