The meeting. Felipe Contepomi gave his first list: who are the 31 called up to the Pumas

The Pumas coach, Felipe Contepomi, announced the team of players who will hold the concentration in London, between March 11 and 13. The Argentine rugby team, which finished in fourth place in the France 2023 World Cup, will carry out its first activity of the season, in training under the orders of its brand new driver.

Since December 18, Contepomi replaces the Australian Michael Cheika, who did not reach an agreement for his continuity with the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). This style of work is the same that was done in Paris, in mid-April of last year, as the beginning of preparation for the World Cup in France, a squad that included 31 players.

Contepomi, during his time as Cheika’s assistant in the Pumas, during the World Cup in FranceUAR Press

“This meeting is a very good opportunity to see each other again, after what was an intense last year. Although the monitoring and contact with the players was never interrupted, the intention is to be together again to review everything that has been done so far in the last two years, see where we are going and how we can improve for the new World Cup cycle. that begins,” Contepomi highlighted about what he expects at the Camp that will take place in the coming days. In addition, the UAR confirmed Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe and Andrés Bordoy, as assistants to the Pumas staff.

The Argentine national team will return to action on July 6, in Argentina, facing France, and will play the revenge a week later against the French team, while on the 20th of that month they will face a Tier 2 rival to be confirmed. in meetings during the July international window. Later they will participate in the Rugby Championship, the tournament that brings together the powers of the Southern Hemisphere. In this quadrangular, the Pumas will visit New Zealand (August 10 and 17), host Australia (August 31 and September 7), and will have a home match and another away match against South Africa (September 21 and 28 ). The 2024 season will conclude with the November international window, in which the team will face Italy on the 9th, a week later against Ireland, and its last presentation will be against France on November 23.

Julián Montoya, captain of the PumasAP – AP

These are the 31 players called up by Contepomi:

• Thomas Albornoz
• Matías Alemanno
• Lautaro Bazan Velez
• Eduardo Bello
• Gonzalo Bertranou
• Emiliano Boffelli
• Rodrigo Bruni
• Matthew Carreras
• Santiago Carreras
• Santiago Chocobares
• Lucio Cinti
• Santiago Cordero
• Jerónimo De la Fuente
• Bautista Delguy
• Thomas Gallo
• Juan Martin Gonzalez
• Santiago Grondona

• Marcos Kremer
• Tomás Lavanini
• Juan Cruz Mallía
• Franco Molina
• Julián Montoya (captain)
• Matias Moroni
• Joaquin Oviedo
• Guido Petti
• Pedro Rubiolo
• Ignacio Ruiz
• Joel Sclavi
• Lucio Sordoni
• Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
• Mayco Vivas

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