On Saturday at Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario in San Juan the Pumas play an invitation team chosen by the Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR). It is all a part of warm-up and trial before the {Pumas head north to prepare more directly for the World Cup with a match against Wales at Millennium Stadium and then the week after that a match against Worcester Warriors.
This match in San Juan is part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the SA Juan Rugby Union. The two teams will play for the VISA Cup.
The CONSUR team is chosen from eight South American countries.
The Pumas are being captained by Felipe Contepomi, long a professional player in Europe and long a medical student in Ireland. He is still one of the world's skilful players.
Notably absent is Juan Martín Hernández who meant t so much to the Pumas in 2007 but who suffered a serious knee injury in March. others missing are Álvaro Galindo and Juan Manuel Leguizamón who have thigh injuries, Manuel Carizza who is getting over an injury to his left leg and Gonzalo Tiesi who has an injury to his right shoulder.
Teams
Pumas: 15 Lucas González Amorosino, 14 Juan Imhoff, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Santiago Fernández, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Felipe Contepomi (captain), 9 Nicolás Vergallo, 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 7 Alejandro Campos, 6 Genaro Fessia, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Mariano Galarza, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Marcos Ayerza
Replacements: 16 Andrés Bordoy, 17 Martìn Scelzo, 18 Eusebio Guiñazú, 19 Martín Rodríguez Gurruchaga, 20 Rafael Carballo, 21 Gabriel Ascarate, 22 Leonardo Senatore, 23 Nicolás Sánchez, 24 Alfredo Lalanne, 25 Julio Farías, 26 Santiago Guzmán, 27 Lucas Borges, 28 Agustín Gosio, 29 Maximiliano Bustos, 30 Tomás Vallejos
Coach: Santiago Phelan
CONSUR XV: 15 Gastón Mieres (Uruguay), 14 Fernando Luna (Argentina), 13 Lisandro Gómez Lopez (Argentina), 12 Alberto Román (Uruguay), 11 Leandro Leiva (Uruguay), 10 Benjamin Madero (Argentina), 9 Santiago Méndez (Argentina), 8 Germán Suazo (Chile), 7 José Basile (Argentina), 6 Ignacio Pasman (Argentina), 5 Felipe Aranguren (Argentina), 4 Hugo Schierano (Argentina), 3 Julio César Henrique Figalo (Brazil), 2 Emiliano Coria (Argentina), 1 Francisco Deformes (Chile).
Replacements: 16 Rodolfo De Mula (Ururguay), 17 Guillermo Schwerter Figueredo (Paraguay), 18 Sebastian Velarde-Álvarez Clark (Peru), 19 Rodrigo María (Argentina), 20 Matías Cabrera (Chile), 21 Juan Cruz Guillemain (Argentina), 22 Jose Manuel Diosa Gómez (Colombia), 23 Luis Alfredo Zamora Petit (Venezuela), 24 Lucas Rodrigues Duque (Brazil), 25 Felipe Brangier (Chile)
Coaches: Raúl Pérez (Argentina), Daniel Graco (Chile), Sebastian Piñeyrúa (Uruguay)
Date: Saturday, 6 August 2011
Kick-off: 15.30
Venue: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario in San Juan
Referee: Javier Mancuso (Argentina)
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