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Creevy has message for Ledesma two years after his last Pumas cap
Agustin Creevy hasn’t given up hope of playing at the 2023 World Cup in France at the age of 38 even though he hasn’t been capped since coming off the Pumas bench in their October 2019 World Cup win over the USA in Japan. The veteran has since linked up with London Irish in the Premiership but hasn’t been involved in the last two Rugby Championship under Mario Ledesma.
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Asked by RugbyPass if he was now officially retired from the international scene given that he hasn’t been capped by the Pumas in two years, the 36-year-old Creevy replied: “No, no, no, I would like to play but at the moment the coaches have other priorities. I don’t know. You need to ask them.”
Yet while it was clear from Creevy that he does want to play again for Argentina, the former Pumas skipper also acknowledged the uplifting change not being away for long periods from his family was having, both on his domestic life and his form for Irish for whom he has scored three tries in four Premiership appearances this season.
“I’m okay. I feel good. I’m playing,” he said when asked to rate his current form. “With no Pumas, I feel I can spend more time with my family. It is the first time I have been with my family together. It was maybe six years (before that) because I was playing in Super Rugby and was travelling a lot but now I am here in London and I’m really happy to be here.
“My wife is working, our daughter is in the nursery, everything is going good. Obviously, I want to stay here because I love this club and it is a really good bond for me. I enjoy playing and I have a few more years left playing and I try to enjoy every day.”
'Too many years fighting for that moment… I did everything, I gave my life to get this moment, I am part of that’
When @lospumas finally beat NZ @agustincreevy was 10k miles away in London. He recalls the decision that changed it all, w/ @heagneyl ???https://t.co/26M8D8Deel
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) November 29, 2020
It’s good to hear he is enjoying himself because the results for London Irish haven’t been kind. Between four rounds of this season and the closing half-dozen at the end of last term, they are winless in ten outings (nine losses and a draw) and you have to back to a March encounter versus Bath to find the last time they put a W on the board in the Premiership. The saving grace is they haven’t been dreadful in those matches as five of the losses have been by five points or less, competitiveness that suggested a win is surely now overdue.
“Last season was a good season for us,” reflected Creevy ahead of the next assignment for London Irish, next Sunday’s home clash with Gloucester. “It wasn’t the best but it was good. We had a lot of wins and this season is a problem. When we think about it, the discipline is a bit messy.
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“We need to improve when we are defending and trying to get the ball back, we don’t have patience sometimes. We need to work on that and we are training for it. It is something that is easy to fix but we need to put it here in our mind. We are a little bit frustrated because we didn’t get the win yet. It was our mistake but the humour of the club is not bad.
“We are frustrated because we are doing a lot of things to win but we can’t get it. I’m sure we are going to win and we are going to start to be a really successful team, but we need a bit of time to fix things. The team is really strong, we have a really good group. In my whole career, I can tell you when we don’t have a good group but in this case, we gave a really bonded group and that is the most important thing, it’s a team with a good soul. To be honest, it is not dark.”
"He is a funny little man…"
– London Irish were recently criticised for having Paddy Jackson in a leadership role, but Nick Phipps explains the No10's genuine value to the club as a leader#LondonIrish #PremRugby #LIRvLEIhttps://t.co/6av94icmZX
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) October 5, 2021
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1 Go to commentsBeautiful shot from Finau, end of story. Gutted for Shaun Stevenson though.
4 Go to commentsThe Chiefs definitely didn’t win ugly. They had the superior scrum, a dominant lineout, and their defence was excellent once the Waratahs scored their two tries (thanks to some lucky refereeing calls mind you). They put pressure on the Waratahs lineout throughout the game, and the mind boggles as to why the referee did not award a yellow card or a penalty try against the Waratahs for repeated scrum infringements on their own try line before Narawa’s first try. And the Chiefs were slick with their passing and running angles on attack. It was a dominant performance all round, even with many questionable refereeing decisions.
1 Go to commentsWasnt late. Ref 2 assistants andTMO all saw it so who are you to say it was?
4 Go to commentsAre the Brumbies playing the Blues twice in a row?
4 Go to commentsBig difference from the Saders. Forwards really muscled up and laid a solid platform. Scooter brought some steel and I liked the loosie combination. Newell has been rather disappointing this season but stepped up big time - happy also to see Franks dot down. He should do that more often! Reihana had a good game and there seems to be more flair and invention with him in the saddle. McNicoll plays well from the back and is reliable plus inventive when he joins the line. Keep it up chaps!
3 Go to comments🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
30 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
4 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusaders , you can keep going.
3 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
30 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
30 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
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