Pumas coach Santiago Phelan has named a 27-man strong squad for Argentina’s home matches against the All Blacks and the Wallabies in the Rugby Championship.
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Argentina’s last home Rugby Championship match ended in a 16-all draw with South Africa’s Springboks so the Pumas will be looking to go one better by securing their first victory.
Alvaro Galindo (Racing Metro – FFR), Maximiliano Bustos (Montpellier – FFR) and Rafael Carballo (Beagles Bordeaux – FFR) make returns, with Galindo returning from injury, while Bustos and Carballo come back into the squad after playing rugby in France recently.
The Pumas will train for two days this week and then have the weekend off and regather on Monday ahead of the All Black test.
The Pumas will play the All Blacks in La Plata when New Zealand’s All Blacks will be making their first visit to Argentina since 2006.
Argentina squad:
Horacio Agulla, Patricio Albacete, Marcos Ivan Ayerza, Marcelo Bosch, Martín Bustos Moyano, Gonzalo Oscar Camacho, Manuel Carizza, Agustín Creevy, Julio Farias Cabello, Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe ,Santiago Fernandez, Juan Figallo, Alvaro Galindo, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, Eusebio Guiñazú, Juan Martín Hernandez, Juan José Imhoff, Martín Landajo, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Tomas Leonardi, Juan Pablo Orlandi, Martín Rodríguez, Rodrigo Roncero, Federico Nicolas Sanchez , Leonardo Vicente Senatore, Tomas Vallejos, Nicolas Vergallo.