Argentina’s players celebrate with fans after beating the All Blacks
SYDNEY – Coach Mario Ledesma says stunning the All Blacks after a 35-year wait is his finest achievement, hailing his Argentinian team after a long and emotional journey to breaking their hoodoo.
The Pumas went into Saturday’s Tri Nations clash in Sydney having not played a Test in 13 months, while enduring coronavirus lockdowns in Argentina and Uruguay before quarantining for two weeks in Australia.
Some of the players and staff haven’t seen their families in four months, and along the way they had to deal with a dozen team personnel testing positive for Covid-19.
But rather than becoming disillusioned or going stir-crazy, the adversity brought them closer together.
Ledesma said their spirit and resilience played a large part in the…
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