SAUDI TURF TEAM Rugby World Cup Team Profiles

SAUDI TURF TEAM Rugby World Cup Team Profiles

Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British Isles team, as of March 2011 they rank 8th in the world by the IRB. They have competed at every Rugby World Cup staged since the inaugural tournament of 1987, and while football is still dominant the interest in rugby grows impressively year on year. At the last World Cup held in 2007 Los Pumas finished the competition 3rd beating the hosts France and remaining unbeaten in their group before losing to eventually winners South Africa. Since the turn of the millennium Argentina's impressive form have now merited them inclusion into an expanded tri nations from 2012. With a ferocious hard tackling pack and star players like Felipe Contepomi keeping the game flowing with their kicking, Argentina should again prove to powerful for teams like Romania and Georgia. England and Scotland will go looking for a result against the Los Pumas but they have a game on. Both will have this down as their toughest pool game. Head Coach: Santiago Phelan.