Agustín Pichot, former player of the Argentine National Team and current advisor to World Rugby, expressed his concern about the referee’s actions before the World Cup.
He Rugby World Cup 2023 just nearby and The Cougars will be included in Group D next to England, Japan, Samoa and Chile. Debut will be against English next September 9 from 4:00 pm (Argentine time), but the great Argentina’s National Team concern is going through arbitrationhow did you know Augustine Pichotformer vice of world rugby and current advisor.
The former Puma baseman who was part of the historic third place in the France World Cup 2007, He has been on the alert for arbitration action in recent times. “For everything now, the referees are going to have incredible pressure. Anything you charge can be penalized. So, how do you charge? And they’re not going to ask you for a TMO to see if you’re a meters behind or ahead”expressed in Camino a Francia, a program with Juan Martín Hernández. “I’m very worried about what happened in Mallía. There a citing free thinker said that ‘because I didn’t understand the rule well, it’s been five weeks’. And he ran out of the World Cup, which almost happened”, added.
The Mallía case puts Pichot on alert
During the match between The Cougars and South Africa for him rugby championship, Juan Cruz Mallia had a very hard crash, accidentally, on Grant Williams already he took the South African on the field. Although the referees They were not punished because it was an accidentfrom the body of the contest they punished him with a two-week suspension, which ended on August 19 but from the Argentine coaching staff they believed it could be worse and miss the first part of the World Cup.
“What worries me more about the Argentine national team, which has already happened to us in Japan, with four or five accepted by the Australian referee (Angus Gardner), the failures, or serious mistakes, is that it happens to us, “ follow later Augustine Pichot in reference to Argentina’s debut in World Cup 2019 against France.
Rugby World Cup France 2023 Groups
GROUP A
- New Zealand
- Italy
- Uruguay
- Namibia
B GROUP
- South Africa
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Tonga
- Romania
GROUP C
- Welsh
- Australia
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Portugal
GROUP D
- England
- Japanese
- Argentina
- samoa
- chilli
Source: Tycsports
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