Search

Argentina captain signs with Crusaders

Rugby, Sport | | | By Stuff Sports

Listen to this article:

Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Argentina captain Pablo Matera wanted to join the Crusaders, and they didn’t hesitate to offer him a one-year deal ahead of the 2022 Super Rugby season.

The Crusaders, surely, could hardly believe their good fortune when they got the call to say big aggressive loose forward Matera was keen to relocate to Christchurch after completing his obligations with French club Stade Francais and the Pumas.

Here’s how the Crusaders got lucky: Matera’s representatives fired out a message, NZ Rugby were convinced it was a good thing, and it was sorted in a matter of weeks.

Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge made it sound as if it was a simple transaction.

Array
(
    [post_type] => post
    [post_status] => publish
    [orderby] => date
    [order] => DESC
    [update_post_term_cache] => 
    [update_post_meta_cache] => 
    [cache_results] => 
    [category__in] => 1
    [posts_per_page] => 4
    [offset] => 0
    [no_found_rows] => 1
    [date_query] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [after] => Array
                        (
                            [year] => 2024
                            [month] => 02
                            [day] => 20
                        )

                    [inclusive] => 1
                )

        )

)

No Posts found for specific category