Lucas González Amorosino
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| Full name | Lucas Pedro González Amorosino | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Fullback / Wing | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Pucará | |||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009–11 2011–13 2013–14 2014– |
Leicester Montpellier Oyonnax Cardiff Blues |
14 34 10 2 |
(30) (40) (5) (5) |
| correct as of 17 November 2014. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009– | Argentina | 40 | (35) |
| correct as of 23 November 2014. | |||
| Sevens national teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| Argentina | |||
Lucas González Amorosino (born 2 November 1985 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays fullback or wing for Welsh club Cardiff Blues and the Argentina national side.
He was part of the Argentina sevens team before joining Leicester in 2009 following his full international début against England that summer.
Career
2009/2010 season
Amorosino was given a trial by Leicester before the start of the 2009/10 season, he was later given a full contract[1] ahead of French international Nicolas Jeanjean who was also at Leicester on a trial basis at the time.
Amorosino made an instant impression, scoring 4 tries in his first 6 matches, including 2 in the opening two rounds of the Heineken Cup and one in Leicester's win against a South African touring XV at Welford Road.
However he suffered a stress fracture in his leg early in November in an LV Cup match and missed the 2010 November internationals. The Argentina management hit out at Leicester for playing him in two matches in three days.[2]
Amorosino returned from his injury in January 2010 but from this point onwards he played very little for Leicester, despite the good start to his career at Leicester.
Amorosino played for Argentina during the 2010 mid year tests against Scotland and France, starting 2 of the 3 matches.
2010/2011 season
Amorosino was given very few chances in his second season, he played just 3 matches in which he scored 2 tries. He played for Argentina during the 2010 November internationals, and played well setting up a try against in the Pumas victory over Italy.
Amorosino left Leicester at the end of the season and joined French Top 14 side Montpellier in search of game time. On Amorosino's departure the Leicester coach Richard Cockerill commented "he has not developed and come on as well as we would have both liked." However it could be said that Amorosino was unfairly ignored during his time at Leicester.[3] In total Amorosino scored 6 tries in 11 starts for Leicester.[4]
Amorosino played for Argentina in the 2011 mid year tests and was selected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
2011/2012 season
Amorosino played for Argentina in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and played in all the Pumas matches apart from the first match against England. He was named man of the match against Romania,[5] earning himself a place on the bench against Scotland. Against Scotland he scored the late match winning try for Argentina to help them through to the quarter finals, the try was seen as one of the best of the tournament.[6][7] Amorosino made the second highest linebreaker throughout the World Cup.[8]
Once Amorosino arrived back from the World Cup to his new club Montpellier, he started very well and was named by French rugby newspaper Midi Olympique as the player of the round 12.[9]
References
- ↑ "Tigers set to seal Gonzalez deal". BBC News. 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Stafford, Mikey (11 November 2009). "Argentina rail at Leicester's use of Lucas Amorosino". The Guardian (London).
- ↑ "Montpellier make use of awesome Amorosino". 7 December 2011.
- ↑ http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/leicester_tigers_senior_squad.php?player=88917&includeref=dynamic. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=10933/index.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Lucas Gonzalo Amorosino - Did he score the try of the World Cup?". 6 October 2011.
- ↑ "Top five tries of RWC 2011". 24 October 2011.
- ↑ "Lucas González Amorosino second best linebreaker at World Cup". 25 October 2011.
- ↑ "Le Racing grimace, Amorosino s'éclate". 5 December 2011.
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