Loffreda picks his mid-year Pumas
Argentina coach Marcelo Loffreda has unveiled a 45-man squad for the forthcoming Test matches with Ireland and Italy.
The Pumas face Ireland twice, in Santa Fe on May 26 and Buenos Aires on June 2, and then Italy in Mendoza on June 9.
Ireland will experience the confines of the Brigadier Estanislao Lopez del Barrio Centenario stadium in Santa Fe, home of Colon soccer team.
The second Test takes place at Argentina’s usual home venue – the Jose Amalfitani stadium in the capital, home of Velez Sarsfield.
The Pumas then take on Italy at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, with the Andes looking on from the mid-distance.
Loffreda, who is due to take over at Leicester Tigers in October, will pick his 22-man match-day squad from the party of 45 players.
Argentina squad:
Mario Ledesma, Gonzalo Longo, Martin Scelzo (all Clermont Auvergne), Jaime Arocena, Alberto Vernet Basualdo (both Alumni), Nicolas Fernandez Miranda (Bayonne), Marcelo Bosch, Manuel Carizza, Gaston De Robertis, Martin Gaitan (all Biarritz), Bernardo Stortoni (Bristol), Pablo Gambarini, Esteban Lozada (both CASI), Santiago Gonzalez Bonorino (Capitolina), Genaro Fessia (Cordoba Athletic), Lucio Lopez Fleming (Edinburgh), Francisco Leonelli (Glasgow Warriors), Horacio Agulla, Juan de la Cruz Fernandez Miranda, Hernan Senillosa (all Hindu), Nicolas Vergallo (Jockey Club), Martin Schusterman (Leeds Tykes), Marcos Ivan Ayerza (Leicester Tigers), Felipe Contepomi (Leinster), Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Gonzalo Tiesi (both London Irish), Pablo Henn (Montauban), Martin Durand, Federico Todeschini (both Montpellier), Rimas Alvarez (Perpignan), Manuel Contepomi (Rovigo), Federico Serra (SIC), Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (both Sale Sharks), Tomas De Vedia (Saracens), Eusebio Guinazu, Lucas Ostiglia (both Agen), Lucas Borges, Ignacio Corleto, Juan Martin Hernandez, Agustin Pichot, Rodrigo Roncero (all Stade Francais), Patricio Albacete, Omar Hasan (both Toulouse), Miguel Avramovic (Worcester Warriors).
