an opportunity for the future

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With the premise of taking advantage of the opportunity to see promising players in action and begin insertion into high sporting performance, the Argentine team participating in the M18 South American Championship at the El Norte Deportivo y Cultural complex in Río Segundo, met the first competition day.

About 40 players were called for this contest, who were divided into two teams (Argentina 1 and Argentina 2), and their coaches were the Los Pumitas staff, with Álvaro Galindo from Tucuman as head coach, assisted by Galo Álvarez Quiñones from Córdoba and Carlos Mohapp.

In addition to Argentina, Uruguay and Chile participate in the competition in the main draw and Paraguay, Brazil and Colombia in the Challenger division.

In the first South American match, the Argentina 1 team beat Uruguay 28-14; The four tries were supported by Nicolás Cambiasso, Pascal Senillosa, Julián Cossutta and Juan Yafar; In addition, Senillosa made all four conversions. After this match, the Argentina 2 team defeated Chile 8-7, with a try from Vito Sambrizzi and a penalty from Felipe Das Neves.

And in the last function of the first day, Argentina 2 defeated the Argentina 1 team 40-0 (26-0 partial). The six tries in this match were supported by Bautista Lescano, Renzo Stefani and Tiziano Marchetto from Córdoba, Juan Ignacio Carreras, Manuel Cúneo and Leonardo Caricato; Manuel Giannantonio from Cordoba scored four conversions and Salvador Rinaldi added another success to the woodwork.

On the second and last day of the competition, next Saturday, both Argentine teams will compete in the semifinals (at 9), and the other match will be between Uruguay and Paraguay (9:50). The losers will face each other at 12:20 and the winners at 2:00 p.m.

To measure up to the Uruguayans, the lineup of Argentina 1 team was with: 1. Baltazar Monforte, 2. Nicolás Cambiasso and 3. Lorenzo Egea; 4. James Saccon and 5. Baptist Benavidez; 6. Franco Marizza, 7. Matthew Longo and 8. Ignatius Vallejo; 9. Manuel Massoni; 11. John Yafar, 12. Julian Cossutta, 13. Pascal Senillosa, 14. Ignatius Gaido Corral and 15. Francis Lluch. Then entered: Joaquin Polishe, Lucas Juncosa, Jonas Berti, Jerome Sorondo, Leonardo Caricato, Felipe Das Neves and Titian Marchetto.

And the formation of Argentina 2 for the match against Chile was: 1. Fabricio Cebron, 2. Manuel Cúneo and 3. Miguel Figueroa; 4. Jeremy Annand and 5. Samuel Severine Luna; 6. Renzo Stefani, 7. Franco Benitez and 8. Thiago Corsino; 9. Salvador Rinaldi and 10. Baptist Lescano; 11. John Camba, 12. Franco Canciani, 13. John Ignacio Carreras, 14. Manuel Domnanovich and 15. Manuel Giannantonio. Then they entered:

Joaquín Poliche, Jerónimo Sorondo, Leonardo Caricato, Felipe Das Neves, Tiziano Marchetto and Vito Sambrizzi.

In the crossover of the teams of our country, the starters of Argentina 2 were: 1. Lucas Juncosa, 2. Manuel Cúneo and 3. Franco Bombini; 4. Titian Rocha; 6. Ignacio Vallejo, 7. Renzo Stefani and 8. Jerome Sorondo; 9. Leonard Caricato and 10. Manuel Giannantonio; 11. Vito Sambrizzi, 12. John Camba, 13. Titian Marchetto, 14. John Ignatius Carreras and 15. Baptist Lescano. And Argentina 1 lined up with: 1. Baltazar Monforte, 2. Nicolas Cambiasso and 3. Jonas Berti; 4. James Saccon and 5. Baptist Benavidez; 6. Franco Marizza, 7. Matthew Longo and 8. Thiago Corsino; 9. Manuel Massoni; 11. John Yafar, 12. Julian Cossutta, 13. Pascal Senillosa, 14. Ignatius Gaido Corral and 15. Francis Lluch.