Gonzalo Bertranou Gets Pumas Call-Up with Gonzalo García Out

One United Rugby Championship (URC) scrum-half replaces another. Gonzalo Bertranou is back in Los Pumas. The Dragons scrum-half received a call-up to replace Gonzalo García of Zebre. The latter is out of the July Internationals with a shoulder injury.

The change is the second of two. Santiago Chocobares was earlier ruled-out of the July Internationals. His place on the roster went to Matías Moroni. Chocobares faces a race against time to recover in time for the November Internationals. García will be back long before then.

Bertranou has 37 caps for Argentina. The native of Mendoza has done well for himself since the end of Los Jaguares in Super Rugby. Bertranou has fit in well at the Dragons. With him called-up for Argentina’s home series against Scotland, Felipe Ezcurra will tour with the Argentina XV to Portugal and Georgia.

 

JULY 2022 FIXTURES – ARGENTINA VS SCOTLAND

Saturday July 02 – Los Pumas vs Escocia (Jujuy)
Saturday, July 09 – Los Pumas vs Scotland (Salta)
Saturday, July 16 – Los Pumas vs Scotland (Santiago del Estero)

ARGENTINA ROSTER

LOOSE HEAD
Thomas Gallo (Benetton, IT)
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro (Benetton, IT)
Mayco Vivas (Jaguares XV)

HOOKER
Agustín Creevy (London Irish, UK)
Julián Montoya (Leicester Tigers, UK)
Ignacio Ruiz (Jaguares XV)

TIGHT HEAD
Francisco Gómez Kodela (Lyon, FR)
Joel Sclavi (La Rochelle, FR)

SECOND-ROW
Matías Alemanno (Gloucester, UK)
Tomás Lavanini (Clermont, FR)
Lucas Paulos (Brive, FR)
Guido Petti (Bordeaux, FR)

FLANKER
Juan Martín González (London Irish, UK)
Santiago Grondona (Exeter Chiefs, UK)
Marcos Kremer (Stade Français, FR)
Pablo Matera (Crusaders, NZ)

N8
Rodrigo Bruni (Vannes, FR)
Facundo Isa (Toulon, FR)

SCRUM-HALF
Lautaro Bazán Vélez (Los Pumas 7’s)
Tomás Cubelli (Biarritz, FR)
Gonzalo Bertranou (Dragons, UK)

FLY HALF
Nicolás Sánchez (Stade Français, FR)
Benjamín Urdapilleta, (Castres, FR)

INSIDE CENTER
Jerónimo de la Fuente (Perpignan, FR)
Matías Orlando (Newcastle Falcons, UK)

OUTSIDE CENTER
Lucio Cinti (London Irish, UK)
Juan Cruz Mallía (Toulouse, FR)
Matías Moroni (Newcastle Falcons, UK)

WING
Santiago Cordero (Bordeaux, FR)
Bautista Delguy (Perpignan, FR)
Juan Imhoff (Racing, 92)

FULLBACK
Emiliano Boffelli (Edinburgh, UK)
Santiago Carreras (Gloucester, UK)