Accustomed in recent years to playing games of great demand and level, especially in the Rugby Championship, The Pumas They must impose this greater experience in the crucial duel against Samoa in it rugby world cupon Friday in Saint Etiennethe scrums coach said this Tuesday Andrés Bordoy.
“The experience factor is very important and the truth is that we have to use it”explained the Australian’s assistant Michael Cheika at a press conference from La Baule (west), the place of concentration of The Pumas during the France World Cup.
An experience that is also applied when deciding the starting team. “We base ourselves on training performance (…) Our role as a staff is to make the decision of who is the most suitable for this type of match.”
After losing the first match against England, Argentina He has no margin for error if he wants to qualify for the quarterfinals.
About the next rival of Argentina, Bordoy warned: “Samoa’s challenge will be against a powerful pack, with renowned players, with that extra physicality to prevail individually and collectively. We saw that they have a well-worked pack.”
“There are several teams that are showing a high level. Nobody can take for granted that they will be in the quarterfinals and this speaks of the level of competition there is”he added.
For its part, the second line Guido Pettihighlighted that “Samoa is a very physical team, with a very tough forward pack and several players who played for the All Blacks and Wallabies, as well as having others who play for big teams in Europe.”
“We have to counteract all their strengths because if we take plan A away from them it is difficult for a team to move on to plan B”he added about Samoawho in his debut defeated Chili by 43-10.
Petti He assured that the team has already forgotten the defeat against England. “It was hard, but we had to assimilate it. We have already left it behind and we are already thinking about Samoa (…) with a very positive mentality, thinking about what we have to do and seek to impose our game.”
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