Argentine Squad named to face Uruguay

A 23-man Argentine squad has been named for Saturday’s away match against Uruguay. Los Teros will play host to the Argentina XV at the Estadio Charrúa with kick-off scheduled for 3:30pm. Both countries are to compete at this year’s Rugby World Cup and for Uruguay the match is to be the final one at home before departing.

Argentine coaches Felipe Contepomi and Ricardo Lefort have called upon a squad made up mainly of players from Argentine provinces but there are places for a handful of players contracted to the UAR. There are opportunities for some players to push for a possible Rugby World Cup call-up. The loss of Juan Figallo and doubt of Ramiro Herrera places importance on the performance of Santiago García Botta.

Also playing will be Rodrigo Báez and Santiago Iglesias Valdéz, two players used regularly by Daniel Hourcade in 2014 and 2015. The team will depart Buenos Aires for Montevideo on Friday.

Argentina XV Squad
Lisandro Ahualli de Chazal (Universitario, Tucumán), Rodrigo Báez (UAR), Tomás Baravalle (Jockey Club, Rosario), Patricio Baronio (Jockey Club, Rosario), Cristian Bartoloni (Pucará, URBA), Gonzalo Bertranou (Los Tordos RC, Cuyo), Ignacio Calas (La Tablada, Cordobesa), Santiago García Botta (Belgrano Athletic, URBA), Tomás Granella (Liceo RC, Cuyo), Santiago Iglesias Valdéz (UAR), Ignacio Larrague (CASI, URBA), Domingo Miotti (Tucumán Lawn Tennis, Tucumán), Román Miralles (Duendes RC, Rosario), Ramiro Moyano (UAR), Axel Müller (Marista RC, Cuyo), Juan León Novillo (Tucumán RC, Tucumán), Matías Orlando (UAR), Aníbal Panceyra Garrido (Tala RC, Cordobesa), Gonzalo Paulín (Tala RC, Cordobesa), Joaquín Paz (Córdoba Athletic, Cordobesa), Guido Randisi (Duendes RC, Rosario), Vito Scaglione (Gimnasia y Esgrima, Rosario), Roberto Tejerizo (Tucumán Lawn Tennis, Tucumán)