Suffering Pumas urged to alter selection policy

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Eddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies

By NEALE HARVEY

DECLINING Argentina must reverse their policy of not selecting overseas-based players or risk bombing at the 2019 World Cup, insists Saracens prop Juan Figallo.
Figallo, one of the finest tight-heads in world rugby, admits he is frustrated to have been ‘deselected’ for forging a top career in Europe – one that saw him rewarded as a key component of the Pumas’ pack during their last two World Cup campaigns.
Since reaching the semifinals at England 2015, however, Argentina have slumped to ninth in the w...

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