Las Bumidas with a solid build for a friendly match against New Zealand

It’s been a long time since the last presentation, but the wait is over. The adventure through Oceania, which marks the return of Los Bomidas to the tournament, begins tomorrow with a friendly match played by the youth national team against New Zealand in Brisbane (at 02:00 in our country).

This commitment will act as an organization to participate in the Oceania Rugby U20 Championship which will take place between July 1st and 10th. The friendly will be played four times for 20 minutes, with 30 players from the Argentine team, despite the opening XV.

Madio Albanese was chosen as the captain of Los Bumidas, while Pedro Rubiolo and Thomas Elizalde were the vice-captains; The order of the friendly against New Zealand is as follows:

1. MEDRANO, Matias
2. Wenger, Boris,
3. Villar, Martin
4. Elias, Ephraim
5. Collidio, Lorenzo
6. Bildozola, Aitter
7. Rubiolo, Point Pedro
8. Garcia Hamilton, Fagundo
9. Albanese, Mateo (Captain)
10. Suarez Folch, Thomas
11. Solar Philly, Valentine
12. Picardo, Fair
13. Elizalde, Thomas
14. FRAGA, Augustine
15. Solar, Medio

Prior to the challenge, head coach Jose Bellicena revealed: “We look forward to this game. The truth is, we’re very excited about how the preparation for the tournament went, what was done in Buenos Aires and we promoted it this week in Australia. The boys are doing well and we are executing the project just as we designed it. That, of course, makes us very happy. The players are very well integrated, they are able to maintain physical intensity, and they have various aspects of the game. All in all, we have high expectations as this is also a pre-match match, in view of what the match will start in a few more days. Another thing we focus on is that the players enjoy this experience, which is the first international Test for many and our goal is to go with them in the best possible way, ”said the Argentine coach.

Source: UAR Press