Namibia meets the Jaguars
Namibia meet the Jaguars in Buenos Aires on Friday, 8 May 2009 at 21.00 at Club Atlético San Isidro.
For Namibia this two-match tour is important as they hope to build a team for the Confederation of African Rugby matches which lead to the World Cup. After being at the last three World Cups, the Biltongboere would like to go again. The immediate stumbling blocks for the Namibians would be Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda and Kenya.
The Jaguars are an Argentinian selection but not by any means the full Pumas side and are in effect Argentina A.
Earlier this year Namibia turned down invitations to Russia and Scotland because the players were not fit enough.
The 18 players that have gone to Argentina are not all first-choice players. Those playing top rugby in South Africa were not available. The team is coached by John Williams with assistants Johan Diergaardt and Hakkies Husselman.
The IRB suggested the tour to Namibia on 25 March and it was first okayed by the Argentinian union on 14 April. The IRB is paying the air tickets, Namibia the daily allowance, outfitting and insurance, Argentina the accommodation and meals.
Teams:
Jaguars: 15 Lucas González Amorosino, 14 Mauro Comuzzi (c), 13 Juan Pablo Estelles, 12 Horacio San Martín, 11 Gonzalo Camacho, 10 Santiago Fernández, 9 Agustín Figuerola, 8 Tomás Leonardi, 7 Leonardo Senatore, 6 Genaro Fessia, 5 Mariano Galarza, 4 Carlos Cáceres, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Felipe Betolli
Replacements: 16 Lucas Vignau, 17 Guillermo Roan, 18 Tomás Roan, 19 Alejandro Campos, 20 Martín Landajo, 21 Benjamín Urdapilleta, 22 Martín Bustos Moyano
Namibia squad: Jacky Bock, Lu-Wayne Botes, Chrysander Botha, Julian Botes, André de Klerk, Colin de Koe, John Drotsky, Thinus du Plessis, Jané du Toit, Shaun Esterhuizen, Eugene Forbes, Desmond Haihambo, Hugo Horn, Wacca Kazombiaze, Kees Lensing, Tertius Losper, Bimbo Mbai, Jacques Nieuwenhuis, David Philander, Johnny Redelinghuys, Pieter-Jan van Lill, Jurie van Tonder, Jaco van Zyl, Hauta Veii, Tinus Venter, Marius Visser, Godwin Walters, Llewellyn Winkler.
Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
Touch judges: Ignacio Iparraguirre (Argentina), Matías Fresia (Argentina)
