Tuesday, June 12, 2012

IRB NATIONS CUP TEST RUGBY: Portugal Face Italy Emerging

12.06.2012
Portugal v Emerging Italy in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)

Venue: Arch of Triumph Stadium

Referee:

Preview
Even taking into account a number of top players were missing, Portugal would have been very disappointed with their display last Wednesday against Argentina ‘A’.

The young and inexperienced Italian side surprised punters by winning against Russia. They lead the points table. However they have lost two players, di Marchi to injury and Tartaglia, who has been called into the Italian side at the Junior Rugby World Cup being held in South Africa.

Portugal are known for their unexpected upsets. Can they pull one out of the bag today?

Portugal and Emerging Italy have never met before in a 15’s test match.

Portugal Last Five
08.06.2012 v Argentina ‘A’ L 9-41 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)
17.03.2012 v Ukraine L 33-35 in Odessa (ENC 1A)
10.03.2012 v Spain W 23-17 in Lisbon (ENC 1A)
25.02.2012 v Georgia L 7-22 in Tblisi (ENC 1A)
11.02.2012 v Russia L 32-33 in Lisbon (ENC 1A)

GWC Rugby Rankings and IRB Ranking points do not apply

Prediction: Portugal by 7 points

The teams selected for today are as yet unavailable but the squads are listed below for interest.

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ARGENTINA ‘A’ (Jaguars)

1

Lisandro Ahualli de Chazal

Universitario

Tucumán

2

Felipe Aranguren

CUBA

URBA

3

Nicolás Azorin

Liceo Naval

URBA

4

Nicolás Basile

Aurillac

FFR

5

Marcos Bollini

Club Newman

URBA

6

Martín Chiappesoni

Atlético del Rosario

URBA

7

Gastón Cortés

Córdoba Athletic

Cordobesa

8

Matías Cortese

Libre

Libre

9

Jerónimo De la Fuente

Duendes RC

Rosario

10

César Fruttero

Jockey Club de Villa María

Cordobesa

11

Martín García Veiga

Buenos Aires C&RC

URBA

12

Lisandro Gómez López

La Tablada

Cordobesa

13

Santiago González Iglesias

Asociación Alumni

URBA

14

Fernando Luna

Córdoba Athletic

Cordobesa

15

Benjamín Madero

San Isidro Club

URBA

16

Matías Masera

Belgrano Athletic

URBA

17

Santiago Méndez

San Isidro Club

URBA

18

Ramiro Moyano

Lince RC

Tucumán

19

Javier Ortega Desio

San Isidro Club

URBA

20

Ignacio Pasman

Club Champagnat

URBA

21

Francisco Piccinini

San Isidro Club

URBA

22

Lucas Ponce

CUBA

URBA

23

Javier Rojas

Universitario

Tucumán

24

Franco Sábato

Asociación Alumni

URBA

25

Juan Pablo Socino

Libre

Libre

26

Roberto Tejerizo

Tucumán Lawn Tennis

Tucumán

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PORTUGAL

PROPS
CRISTIAN SPACHUK (Bourgoin - FR)
THOMAS DA COSTA (Lourdes - FR)
JORGE SEGURADO (Direito)
ANTHONY ALVES (Montauban - FR)

HOOKERS

JOÃO CORREIA (Direito)
VASCO MARQUES (CDUP)

LOCKS

EDUARDO ACOSTA (Direito)
ERIC DOS SANTOS (Stade Montois - FR)
GONÇALO UVA (Direito)

BACKROW

JOÃO PAIVA (Agronomia)
VASCO UVA (Direito)
FRANCISCO SOUSA (Cascais)
JACQUES LE ROUX (Agronomia)
TIAGO GIRÃO (Tiago Girão)

SH

FRANCISCO P. MAGALHÃES (CDUL)
MANUEL RAPOSO (Pretoria Police - South Africa)

FH

YANNICK RICARDO (Castanet - FR)
MANUEL COSTA (Belenenses)

CENTERS

CARL MURRAY (CDUL)
JOSÉ LIMA (Agronomia)
FRANCISCO APPLETON (CDUL)

WINGS

BERNARDO CAMPELO (Agronomia)
ANTÓNIO AGUILAR (Direito)
GONÇALO FORO (CDUL)

FULLBACKS

NUNO PENHA E COSTA (CDUL)
PEDRO LEAL (Nice - FR)

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