Argentina Roster for Americas Rugby Championship Named

Argentina’s roster for the Americas Rugby Championship has been named. Head Coach of the Argentina XV, Pablo Bouza will be taking with him 26 players to North America for the opening round of the competition. The Argentina XV will play away to the USA in Houston, Texas on February 06.

The roster features three Super Rugby contracted players – Rodrigo Báez, Matías Orlando and Ramiro Moyano. The former two are recovering from injuries which complicated their years in 2015. Moyano, meanwhile, stepped in for Joaquín Tuculet to start at fullback against the Barbarians in London in November.

The trio are joined by a number of highly promising players on the verge of Super Rugby contracts. Facundo Bosch and Gonzalo Bertranou are such instances. Also named are a number of young but highly promising players including Ignacio Larrague, Domingo Miotti and Joaquín Paz.

In naming his roster Pablo Bouza, stated that “as always, the central objective is set to expand the player base, providing many of them with the opportunity to be playing at an international competitive level“.

Bauza’s assistant, Diego Ternavasio, expressed that “the game structure of the UAR’s teams is to be the same that we will use with the Argentina XV“.

The Argentina XV is Argentina’s official ‘A’ side, making it the second team after Los Pumas. The UAR has nonetheless stated repeatedly that matches in the Americas Rugby Championship will be full internationals with caps awarded.

Player	Position	Club	Union
Facundo Bosch	Hooker	CUBA	Buenos Aires
Santiago Iglesias Valdez	Hooker	Universitario	Tucumán
Felipe Arregui	Prop	Duendes	Rosario
Cristian Bartoloni	Prop	Pucará	Buenos Aires
Franco Brarda	Prop	Tala RC	Córdoba
Enrique Pieretto	Prop	Córdoba Athletic	Córdoba
Roberto Tejerizo	Prop	Tucumán Lawn Tennis	Tucumán
Ignacio Calas	Second-row	La Tablada	Córdoba
Marcos Kremer	Second-row	Atletico del Rosario	Buenos Aires
Ignacio Larrague	Second-Row	CASI	Buenos Aires
Pedro Ortega	Second-row	Universitario	Rosario
Rodrigo Báez	Back-row	Jaguares	UAR
Lautaro Bavaro	Back-row	Hindú	Buenos Aires
José Deheza	Back-row	Jockey Club	Córdoba
Santiago Montagner	No. 8	Alumni	Buenos Aires
Lautaro Bazán Vélez	Scrumhalf	Córdoba Athletic	Córdoba
Gonzalo Bertranou	Scrumhalf	Los Tordos	Cuyo
Domingo Miotti	Fly half	Tucumán Lawn Tennis	Tucumán
Juan Novillo	Fly half	Tucumán RC	Tucumán
Juan Cappiello	Center	Pucará	Buenos Aires
Joaquín Paz	Center	Córdoba Athletic	Córdoba
Tomás Carrió	Wing	CURNE	Nordeste
Franco Cuaranta	Wing	Tala RC	Córdoba
Matías Orlando	Wing	Jaguares	UAR
Pedro Mercerat	Fullback	La Plata	Buenos Aires
Ramiro Moyano	Fullback	Jaguares	UAR