Headlining cougars everywhere! The Argentines are more than protagonists in the Premiership and several will be from the start this weekend.
Agustín Creevy is a fixture in London Irish for his leadership of the pack and will be in the game against Gloucester, which will have the Cordobans in the starting fifteen again Matías Alemanno and Santiago Carreras, who had to leave last week due to a blow to the head.
For his part, Matías Orlando will act as a center for the Newcastle Falcons in their commitment to Exeter, which will also have an Argentine: Facundo Cordero will return to ownership by the absence of Stuart Hogg, present with Scotland in the Six Nations.
Leicester is the Argentine team and on this date more than ever. Matías Moroni, Tomás Lavanini and Julián Montoya are part of the fifteen against Worcester. It will be the first as a starter for Julián Montoya, who signed with the Tigers just a few weeks ago and had been a substitute in the last game.
More news? Yes. Martín Landajo will be a substitute at Harlequins against Bath, and Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro can debut off the bench at Bristol against Sale.
LONDON IRISH-GLOUCESTER
London Irish: 15 Tom Parton, 14 Ben Loader, 13 Curtis Rona, 12 Terrence Hepetema, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Nick Phipps, 1 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 2 Agustin Creevy, 3 Sekope Kepu, 4 Rob Simmons, 5 Adam Coleman, 6 Matt Rogerson (c), 7 Blair Cowan, 8 Albert Tuisue.
Substitutes: 16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Ben Donnell, 21 Sean O’Brien, 22 Ben Meehan, 23 Theo Brophy Clews.
Gloucester: 15. Jason Woodward, 14. Santiago Carreras, 13. Henry Trinder *, 12. Mark Atkinson, 11. Ollie Thorley *, 10. Billy Twelvetrees, 9. Willi Heinz, 8. Ruan Ackermann, 7. Lewis Ludlow (c), 6. Jordy Reid, 5. Matias Alemanno, 4. Alex Craig, 3. Ciaran Knight, 2. Henry Walker, 1. Jamal Ford-Robinson.
Substitutes: 16. Todd Gleave, 17. Alex Seville, 18. Fraser Balmain, 19. Oliver Atkins, 20. Freddie Clarke, 21. Charlie Chapman, 22. Giorgi Kveseladze, 23. Kyle Moyle
NEWCASTLE-EXETER
Newcastle: 15 Joel Hodgson, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 George Wacokecoke, 12 Matias Orlando, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 John Hardie, 6 Sean Robinson (captain), 5 Marco Fuser, 4 Greg Peterson, 3 Logovi’i Mulipola, 2 George McGuigan, 1 Trevor Davison.
Substitutes: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 Darren Barry, 20 Connor Collett, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Gareth Owen, 23 Cooper Vuna
Exeter: 15 Facundo Cordero 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Ian Whitten 12 Ollie Devoto 11 Tom O’Flaherty 10 Joe Simmonds 9 Jack Maunder, 8 Sam Simmonds, 7 Richard Capstick, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Sam Skinner, 4 Will Witty, 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jack Yeandle (capt), 1 Alec Hepburn.
Substitutes: 16 Jack Innard 17 James Kenny 18 Maks Van Dyk 19 Don Armand 20 Sean Lonsdale 21 Stu Townsend 22 Harvey Skinner 23 Tom Hendrickson
LEICESTER-WORCESTER
Leicester: 15 Freddie Stewardm 14 Kobus Van Wyk, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Zack Henry, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Calum Green, 4 Tomás Lavanini, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Luan de Bruin.
Substitutes: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Nephi Leatigaga, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Harry Wells, 20 George Martin, 21 Jack Van Poortvliet, 22 Johnny McPhillips, 23 Kini Murimurivalu
Worcester Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Nick David, 13 Oli Morris, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Perry Humphreys, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Gareth Simpson, 1 Marc Thomas, 2 Niall Annett, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Marco Mama, 7 Matt Kvesic (c), 8 Cornell du Preez.
Substitutes: 16 Beck Cutting, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Justin Clegg, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Sam Lewis, 22 Francois Hougaard, 23 Jamie Shillcock.