{"id":6353,"date":"2011-12-22T12:40:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T10:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/rugby-phelan-handed-new-two-year-contract-as-pumas-coach\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T10:40:32","slug":"rugby-phelan-handed-new-two-year-contract-as-pumas-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-phelan-handed-new-two-year-contract-as-pumas-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Phelan handed new two-year contract as Pumas coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BUENOS AIRES<\/span> Dec 21 (Reuters) – Pumas coach Santiago “Tati”
\nPhelan, who steered Argentina to the 2011 Rugby World Cup
\nquarter-finals, has been handed a new two-year contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Tati’s appointment as trainer confirms our interest in
\nratifying his tenure, which was extremely satisfactory from
\nvarious points of view,” Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) president
\nLuis Castillo said.<\/p>\n

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“Now is the time to continue working to improve day by day
\nand face a new calendar with a lot of activity,” he said in a
\nstatement issued by the UAR on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The Pumas, third at the 2007 World Cup in France, went out
\nin the quarter-finals to hosts and eventual champions New
\nZealand at the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Ranked seventh in the world, they will make their debut in a
\nmajor annual competition next year when they take part in the
\nnew southern hemisphere championship with Australia, New Zealand
\nand South Africa which is replacing the Tri-Nations.<\/p>\n

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Never before have they faced a year with 12 test matches,
\nhaving had to sit by and watch the Tri-Nations and Six Nations
\nfrom afar and make do with only six matches, three in each of
\nthe year’s two test windows.<\/p>\n

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Fellow former Pumas Fabian Turnes, Mauricio Reggiardo and
\nMarti Gaitan will continue as Phelan’s coaching staff.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Hourcade was confirmed as coach of the Pampas XV, a
\nreserve side that won South Africa’s Vodacom Cup unbeaten this
\nyear.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Rex Gowar; editing by Nick Mulvenney; to query
\nor comment on this story email
\nsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)<\/p>\n

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Please click on the newslink:<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2011 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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