IRB NATIONS CUP RUGBY: Tournament Begins

10.06.2011
Argentina Jaguars v Portugal in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)

Briefly
Portugal scored some good win in this years European Nations Cup, Division 1A competition. They will be looking to improve upon those displays and win well against the Argentina Jaguars. The Jaguars are virtually the Argentina ‘B’ side but are always a handful.

Previous Encounters
21.11.2009 Jaguars 24-13 in Lisbon
24.06.2006 Jaguars 34-29 in Lisbon (IRB Nations Cup)

Prediction: Jaguars by 5 points

Teams

Portugal Squad
Eduardo Acosta (GD Direito)
António Aguilar (GD Direito)
Antonhy Alves (Montaban, France)
Laurent Balangue (Colomiers, France)
Pedro Cabral (CDUL)
João Correia (gd direito)
Manel Costa (Belenenses)
Rui D’Orey (GD Direito)
Michael Dias (uwic uni)
Bernardo Duarte (Agronomia)
Adérito Esteves (GD Direito)
Gonçalo Foro (CDUL)
João Júnior (CDUL)
Jacques le Roux (Agronomia)
Pedro Leal (GD Direito)
Francisco Mira (Agronomia)
Carl Murray (CDUL)
Juan Murre (El Salvador)
Frederico Oliveira (CDUL)
João Paiva (Agronomia)
Rui Rodrigues (AC Coimbra)
Francisco Serra (AC Coimbra)
Juan Severino (Agronomia)
Pedro Silva (Belenenses)
Luis Sousa (GD Direito)
Vasco Uva (GD Direito)
Head Coach: Errol Brain

Argentina Jaguars

German Araoz (Jockey Club) Prop
Andres Bordoy (La Rochelle, France) Prop
Gastón de Robertis (Regatas de Bella Vista) Prop
Francisco Gomez Kodela (Belgrano) Prop
Bruno Postiglioni (La Plata) Prop
Mauricio Guidone (La Plata) Hooker
Felipe Aranguren  (CUBA) Lock
Santiago Guzmán (Tucumán RC) Lock
Hugo Schierano (Tala) Lock
José Luis Basile (Tala) Flanker
Nicolas Centurion (Universitario) Flanker
Tomas De La Vega (CUBA) Flanker
Tomás Leonardi (SIC Isidro) Flanker
Ignacio Pasman (Champagnat) Flanker
Martín Landajo (Club Atlético de San Isidro) Scrumhalf
Santiago Mendez (SIC Isidro) Scrumhalf
Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias (Asociacion Alumni) Flyhalf
Benjamín Madero (SIC Isidro) Flyhalf
Tomás Rosati (Belgrano) Flyhalf
Lisandro Gomez Lopez (La Tablada) Centre
Maximiliano Nannini (Duendes) Centre
Belisario Agulla (Hindu) Wing
Mauro Comuzzi (Pucara) Wing
Fernando Dario Luna (Cordoba Athletic) Wing
Román Miralles (Duendes) Fullback
Joaquin Tuculet (Los Tilos) Fullback

Head Coach: Daniel Hourcade