Rugby Championship 2023, i convocati per il torneo

Ad una settimana dal Rugby Championship ecco le rose dei giocatori che inizieranno la preparazione al torneo dell'Emisfero Sud, che faranno da preludio alle convocazioni ufficiali per la prossima Rugby World Cup.

Sorridono le italiane, con cinque giocatori delle franchigie in URC inserite nelle liste dei convocati di Michael Cheika per l'Argentina: si tratta dei giocatori Benetton Thomas Gallo, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro e Tòmas Albornoz, a cui vanno aggiunti l'inserimento di Gonzalo Garcia dalle Zebre e Lautaro Bazán Vélez del Rovigo.

Gli Springboks mantengono una squadra “formato mondiale”, la stessa che vinse la RWC 2019, con l'inserimento di alcune new entry. Cinque gli esordienti per gli All Blacks: trattasi di Dallas McLeod, Emoni Narawa, Cam Roigard e Tamaiti Williams.

Per l'Australia Eddie Jones ha dovuto tirare la cinghia, accontentandosi soltanto di quattro giocatori rientranti nella “Giteau Law”, cosa che potrebbe rappresentare un ostacolo per il coach australiano.

Il Rugby Championship 2023 avrà inizio il prossimo 8 luglio e terminerà il 29 luglio, in un'edizione ridotta dato l'inizio della Rugby World Cup l'8 settembre.

 

 

Sudafrica

Piloni: Thomas du Toit (Cell C Sharks), Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers), Vincent Koch (Stade Francais), Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers), Ox Nche (Cell C Sharks), Trevor Nyakane (Racing 92).
Tallonatori: Joseph Dweba (DHL Stormers), Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks).
Seconde linee: Lood de Jager (Wild Knights), Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks), Marvin Orie (DHL Stormers), RG Snyman (Munster).
Terze linee: Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz), Siya Kolisi (Cell C Sharks), Evan Roos (DHL Stormers), Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs), Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls), Duane Vermeulen (Ulster), Jasper Wiese (Leicester), Jean-Luc du Preez (Sale Sharks), Deon Fourie (DHL Stormers), Franco Mostert (Honda Heat).
Mediani di mischia: Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles), Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks), Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers), Cobus Reinach (Montpellier), Grant Williams (Cell C Sharks).
Mediani d'apertura: Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers), Handre Pollard (Leicester), Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers).
Centri: Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks), Damian de Allende (Wild Knights), Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins), Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles).
Ale/Estremi: Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls), Cheslin Kolbe (Toulon), Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz), Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks), Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls).

 

Australia

Avanti: Allan Alaalatoa, Matt Gibbon, James Slipper (co-captain), Taniela Tupou, Matt Faessler, Zane Nonggorr, Dave Porecki, Jordan Uelese, Richie Arnold, Nick Frost, Tom Hooper, Will Skelton, Jed Holloway, Fraser McReight, Michael Hooper (co-captain), Pete Samu, Rob Valetini, Josh Kemeny, Rob Leota.
Tre quarti: Ryan Lonergan, Tate McDermott, Nic White, Quade Cooper, Carter Gordon, Ben Donaldson, Lalakai Foketi, Reece Hodge, Len Ikitau, Izaia Perese, Marika Koroibete, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Suliasi Vunivalu, Dylan Pietsch, Tom Wright.

 

All Blacks

Tallonatori: Codie Taylor (32, Crusaders / Canterbury, 76) Dane Coles (36, Hurricanes / Wellington, 84) Samisoni Taukei’aho (25, Chiefs / Waikato, 24)
Piloni: Ethan de Groot (24, Highlanders / Southland, 13) Fletcher Newell (23, Crusaders / Canterbury, 6) Nepo Laulala (31, Blues / Counties Manukau, 45) Ofa Tu’ungafasi (31, Blues / Northland, 50) Tamaiti Williams (22, Crusaders / Canterbury, *) Tyrel Lomax (27, Hurricanes / Tasman, 23)
Seconde linee: Brodie Retallick (32, Chiefs / Hawkes Bay, 100) Josh Lord (22, Chiefs / Taranaki, 2) Samuel Whitelock (34, Crusaders / Canterbury, 143) Scott Barrett (29, Crusaders / Taranaki, 58) Tupou Vaa’i (23, Chiefs / Taranaki, 18)
Terze linee: Ardie Savea (29, Hurricanes / Wellington, 70) Dalton Papali’i (25, Blues / Counties Manukau, 22) Luke Jacobson (26, Chiefs / Waikato, 12) Sam Cane (captain) (31, Chiefs / Bay of Plenty, 86) Samipeni Finau (24, Chiefs / Waikato, *) Shannon Frizell (29, Highlanders / Tasman, 25)
Mediani di mischia: Aaron Smith (34, Highlanders / Manawatu, 114) Finlay Christie (27, Blues / Tasman, 14) Cam Roigard (22, Hurricanes / Counties Manukau, *)
Mediani d'apertura: Beauden Barrett (32, Blues / Taranaki, 112) Damian McKenzie (28, Chiefs / Waikato, 40) Richie Mo’unga (29, Crusaders / Canterbury, 44)
Centri: Anton Lienert-Brown (28, Chiefs / Waikato, 60) Jordie Barrett (26, Hurricanes / Taranaki, 48) Rieko Ioane (26, Blues / Auckland, 59) Braydon Ennor (25, Crusaders / Canterbury, 6) Dallas McLeod (24, Crusaders / Canterbury, *)
Ale/Estremi: Caleb Clarke (24, Blues / Auckland, 15) Emoni Narawa (23, Chiefs / Bay of Plenty, *) Leicester Fainga’anuku (23, Crusaders / Tasman, 2) Mark Telea (26, Blues / North Harbour, 2) Will Jordan (25, Crusaders / Tasman, 21)

 

Argentina

Piloni: Ignacio Calles (Pau, FR – 2 caps) Thomas Gallo (Benneton, IT – 13 caps) Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro (Benetton, IT – 76 caps) Marco Vivas (Gloucester, UK – 17 caps) Eduardo Bello (Newcastle Falcons, UK – 10 caps) Francisco Gómez Kodela (Lyon, FR – 28 caps) Santiago Medrano (Western Force, AU – 32 caps) Joel Sclavi (La Rochelle, FR – 9 caps) Lucio Sordoni (Glasgow Warriors, UK – 3 caps)
Tallonatori: Facundo Bosch (Bayonne, FR – 13 caps) Agustín Creevy (London Irish, UK – 97 caps) Julián Montoya (Leicester Tigers, UK – 85 caps) Santiago Socino (Gloucester, UK – 8 caps) Ignacio Ruiz (London Irish, UK – 4 caps)
Seconde linee: Matías Alemanno (Gloucester, UK – 84 caps) Tomás Lavanini (Clermont, FR – 78 caps) Guido Petti (Bordeaux, FR – 73 caps) Lucas Paulos (Bayonne, FR – 10 caps)
Terze linee: Juan Martín González (London Irish, UK – 20 caps) Santiago Grondona (Pau, FR – 10 caps) Facundo Isa (Toulon, FR – 44 caps) Marcos Kremer (Clermont, FR – 56 caps) Pedro Rubiolo (Newcastle Falcons, UK – 1 cap) Rodrigo Bruni (Bayonne, FR – 18 caps) Pablo Matera (Honda Heat, JP – 91 caps) Joaquín Oviedo (Perpignan, FR – 1 cap)
Mediani di mischia: Lautaro Bazán Vélez (Rovigo, IT – 3 caps) Gonzalo Bertranou (Dragons, UK – 49 caps) Tomás Cubelli (Biarritz, FR – 88 caps) Gonzalo García (Zebre, IT – 3 caps)
Mediani d'apertura: Tomás Albornoz (Benetton, IT – 3 caps) Santiago Carreras (Gloucester, UK – 31 caps) Nicolás Sánchez (Brive, FR – 95 caps)
Centri: Santiago Chocobares (Toulouse, FR – 11 caps) Jerónimo de la Fuente (Perpignan, FR – 74 caps) Matías Orlando (Newcastle Falcons, UK – 57 caps) Lucio Cinti (London Irish, UK – 12 caps) Luciano González (Los Pumas 7’s – uncapped) Matías Moroni (Newcastle Falcons, UK – 69 caps)
Alee: Emiliano Boffelli (Edinburgh, UK – 50 caps) Sebastián Cancelliere (Glasgow Warriors, UK – 13 caps) Mateo Carreras (Newcastle Falcons, UK – 7 caps) Santiago Cordero (Connacht, IE – 49 caps) Bautista Delguy (Clermont, FR – 25 caps) Juan Imhoff (Racing 92, FR – 41 caps) Rodrigo Isgró (Los Pumas 7’s – uncapped)
Estremi: Martín Bogado (Highlanders, NZ – uncapped) Juan Cruz Mallía (Toulouse, FR – 24 caps)

 

 

Calendario Rugby Championship 2023

I giornata
8 luglio, Sudafrica v Australia, Loftus Versfeld Stadium di Pretoria
8 luglio, Argentina v Nuova Zelanda, Estadio Malvinas di Mendoza

II giornata
15 luglio, Nuova Zelanda v Sudafrica, Mount Smart Stadium di Auckland
15 luglio, Australia v Argentina, Western Sydney Stadium

III giornata
29 luglio, Australia v Nuova Zelanda, Melbourne Cricket Ground
29 luglio, Sudafrica v Argentina, Ellis Park Stadium di Johannesburg