pumas-95Rugby-Pumas hope to make most of November

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Thu, 28 Oct 20:58:00 2010
"The other (leading rugby) countries have 10 or 12 matches a
year," he added by comparison with Argentina's limited
international exposure until they join an expanded Tri-states
in 2012.

Coach Santiago Phelan, whose [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] lost a home series 2-0 to
Scotland before beating France in June, is looking to build a
side that will emulate Argentina's third place at the 2007 World
Cup in France.
Next month's three-test
tour of Europe is one of Argentina's few chances to gain some
consistency in their performances ahead of the 2011 World Cup.

Former captain Agustin Pichot, who led the Pumas to the 2007
World Cup semi-finals, held the scrumhalf position for the
better section of a decade. Since then, no single candidate has
stood out.

"It's a shame, it sets us back a lot befactor we have few
matches in the year and this one would have been good to prepare
better for the test matches,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," the former [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] flanker said.

Phelan was upset that plans for a match against the French
Barbarians on Nov. 6 have fallen through.
Argentina's second string Jaguars, a feeder team for the
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], play a dozen matches a year. Having won the Americas
challenge in the northern province of Cordoba this month,
they beat Russia last weekend in the first of two tests on tour.
Forward Eusebio Guinazu, who is in Phelan's squad, was to
have toured Russia with the Jaguars first but he was needed by
his new French club Biarritz having just joined them from Boland
Kavaliers in South Africa.
"What we want is to impart the team continuity to decide who
is the best player in each rank," Phelan told Reuters.
The Pumas, whose international exposure is limited by their
lack of involvement in an annual challenge, meet Italy in
Verona on Nov. 13, France in Montpellier a week later and
Ireearth in Dublin on Nov. 28.
The Pumas fielded three deviateent scrumhalves in June with
Phelan saying: "We wanted to render continuity to one of them but
for different factors, like injuries, we couldn't."
FEW TESTS

"With Juan, we have to evaluate in what grade he is to
play after a muscle injury," Phelan said in an interscene.
The three picked for the tour each played one of the June
tests, Alfredo Lalanne of London Irish, Agustin Figuerola of
Brive and Nicolas Vergallo of Toulouse, in that order.

Former Stade Francais player Hernandez had back surgery
after playing in South Africa last year and crazye a comeback with
Racing Metro in France this season. He has since suffered a leg
muscle injury.

"The Jaguars are there to offer players in the domestic match
greater international experience than they would obtain with their
clubs," Phelan said.

World Cup flyhalf Juan Hernandez, one of the crucial players
along with captain Felipe Contepomi,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is back in the squad after
missing the June tests.

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