Los Pumas name 46-man Rugby World Cup squad and it's not just Jaguares players

Los Pumas Head Coach Mario Lesdesma has unveiled his 46 strong training squad ahead of the Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The Pumas are in the same pool as England, France, Tonga and the USA.

Assistant coaches – Nicolás Fernández Miranda and Martín Gaitán – will be accompanied by Juan Fernández Lobbe, also an assistant coach and Gonzalo Longo as team manager.

He has included both Premiership and Top 14 players, expectedly rowing back on the Los Puma’s Super Rugby based selection policy.

In March Ledesma clarified: “For years, the players could not evolve for Los Pumas if they were not part of the Jaguares. Recently, the rule has relaxed somewhat, in the sense that when the need arises, we summon expatriate players to a specific position. We will always favour the guy of the franchise. But if not, we will call on expatriates.”

Looseheads

1 Tetaz Chaparro, Nahuel – Jaguares
2 Vivas, Mayco – Jaguares
3 Zeiss, Juan Pablo – Jaguares
4 Díaz, Javier – Jaguares
5 García Botta, Santiago

Hookers

6 Creevy, Agustín – Jaguares
7 Montoya , Julián – Jaguares
8 Socino, Santiago – Jaguares

Tightheads

9 Figallo, Juan – Saracens
10 Herrera, Ramiro – Stade Francais
11 Medrano, Santiago – Jaguares
12 Pieretto, Enrique – Jaguares
13 Sordoni, Lucio – Jaguares

Secondrows

14 Petti, Guido – Jaguares
15 Lavanini, Tomás – Jaguares
16 Alemanno, Matías – Jaguares
17 Paulos, Lucas – Jaguares

Backrow

18 Matera, Pablo – Jaguares
19 Lezana, Tomás – Jaguares
20 Isa, Facundo – Toulon
21 Ortega Desio, Javier – Jaguares
22 Kremer, Marcos – Jaguares
23 Bruni, Rodrigo – Jaguares
24 Leguizamón, Juan Manuel

Scrumhalves

25 Cubelli, Tomás – Jaguares
26 Bertranou, Gonzalo – Jaguares
27 Landajo, Martín – Jaguares
28 Ezcurra, Felipe – Hindú

Flyhavles

29 Sánchez, Nicolás – Stade Francais
30 Urdapilleta, Benjamín – Castres
31 Díaz Bonilla, Joaquín – Jaguares
32 Miotti, Domingo – Tucumán L.t.

Centres

33 González Iglesias, Santiago – Jaguares
34 De La Fuente, Jerónimo – Jaguares
35 Orlando, Matías – Jaguares
36 Moroni, Matías – Jaguares
37 Mensa, Lucas – Pucará
38 Mallía, Juan Cruz – Jaguares

Back three

39 Ezcurra, Bautista – Jaguares
40 Moyano, Ramiro – Jaguares
41 Delguy, Bautista – Jaguares
42 Cancelliere, Sebastián
43 Boffelli, Emiliano – Jaguares
44 Tuculet, Joaquín – Jaguares
45 Montero, Manuel – Pucará
46 Carreras, Santiago – Jaguares