Argentina Head Coach Felipe Contepomi has named a 31-man squad to gather in London for a training camp in March - and names fit-again Dragons RFC scrum half Gonzalo Bertranou.
The camp takes place four months before Contepomi’s debut test match as Head Coach, after he replaced Michael Cheika who was in charge of Los Pumas between 2022 and 2023.
Contepomi has selected six players who are capped but missed the recent Rugby World Cup. Veteran loose head prop Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Santiago Grondona return after missing the showpiece finals. Tighthead prop Lucio Sordoni is also included as is fly half Tomás Albornoz and wingers Santiago Cordero and Bautista Delguy.
Players based in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the USA have not been considered.
LOOSE HEAD PROP
Thomas Gallo (Benetton, IT)
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro (Benetton, IT)
Mayco Vivas (Gloucester, UK)
HOOKER
Julián Montoya (Leicester Tigers, UK)
Ignacio Ruiz (Perpignan, FR)
TIGHT HEAD PROP
Eduardo Bello (Newcastle Falcons, UK)
Joel Sclavi (La Rochelle, FR)
Lucio Sordoni (Glasgow Warriors, UK)
SECOND-ROW
Matías Alemanno (Gloucester, UK)
Tomás Lavanini (Clermont, FR)
Franco Molina (Dogos)
Guido Petti (Bordeaux, FR)
Pedro Rubiolo (Newcastle Falcons, UK)
FLANKER
Juan Martín González (Saracens, UK)
Santiago Grondona (Bristol Bears, UK)
Marcos Kremer (Clermont, FR)
N8
Rodrigo Bruni (Bayonne, FR)
Joaquín Oviedo (Perpignan, FR)
SCRUM-HALF
Lautaro Bazán Vélez (Rovigo, IT)
Gonzalo Bertranou (Dragons, UK)
FLY HALF
Tomás Albornoz (Benetton, IT)
Santiago Carreras (Gloucester, UK)
INSIDE CENTER
Santiago Chocobares (Toulouse, FR)
Jerónimo de la Fuente (Perpignan, FR)
OUTSIDE CENTER
Lucio Cinti (Saracens, UK)
Matías Moroni (Newcastle Falcons, UK)
WING
Emiliano Boffelli (Edinburgh, UK)
Mateo Carreras (Bayonne, FR)
Santiago Cordero (Connacht, IE)
Bautista Delguy (Clermont, FR)
FULLBACK
Juan Cruz Mallía (Toulouse, FR)
