Argentina Rugby World Cup Squad

On 10 july 2019 paul willemse had to withdraw from the team due to injury.

Argentina rugby world cup squad. Argentina have competed in all the rugby world cup tournaments starting with the inaugural 1987 tournament. Argentina coach mario ledesma has named his 46 man preliminary rugby world cup 2019 squad which includes five uncapped players and a handful of europe based players. He was replaced by romain taofifenua. Since the birth of jaguares argentinas super rugby franchise in 2016 the union argentina de rugby decreed that overseas based players would no longer be eligible for los pumas.

Their best result was finishing in third place in the 2007 tournament played in francethey defeated the host side france in their opening game then beat the other teams in pool d finishing top of the poolin the knockout stage they defeated scotland in the quarter finals before. The all blacks will take on the pumas in their first meeting of the tri nations on saturday the first test for the argentineans since last years rugby world cup. Argentina have been one of. On 20 july 2019 cyril baille was called up to replaced the injured etienne falgoux.

England autumn nations cup squad 2020. All but five of the team play for the super rugby outfit jaguares lucas mensa felipe ezcurra stade francais nicolas sanchez saracens juan figallo and benjamin urdapileta of castres. Argentina beat new zealand for first time ever nicolas sanchez scored all argentinas points as they beat new zealand 25 15 at bankwest stadium in sydney their first ever victory over the the all blacks. Nahuel tetaz chaparro mayco vivas agustin creevy julian montoya santiago socino juan figallo enrique pieretto santiago medrano guido petti tomas lavanini matias alemanno pablo matera tomas lezana javier ortega desio marcos kremer rodrigo bruni juan manuel leguizamon.

An argentina squad laden with players who have come through the u20 championship pathway has been named for rugby world cup 2019 while juan manuel leguizamon will join the exalted company of three los pumas legends by competing at a fourth tournament. After winning a third six nations title in five years eddie joness england have now switched focus to the autumn nations cup which runs from 13 november to 6 december. The argentina fly half slotted six penalties and converted his own first half try as the pumas defied the odds to seal a historic win in the tri nations tournament. Argentina rugby world cup squad.

The national side also plays the rugby championship since the 2012 edition after joining the competition one year before. Argentina followed their growing competitiveness in the rugby championship with a strong showing in the 2015 world cup reaching the semi finals for the second time.