Skipper Lobbe hails Henry’s galvanising effect on Pumas

Argentina captain Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe has credited New Zealand’s World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry with transforming the Pumas’ self-belief.

Lobbe’s side play old enemies Ireland this Saturday at the Aviva Stadium having made an impressive debut against the old Tri-Nations countries in the inaugural Rugby Championship this summer. They followed it up with a superb victory over Six Nations Grand Slam champions Wales at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium two weekends back.

Back-row star Lobbe was man of the match against Wales and paid tribute to the work put in by Henry, who worked for three months as a technical advisor to Los Pumas during the Championship.