Pumas welcome back star flyhalf
14 Aug 2012
Juan Martín Hernández will wear the No 10 jersey for Argentina in their debut Rugby Championship match against the Springboks at Newlands.
Hernández has not played for the Pumas since 2009 after undergoing major back surgery. As revealed in the latest issue of SA Rugby magazine, two of his vertebrae had to be tied together and he was fearful of his future. After many months of rehab he returned to the game with Racing Metro only to tear anterior knee ligaments six months before the 2011 World Cup.
Hernández had an outstanding 2007 World Cup campaign with the notable exception of the semi-final against the Springboks when he had a night to forget.
The Pumas will be led into battle by No 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, who took over the captaincy from Felipe Contepomi after the veteran opted to play in the June internationals instead of the Rugby Championship.
Argentina – 15 Lucas González Amorosino, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Santiago Fernández, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Juan Martín Hernández, 9 Nicolás Vergallo, 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (c), 7 Álvaro Galindo, 6 Julio Farías Cabello, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Eusebio Guiñazú, 1 Rodrigo Roncero. Substitutes: 16 Bruno Postiglioni, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 19 Tomás Leonardi, 20 Leonardo Senatore, 21 Martín Landajo, 22 Martín Rodríguez.
7 Comments
14 Aug 2012, 19:29 pm
historic Dragons
14 Aug 2012, 19:37 pm
Quality player. Glad to see him back on the international scene.
14 Aug 2012, 19:37 pm
Surprised to see no Leguizamón, decent backline though. Also, two props on the bench, I hope Beast is well rested
14 Aug 2012, 19:47 pm
Centres are ****, they need Felipe.
14 Aug 2012, 20:40 pm
Glad to see him back, quality 10 imho.
And welcome Argies to big time SH Rugby. Hope your game grows from strenght to strenght.
15 Aug 2012, 00:54 am
@3.uhuru: He will not be available this match, back to Mendoza? we are praying…
Have we (pumas) chances to do a decent roll in this championship without super-rugby?
16 Aug 2012, 08:07 am
Okay KEO/Mark…
Yesterday you pointedly ignored several requests that you address the issue of people using the identities or nics to impersonate other posters to post inflammatory and derogatory comments which not only kick the hornet’s nest but make life on the site pretty uncomfortable for the real owner of the abused identity.
What happened to the old system of posting the original sign-on nic with whatever new nic is used?
Why was it changed?
It seems it was obviously a conscious decision your part.
Your silence and Nikita’s comment the other day about it being a democracy… whatever that means… leaves little room but to accept the conspiracy theorists that this change was a management decision to empower the trouble-makers in an effort to drive up your decreasing monthly hits.
Some have speculated that your staff members are in fact guilty of this ‘crime’. I dismissed this as passing the buck, but perhaps they have a point after all.
There is also the problem of people registering several nics about which I appreciate there is little you can do but that is not half as annoying as people using the current identities of current members to stir up controversy.
This is not right or fair or ‘democratic’. In real life democracies it is illegal to impersonate anyone else. Surely the most basic of your responsibilities is to protect the identities/nics/personas of your members.
What a pity that you have decided to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I have always defended the fact that you have allowed full and robust debate with little censorship but this new low (even for you) low-road approach you seem to have adopted (in the absence of any comment or effort to sort the problem by you) leave me very disappointed in the site in general and you in particular.
This approach may attract hits in the short-term but you are underestimating the ill-feeling it is causing and you will lose hits and members in the long-term.
It seems you do not appreciate that while you created this site and facilitate the discussion on it… it is the many members who participate upon it that MAKE the site what it is.
I signed up with your site when you started it but I am no longer willing to tolerate the implied arrogance your position suggests, or participate any longer in this farce, so will vote with my feet. I will post this comment several times to ensure you can’t say you did not see it and then withdraw from the site. I may reconsider if and when such time as you have addressed the issue and returned the posting protocol to what it used to be with someone’s original identity always being visible to all. I know I am only one person and you may well ridicule my stance but hey… so what.
Cheers to all the decent people on this site, many of whom are very knowledgeable, intelligent, humourous and entertaining. I would suggest that everyone who disagrees with KEO’s low-life approach also leave the site but obviously you must all do what you feel is right for you.
Cheers
ufo…
over and out…
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