Mexico Shortlist 25 Players to Battle the Cayman Islands

Mexico Head Coach Ruben Duque has announced a shortlist of 25 players to battle the Cayman Islands on Saturday. The two North American nations will square off in the North Zone Final of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualification.

On line is a place in a place in the Rugby Americas North Championship Final. Either Mexico or the Cayman Islands will meet the South Zone winning Guyana on July 23. The winner of this fixture will advance to take on the winner of the South American B Championship.

Set to be hosted in Lima, Peru in October the South American B Championship will be a Four Nations competition. Colombia are the red hot favorites to overcome Peru, Venezuela and the remaining qualifier of Ecuador or Guatemala.

Mexico dream of earning the right to take on the South American B winner. In order to do so Las Serpientes must overcome the Cayman Islands this coming weekend. The two sides enter the match with undefeated records. Mexico defeated the Bahamas 39-3 and Bermuda 75-10 while the Caymans won by scorelines of 20-8 and 47-11 against the same teams.

Mexico’s roster for Saturday is as follows:

Marcos Flegmann, Mizael Loredo, Max Douek, Santiago Prieto, Roberto Calderón, José Reyes, Gonzalo Pons, Simón Pierre, Andrés Rodríguez, Miguel Carner, Alejandro Chávez, Christian Henning, Luis Arredondo, Agustín Sánchez, Jesús Rico, Erik Castillo, Santiago Leboreiro, Juan Pablo Andrade, Fharid Samano, Diego Ramírez, Victor Oliva, Pedro Morales, Alvaro López, Juan Pablo Martínez, Hugo Rodríguez