- Title: Pumas looking for revenge against Australia
- Date: 7th October 2016
- Summary: LONDON, UK (OCTOBER 7, 2016) (REUTERS) INTERIOR OF TWICKENHAM ARGENTINA'S PUMAS RUGBY UNION SQUAD STANDING IN A CIRCLE ON THE HALFWAY LINE VARIOUS OF PUMA'S IN TEAM HUDDLE BEFORE TRAINING SESSION PLAYERS TRAINING PUMAS COACH DANIEL HOURCADE AT TRAINING PLAYERS STRETCHING PUMAS CENTRE MATIAS MORONI AT TRAINING PLAYER STRETCHING VARIOUS OF TRAINING PUMAS CAPTAIN AGUSTIN CREEVY TAKING OFF TRAINING TOP (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNION PUMAS CAPTAIN AGUSTIN CREEVY SAYING: "We think it's a very strong team in spite of the changes they've made, for us Australia is one of the strongest teams in the world and we struggle when we play against them, they know how to play, so there's no doubt we respect them and we know that any mistake we make will be punished." PUMAS VS WALLABIES SIGN IN STADIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNION PUMAS CAPTAIN AGUSTIN CREEVY SAYING: "Without a doubt it'll be a forward battle. That will be one of the key factors. They always attack from the beginning and we also have to adopt the same tactic and try to impose our physical game, making absolutely no mistakes as we did in the last game, when we conceded 21 points to nil making it impossible to try to win the game." STADIUM SCOREBOARD READY FOR MATCH (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNION PUMAS CAPTAIN AGUSTIN CREEVY SAYING: "Yes, we talk about a revenge after the World Cup and the last game. We know it could be a motivation. The defeat against Australia in the semi-final hurt a lot. We were left with an unpleasant feeling here in Twickenham and we could use that as a motivation but we'll be more motivated if we win our second game here in the rugby championship and try to position ourselves as best we can ahead of the World Cup." CREEVY ENDING NEWS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed: 22nd October 2016 15:05
- Keywords: Argentina Twickenham Rugby Championship Australia
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Rugby Union,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0015309RNJ
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- Story Text: Argentina are looking for some revenge against Australia's Wallabies when the sides meet at Twickenham on Saturday (October 8).
The Pumas have relinquished home advantage for their closing Rugby Championship but believe they can notch up their second victory of the series.
The South Americans had set themselves the goal of two wins in their six matches and must beat the Wallabies to achieve it having beaten South Africa in Salta in August.
Pumas coach Daniel Hourcade led his squad in a training session at the famous stadium on Friday (October 7) after the organisers proposed playing one of their matches in the northern hemisphere to drum up more interest in the tournament on the back of the southern hemisphere taking the top four places at the 2015 World Cup.
Saturday's test will be a re-run of two teams' World Cup semi-final, won 29-15 by the Wallabies who then lost the final to New Zealand.
A win for Australia would put them back on track after their 18-10 defeat by South Africa in Pretoria last weekend, which left Michael Cheika's team in third place, four points above Argentina.
With South Africa at home to champions New Zealand in Durban on Saturday, Australia could regain second place but equally finish bottom of the standings if they lose to the Pumas.
Argentina have left it late to achieve their two wins goal, having lost 36-20 to the Wallabies in Perth last month in a match they had fancied themselves to win.
Australia stunned the Pumas in Perth with a high octane start that gave them a 21-0 lead after 13 minutes, something centre Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias said Argentina had been working to rectify.
Captain Agustin Creevy told the media: "Australia is one of the strongest teams in the world and we struggle when we play against them, they know how to play, so there's no doubt we respect them and we know that any mistake we make will be punished.
"They always attack from the beginning and we also have to adopt the same tactic and try to impose our physical game, making absolutely no mistakes as we did in the last game, when we conceded 21 points to nil making it impossible to try to win the game.
"We talk about a revenge after the World Cup and the last game. We know it could be a motivation. The defeat against Australia in the semi-final hurt a lot. We were left with an unpleasant feeling here in Twickenham and we could use that as a motivation but we'll be more motivated if we win our second game here in the rugby championship and try to position ourselves as best we can ahead of the World Cup." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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