Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has named 24 European-based players for the side's entry into the inaugural Rugby Championship.
24 players based in Europe included
Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has named 24 European-based players in his squad for the side's historic entry into the inaugural Rugby Championship.
Four of the players are based in the Aviva Premiership, with the remaining 20 coming from Top 14 clubs.
Leicester's Marcos Ayerza, Exeter winger Gonzalo Camacho and Harlequins lock Tomas Vallejos will all take part in the competition between August 18 and October 6 along with Horacio Agulla, who left the Tigers after failing to agree a new deal.
The likes of Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Juan Jose Imhoff and Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino are also included by the Pumas, however there is no place in the provisional list for Felipe Contepomi and Rodrigo Roncero - who both seem set to retire after the June internationals against Italy and France.
Phelan has named a largely inexperienced squad for the series against Les Bleus and the Azzurri, with 18 South America-based players set to take part.
Edinburgh's Esteban Lozada, Exeter fly-half Ignacio Mieres, Harlequins back Benjamín Urdapilleta and former Sale full-back Joaquín Tuculet, who has just joined Grenoble, are also named in the squad.
Phelan will supplement his squad for the Rugby Championship with those home-based players that impress in the three Tests in June.
Argentina squad to face France and Italy: Andrés Bordoy (Pau), Rodrigo Baez (Liceo), Rodrigo Bruno (Jockey Club de Villa Maria), Francisco Tetaz Chaparro (Stade Français), Genaro Fessia (Cordoba Athletic),Eusebio Guiñazu (Biarritz), Santiago Guzman (Tucuman Rugby), Pablo Henn (Brive), Francisco Gomez Kodela (Biarritz), Tomas Leonardi (SIC), Benjamin Macome (Tucuman Rugby), Bruno Postiglioni (La Plata), Rodrigo Roncero (Stade Francais), Leonardo Senatore (Gimnasia de Rosario), Tomas De la Vega (CUBA), Belisario Agulla (Agen), Gabriel Ascarate (Natacion y Gimnasia), Julio Farias Cabello (Tucuman Rugby), Felipe Contepomi (Stade Francais), Tomas Cubelli (Belgrano), Agustin Gosio (Newman), Martin Landajo (CASI), Ignacio Mieres (Exeter Chiefs), Roman Miralles (Duendes), Manuel Montero (Pucara), Matias Orlando (Huirapuca), Joaquin Tuculet (Sale), Benjamin Urdapilleta (Harlequins)
Argentina's European-based players for the Rugby Championship: Horacio Agulla, Marcos Ayerza (Leicester), Patricio Albacete, Nicolas Vergallo (Toulouse), Marcelo Bosch, Manuel Carizza (Biarritz), Martin Bustos Moyano, Maximiliano Bustos, Agustin Creevy, Santiago Fernandez, Juan Figallo, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino (Montpellier), Gonzalo Camacho (Exeter), Rafael Carballo, Federico Sanchez (Bordeaux-Begles), Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (Toulon), Agustin Figuerola (Brive), Alvaro Galindo, Juan Martin Hernandez, Juan José Imhoff, Juan Pablo Orlandi (Racing Metro), Juan Manuel Leguizamon (Lyon), Martin Rodriguez (Stade Francais), Tomas Vallejos (Harlequins).
