Pumitas team named for u20s opener

Pumitas head coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has confirmed his starting lineup for Tuesday’s opening round fixture in the World Rugby Under 20s Championship in Italy. The Argentine side will face Ireland on Tuesday June 02 with the match kicking-off at 11:30am Argentine time.

Argentina’s squad features a total of nine players returning from the 2014 edition of the tournament: Ignacio Calles, Vittorio Rosti, Ignacio Larrague, José Deheza, Lautaro Bazán Vélez, Domingo Miotti, Bautista Ezcurra, Tomás Granella and Emiliano Boffelli. Of them Ezcurra featured recently for Los Pumas.

Joining Argentina and Ireland in Pool C will be Scotland and the tournament favorite New Zealand. These two sides are also to play on Tuesday and the fixture is to similarly be played at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma.

ARGENTINA u20
1 Javier Díaz 2 Ignacio Calles 3 Cristian Bartoloni 4 Vittorio Rosti 5 Ignacio Larrague 6 José Deheza 7 Lucas Gasparri 8 Ernesto Olmedo 9 Lautaro Bazán Vélez 10 Domingo Miotti 11 Santiago Resino 12 Bautista Ezcurra (capt.) 13 Tomás Granella 14 Eugenio Achilli 15 Emiliano Boffelli

16 Gaspar Baldunciel 17 Nicolás Ocello 18 Eduardo Bello 19 Ignacio Calas 20 Santiago Portillo 21 Patricio Baronio 22 Ignacio Albornoz 23 Juan Cruz Mallía