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Rumours of Los Pumas’ demise greatly exaggerated‚ warns De la Fuente

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“We are not the same team as the Jaguares. In Los Pumas we have some overseas players who have joined us‚ so it is a different team.'

It has been suggested‚ to almost self-fulfilling lengths‚ that Los Pumas would go into gradual decline the deeper they go into the international season.

De la Fuente‚ who is also the team’s vice-captain‚ believes they have learnt to cope with the vicissitudes of cross-continental competition.Argentina will look for a good result against the Springboks in their last match before the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.“The main goal here is to use the jersey of Los Pumas. We can’t get tired of that jersey‚” said De la Fuente.

“The positive thing about this is that almost 90 percent of the players of the Jaguares are with Los Pumas‚” said De la Fuente. “Obviously Test match rugby is more difficult than Super Rugby or club rugby in Europe. We are looking to grow our game.

 

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