Argentina XV Roster Named to Face Brazil

The Argentina XV roster has been announced. The Argentine national Men’s next-of-XV will face Brazil on September 08 and Chile on September 14 in away matches. Former Uruguayan Head Coach Esteban Meneses is in charge of the team and will be supported by Diego Ghiglione and Nicolás Vergallo.

Meneses has gone for a team containing both established names and fresh faces. There are Super Rugby Americas players and players making the step-up to the seniors following involvement for Los Pumitas in the World Rugby u20 Championship.

Joaquín Moro (Pampas) and Eliseo Morales (Pampas) are the two capped players on the roster. Moro debuted against Uruguay in July while Morales played against Wales in November 2022.

Boris Wenger is listed as a hooker though he played a lot for Los Dogos at loose head prop in Super Rugby Americas 2024. Similarly, Manuel Bernstein captained Los Pampas playing flanker though has played a lot in the second-row.

The front-row also sees Francisco Moreno rewarded. He played tight head for Os Cobras in Super Rugby Americas 2024. There is one exception to Super Rugby Americas and Pumitas on the roster. That is the inclusion of Guillermo Duran. He is a 27-years-old but hi selection comes from his club Jockey de Córdoba.

ARGENTINA – FORWARDS

LOOSE HEAD PROP  
Matías Medrano (Pampas)
Guillermo Durán (Jockey de Córdoba)

HOOKER
Juan Greising Revol (Pumitas)
Boris Wenger (Dogos)

TIGHT HEAD PROP  
Javier Coronel (Pampas)
Tomás Rapetti (Pumitas)
Francisco Moreno (Cobras)

SECOND-ROW
Luciano Asevedo (Pumitas)
Lautaro Simes (Dogos)
Marcelo Toledo (Pampas)

FLANKER
Manuel Bernstein (Pampas)
Facundo Cardozo (Dogos)
Facundo García Hamilton (Dogos)

N8
Joaquín Moro (Pampas)

ARGENTINA XV – BACKS

SCRUM-HALF
Ignacio Inchauspe (Pampas)
Eliseo Morales (Pampas)
Agustín Moyano (Dogos)

FLY HALF
Julián Hernández (Dogos)

CENTER
Juan Pablo Castro (Pampas)
Leonardo Gea Salim (Dogos)
Faustino Sánchez Valarolo (Pumitas)

WING
Ernesto Giudice (Dogos)
Bruno Heit (Pampas)
Santiago Pernas (Pampas)
Jerónimo Ulloa (Pampas)

FULLBACK
Mateo Soler (Dogos)

ARGENTINA XV – INVITATIONAL PLAYERS

Juan Pedro Bernasconi
Franco Carrera
Santino Di Lucca
Marcos Eliçagaray
Leonel Oviedo
Juan Penoucos