2006 Wales Rugby Union Tour Of Argentina
The 2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2006 in Argentina by the Wales national rugby union team. Wales was managed by new coach Gareth Jenkins, nominated a month before to replace Mike Ruddock. Results First test The first test was played in Puerto Madryn, where there is a community of Welsh descent which was originally part of the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the second half of the 19th century. Argentina after an equilibrate match. There were debuts for Wales: I. Evans, Hibbard, James Hook, and Alun-Wyn Jones Argentina: 15. Juan Martin Hernandez, 14. Jose Nunez Piossek, 13. Gonzalo Tiesi, 12. Rafael Carballo, 11.Lucas Borges, 10. Federico Todeschini, 9. Agustin Pichot (capt.), 8.Gonzalo Longo, 7. Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6. Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 5. Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 4. Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3.Martin Scelzo, 2.Mario Ledesma, 1. Rodrigo Roncero, – ''replacements:'' 17.Marcos Ayerza, 21.Francisco Leonelli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gareth Jenkins
Gareth John James Jenkins (born 11 September 1951) is a former Wales, Welsh rugby union rugby player, and former head coach of the Wales national rugby union team, Welsh national team. After a long and distinguished career at Llanelli RFC, Jenkins was appointed Wales coach in 2006, succeeding Mike Ruddock. He was sacked by the Welsh Rugby Union on 30 September 2007, following Wales' failure to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He left the role with just six wins from twenty test matches. Playing career Born in Burry Port, Jenkins played as a flanker for Llanelli RFC, Wales B side and the Barbarian F.C., Barbarians. Jenkins also toured Japan with the Welsh national team in 1975, but was not capped. Gareth Jenkins became player coach of Furnace United RFC after he stopped playing for Llanelli RFC he coached FURFC from 1977 till 1982, the most successful era for FURFC being promoted from section E to C of the West Wales league. Jenkins coached both Llanell ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Schusterman
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santiago Sanz
Santiago Sanz is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair racing events. Santiago has competed in four Paralympics, winning a total of four medals. At his debut in the 2000 Paralympics, he won a silver in the 5000m and bronze in the 800m, while also competing in the 1500m. He then competed in Athens for the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where he again won a silver and bronze, this time in the 1500m and 5000m, respectively. He also again competed in the 800m. In 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... he competed in the 800m and marathon but failed to medal in either. Sanz' final Paralympics came at the 2016 Rio Games, where he finished sixth in the men's 1500 T52.https://www.paralympic.org/santiago-sanz Sanz has also competed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pablo Gambarini
Pablo Martin Gambarini (born 5 May 1980) is an Argentine former professional rugby union player who played as a hooker. Born in Tucumán Province, he played for Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán before joining Club Atlético San Isidro (CASI) at the age of 9. He came up through the age grades before breaking into the first team. He was named as the club's player of the year, taking all sports into account, in 2006. He received his first call-up to the Argentina national team in April 2006 ahead of two tests against Wales and one against New Zealand that June. He made his debut in the second test against Wales, coming on for Mario Ledesma for the last five minutes. His next appearance came in a 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying match against Chile on 1 July 2006; after coming off the bench, he scored one of Argentina's 10 tries in a 60–13 win. He made another substitute appearance in the 26–0 win over Uruguay the following week, which saw Argentina not only qualify for the 200 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Francisco Leonelli
Francisco Leonelli (born 3 May 1978) is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for Saracens F.C. in the Guinness Premiership. He has represented the Argentina national team, having previously playing for the under-19s and under-21s Argentina sides. His usual position is at fullback though he also plays on the wing. He played for Argentina during their two Test series win over Wales at home in June 2006, including scoring a try in the 27 to 25 victory. Before playing for the Warriors he played for fellow Scottish club Edinburgh. Leonelli joined Saracens on 2 August 2007. In his first season for Saracens, Leonelli was part of the side that reached the semi-finals of the EDF Energy Cup and the Heineken Cup for the first time in the club's history. He scored the team's try in their famous 19-10 win over the Ospreys in the quarter-final of the Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual ru ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marcos Ayerza
Marcos Ayerza (born January 12, 1983 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine rugby union rugby player who played loose-head prop for the Leicester Tigers and his national team. His passion and aggression on the field earned him the nickname "El Toro" (The Bull). Club career He joined Leicester in 2006, having previously played rugby for his school Colegio Cardenal Newman and then for Club Newman in Buenos Aires. His Tigers debut came as a late call-up when Alex Moreno was injured in the warm-up, against Bath Rugby in September 2006. In January 2008, he signed a three-year contract extension with Tigers along with fellow prop Martin Castrogiovanni. He started in the 2007 Premiership final victory against Gloucester and the back-to-back Premiership titles in 2009 and 2010. The 2009 final was against London Irish, and the 2010 final was against Saracens. He started in losing Heineken Cup finals in 2007 and 2009 and the losing Premiership finals of 2011 and 2012. In December 2014 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rodrigo Roncero
Rodrigo Roncero, also known as "RoRo", uncle of Mateo Morrone, alias Morronzero, Morroculo o Duketto, (born 16 February 1977, in Buenos Aires), is a retired Argentine former rugby union player. The last team in which he played was Stade Français in the Top 14. He has also played for Gloucester Rugby in the Guinness Premiership from 2002 to 2004. Roncero also played for Argentina, usually as a prop. Whilst at Gloucester he was a replacement in the 2003 Powergen Cup Final in which Gloucester defeated Northampton Saints. Like his team mate Felipe Contepomi, Rodrigo is a qualified doctor. Roncero made his first appearance for Argentina on 15 September 1998 in a match against Japan. He made three appearances in 2002 as well. Roncero was included in a mid-week Pumas side to play South Africa A, that Marcelo Loffreda was using to determine part of his squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He was included in the Pumas' 2003 Rugby World Cup squad, playing in matches against Namibia and Ro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mario Ledesma
Mario Ledesma Arocena (born 17 May 1973 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played in Argentina's successful 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign and had a professional playing career in France spanning 10 years. Since retiring he has coached at the highest level in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and was most recently the head coach of the Argentine national team. Family Ledesma comes from a sporting family. His younger brother Pedro Ledesma, also an international player, played at Stade Français between 2006 and 2011. Playing career Early days Ledesma started his senior career as a flanker playing for Curupaytí in Buenos Aires in 1990. It was there he converted to hooker where he gained many accolades and praised throughout his playing career. In 1992, he became an U19 Argentina international, and represented his Buenos Aires district in youth level before making the step up to senior level in 1994. He made his interna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Scelzo
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe (born 20 November 1974 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine rugby union player. He last played with English side, Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership. He has also represented Argentina on numerous occasions, including at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups. He previously played for Sale Sharks, Castres, Bordeaux and the Liceo Naval club, moving to Northampton Saints for the 2008–09 season, where he made his debut against Worcester Warriors. In the 2005–2006 season, Lobbe started the final as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title. He was also an exceptionable leader, captaining Northampton Saints throughout the 2008/2009 season due to injury to the then club captain, Bruce Reihana. In September 2010, it was announced that Fernández Lobbe would come out of retirement to join Bath Rugby as injury cover for the remainder of the 2010/11 season. His nickname is Nacho for his second name (Ignacio) and "El Queson" (Big cheese) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |