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Jaguares lock in squad for 2019

Emiliano Boffelli of Jaguares. Photo / Getty Images

New Jaguares head coach Gonzalo Quesada has confirmed his roster ahead of the 2019 Super Rugby preseason which will start next week.

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The group of 43 players contains several new faces, plus the return of some familiar ones. Veteran halfback Tomás Cubelli is set to make his debut with the Jaguares after spending the 2018 Super Rugby season sidelined with a neck injury.

Joaquín Tuculet and Enrique Pieretto also make their return to the squad after recovering from knee injuries that kept them out in recent months.

 

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The most notable absence is first five-eighth Nicolas Sanchez. The inspirational No. 10 linked up with Stade Francais for the 2018 Top 14 season in France.

New faces include breakout Pumas back rower Rodrigo Bruni as well as Dominic Miotti, Franco Molina and Gaspar Baldunciel.

The Pumas U20s also contribute a handful of graduates including Santiago Chocobares, Ignacio Mendy, Lucas Paulos, Santiago Carreras, Santiago Grondona, Lucio Sordoni and Mayco Vivas. The last four players were also selected for the Pumas in November.

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The Jaguares will compete in their fourth season since they were introduced in 2016. They will be looking to improve on what was a watershed campaign in 2018, where they made the playoffs for the first time and finished the season with nine wins.

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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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