Pumas pick new pivot

Pumas pick new pivot

24 Aug 2012

Flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez was named as Juan Martin Hernandez’s replacement for Argentina’s Test against the Springboks in Mendoza on Saturday.

Bordeaux-based Sanchez will feature in the No 10 jersey after Hernandez suffered a hamstring injury during midweek training. Sanchez has only played three Tests, so the Pumas will lose plenty of experience in the backline for their first home game of the Rugby Championship.

Meanwhile, coach Santiago Phelan also announced his bench, which includes dropped fullback Lucas Amorosino.

Argentina - 15 Martin Rodriguez, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Santiago Fernandez, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (c), 7 Alvaro Galindo, 6 Julio Farias Cabello, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Eusebio Guinazu, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Subs: 16 Bruno Postiglioni, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Leonardo Senatore, 19 Tomás Leonardi, 20 Martín Landajo, 21 Lucas Amorosino, 22 Juan Imhoff.


18 Comments

  • 1.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 07:29 am

    Unknown factor

  • 2.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 07:31 am

    We need to in any case play our own game, make sure the things we do are done correctly, the rest will follow, just hope our kicking game is up to scratch, no doubt Morne will be kicking all day

  • 3.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 07:36 am

    Boks getting great reception in Mendoza, on B&A they showed some, one kid interviewd had his SHarks Jersey on, and a few other in the background, Good to see the Sharks are loved all over :mrgreen:

  • 4.Heavens Game: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 07:38 am

    @sharks_lover-3: Fark Benetton… Its the United Colours of Sharks

  • 5.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 07:39 am

    Was it not a groin injury?

  • 6.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 07:42 am

    @Heavens Game-4: :lol: yup

    and not just any Sharks jersey, the latest

  • 7.Guns: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 08:21 am

    Need to smash those rucks, omoetitively dominate them clean them out and protect that damn ball in prep of the ANZ games to come & prevent or stop that rolling mall more efficiently. If it were not for their poor kicking things could have been more Competitive around hf time eg 12-20.. Not that it would have likely change ged the outcome in any capacity.

  • 8.Blokkies: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 08:22 am

    That just shows how behind the times Sharks supporters are…. They still think its Super 15 :-)

  • 9.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 08:41 am

    arg gonna get a battering by the looks of it.

  • 10.capebull: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 09:15 am

    Only new article , whats happening Keo ?

  • 11.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 09:17 am

    he always struck me as not being quite open and honest as a person and in relation to these events over the years. about time the americans did someith too, which is probably a scapegoating face saver cover up the rest of their substance abuse filled sporting endevours.

    Armstrong to be banned for life
    2012-08-24 08:12

    Austin – Lance Armstrong will be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, the US Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday, after the cycling icon announced he would no longer fight the drug charges that have clouded his legacy.

    http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Cycling/Armstrong-to-be-banned-for-life-20120824

  • 12.viewer: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 09:39 am

    “I will commit myself to the work I began before ever winning a single Tour de France title: serving people and families affected by cancer, especially those in underserved communities.”

    Well there’s talk that he never suffered from cancer as he has claimed

  • 13.viewer: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 09:44 am

    For what’s its worth, its about time he faced the consequences of his cheating although the decade plus that its taken is disconcerting

  • 14.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 10:02 am

    he’s a low scumball who deserves what he gets imo

    also, how is the ab’s behaviour any different to this?

  • 15.gonzo: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 10:46 am

    @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-14: Perhaps in ten years there will be an inquiry into AB cheating and we’ll have our titles stripped from us. Gives you something to hope for :)

  • 16.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    24 Aug 2012, 11:12 am

    @gonzo-15:
    by rights you should be stripped.

  • 17.Guns: Reply to this comment
    25 Aug 2012, 22:08 pm

    Starting to think Arg through the first game just for this… ;)

  • 18.Guns: Reply to this comment
    25 Aug 2012, 22:19 pm

    Faark me what a **** pit Boks are in. Quite the predicament.

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