Hernandez comes in at fly-half for Argentina against Italy

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) — Juan Martin Hernandez comes in at fly-half and Marcelo Bosch at centre amongst seven changes for Argentina in their Test against Italy in Cordoba on Saturday.

The inclusion of Hernandez of Stade Francais and Biarritz's Bosch means their is no place in Santiago Phelan's team for Felipe Contepomi or Federico Todeschini.

Assistant coach Fabian Turnes said the match was important in regaining confidence after coming second best to Scotland in Buenos Aires two weeks ago.

Italy coach Nick Mallett meanwhile has included three Stade Francais players, a club where the South African used to coach.

Sergio Parisse returns and will captain the side at number eight with brothers Mirco and Mauro Bergamasco also starting at centre and flanker...

Premium Content Partnership | MyWire provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. MyWire

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)