Person: Augustin Pichot

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Schmidt launches passionate defence of overseas-born players after controversial Kleyn selection

Pichot's take on the decision, aired via Twitter on Monday, follows on from his assertion last week that the world rankings were “ridiculous” given Warren Gatland's Wales had usurped New Zealand as No.1 despite never having beaten the All Blacks.

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Referee supreme Rolland officially an Ireland great

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Plenty to be getting on with

Argy bargy won’t be pretty

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It’s back to basics for D’Arcy

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Stade rally late to seal French title glory

Argentina name team for Lions clash

Marcelo Loffreda has named Felipe Contepomi as Argentina’s captain for their clash with the British & Irish Lions at the Millennium Stadium on Monday evening.

Fri, 20 May, 2005

No disciplinary action for ‘gouging’ Pumas

ARGENTINEAN players alleged to have gouged six different Irish opponents in Saturday’s Lansdowne Road cliffhanger will not face any disciplinary action.

Mon, 29 Nov, 2004

Pouting Pumas point the finger

PUMAS captain Augustin Pichot was hardly sitting behind the top table in the old Lansdowne Road pavilion after Saturday’s gripping encounter when he launched into an amazing attack on the Irish team.

Mon, 29 Nov, 2004

Ireland on guard for Puma threat

IT’S claimed there were 10,000 Irish people among the 28,803 attendance in the Adelaide Oval for the World Cup clash of Ireland and Argentina on October 26 last year.

Sat, 27 Nov, 2004

Familiarity with Irish has not bred contempt for Contepomi

FAMILIARITY will not breed contempt for Argentinean out-half Felipe Contepomi at Lansdowne Road today.

Sat, 27 Nov, 2004

Gaffney's tough decision means Payne for Horgan

SHAUN PAYNE has been given a licence to roam by Munster coach Alan Gaffney in today's Heineken Cup quarter-final clash at Thomond Park.

Sat, 10 Apr, 2004

Pichot out but Gaffney still worried about Stade

MUNSTER coach Alan Gaffney remains a worried man despite the loss by Stade Francais of key-figure Augustin Pichot for tomorrow's Heineken Cup quarter-final at Thomond Park.

Fri, 09 Apr, 2004

Pumas peeved at being knocked out by single point

AUGUSTIN PICHOT, the Argentine captain and scrum-half, made no attempt to conceal his abject disappointment.

Mon, 27 Oct, 2003

Argentina show no ill effects after Romania tie

ARGENTINA, Ireland's opponents in the crunch World Cup tie at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, finally arrived in the South Australia capital at 6pm local time yesterday.

Fri, 24 Oct, 2003

Coach wraps Puma stars in cotton wool

ARGENTINA coach Marcelo Loffreda is taking no chances ahead of his team’s crucial Group A ‘decider’ with Ireland at the weekend, opting to leave his top players on the sideline for tomorrow’s clash with the physical Romanians in Sydney.

Tue, 21 Oct, 2003

Galwey set for talks as Leinster net Pumas star

FELIPE CONTEPOMI could face an unwelcome arrival in Ireland in a few months time — depending on how Ireland do in this year’s World Cup.

Tue, 20 May, 2003

A man’s world?

Women’s rug

Thu, 06 Feb, 2003

Pumas no match for Eddie’s masters of the mud

Ireland 16 Argentina 7

Mon, 25 Nov, 2002

Pichot forced to play away from home

YOU sense, from talking to Augustin Pichot, Argentina’s long-haired pocket rocket, that he would like to be back home rather than playing for Bristol in the Zurich Premiership in England.

Fri, 22 Nov, 2002