Lucas González Amorosino

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Lucas González Amorosino
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Birth nameLucas Pedro González Amorosino
Date of birth (1985-11-02) 2 November 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight88 kg (13.9 st; 194 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Pucará ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2011 Leicester 13 (20)
2011–2013 Montpellier 34 (40)
2013–2014 Oyonnax 10 (5)
2014–2015 Cardiff Blues 12 (10)
2015–2016 Munster 9 (0)
Correct as of 5 February 2016
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Buenos Aires ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 Jaguares 9 (10)
Correct as of 22 July 2016
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2016 Argentina 52 (35)
Correct as of 17 September 2016
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
Argentina

Lucas González Amorosino (born 2 November 1985) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays fullback or wing.

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He was part of the Argentina sevens team before joining Leicester in 2009 following his full international début against England that summer.

Career

2009–10 season

He 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.

González 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]

He 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.

González Amorosino played for Argentina during the 2010 mid-year tests against Scotland and France, starting 2 of the 3 matches.

2010–11 season

Lucas 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.

He 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]

González Amorosino played for Argentina in the 2011 mid-year tests and was selected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

2011–12 season

Lucas 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 González 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]

2015–16 season

He was part of the Argentine squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England.

In October 2015, it was announced that González Amorosino had joined Irish Pro12 side Munster on a three-month contract. [10] Amorosino made his European Rugby Champions Cup debut on 14 November 2015, coming off the bench in Munster's opening 2015–16 pool game against Treviso.

Jaguares

At the conclusion of González Amorosino's Munster contract, he was announced as a member of the Jaguares squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tigers set to seal Gonzalez deal". BBC News. 14 September 2009.
  2. ↑ Stafford, Mikey (11 November 2009). "Argentina rail at Leicester's use of Lucas Amorosino". The Guardian. London.
  3. ↑ "Montpellier make use of awesome Amorosino". 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Senior".
  5. ↑ "Official RWC 2011 Site - Argentina-Romania - Home". Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Lucas Gonzalo Amorosino - Did he score the try of the World Cup?". 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top five tries of RWC 2011". 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Lucas González Amorosino second best linebreaker at World Cup". 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Le Racing grimace, Amorosino s'éclate". 5 December 2011.
  10. ↑ "Confirmed Short-Term Contracts". munsterrugby.ie. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lucas González Amorosino jugará en Los Jaguares". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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