2017 Americas Rugby Championship: Argentina XV Roster

The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship is rapidly approaching. The Argentina XV Roster for this year’s competition has been released.

The 31-man roster is a squad to feed Los Pumas. The majority of players selected are recent graduates of Los Pumitas. There are also returning players from the 2016 competition and there is a spot for loose forward Tomás de La vega who recently buried the hatched with Daniel Hourcade.

The recent departure of Facundo Bosch to Agen sees an opportunity for the hookers. Three players have been selected in this position with one of them a certainty to be involved with Los Jaguares. Of the three Axel Zapata is currently the front-runner.

Super Rugby second-rower Juan Cruz Guillemaín has been selected as one of three second-rowers. Not included are Marcos Kremer and Ignacio Larrague. Both overtook Guillemaín in 2016 when he was out to injury.

Also included are a host of Los Pumas 7’s players. Fernando Luna and Santiago Álvarez played at the Rio Olympics while Bautista Delguy has been in fine form in the 2016-2017 season.

Curiously no specialist scrumhalves have been selected. Sebastián Cancelliere has previously been selected as a wing though he has some experience at the position with his club side. It’s likely that others will be added prior to the beginning of the tournament.

POSITION	NAME	CLUB
Loosehead Prop	Franco Brarda	Tala
Loosehead Prop	Francisco Ferronato	Belgrano
Loosehead Prop	Nicolás Solveyra	CUBA
Hooker	Gaspar Baldunciel	Alumni
Hooker	Marcelo Brandi	Newman
Hooker	Axel Zapata	SITAS
Tighthead Prop	Cristian Bartoloni	Pucará
Tighthead Prop	Eduardo Bello	Atletico del Rosario
Tighthead Prop	Alejo Brem	Los Tilos
Tighthead Prop	Santiago Medrano	Regatas Bella Vista
Second Row	Juan Cruz Guillemaín	Jockey San Juan
Second Row	Franco Molina	Jockey Córdoba
Second Row	Pedro Ortega	Universitario
Back Row	Lautaro Bavaro	Hindú
Back Row	Rodrigo Bruni	San Luis
Back Row	Tomás de la Vega	CUBA
Back Row	Francisco Gorrissen	Belgrano
Back Row	Santiago Montagner	Alumni
Back Row	Mariano Romanini	Alumni
Scrumhalf	Sebastián Cancelliere	Hindú
Flyhalf	Juan Cruz González	CUBA
Flyhalf	Domingo Miotti	Tucumán Lawn Tennis
Centre	Santiago Álvarez	CASI
Centre	Juan Cappiello	Pucará
Centre	Bruno Devoto	CASI
Centre	Tomás Granella	Liceo Cuyo
Wing	Franco Cuaranta	Tala
Wing	Julian Dominguez	Pucará
Wing	Fernando Luna	Córdoba Athletic
Fullback	Bautista Delguy	Pucará
Utility Back	Secundo Tuculet	Los Tilos