Argentina duo agree deals with Falcons until end of the season
JAGUARES DUO ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN A FORTNIGHT
NEWCASTLE Falcons have completed the signing of Argentina flanker Santiago Grondona and Argentina Sevens wing Mateo Carreras.
Grondona, 22, and Carreras, 20, have signed from Jaguares until the end of the current season and will arrive in the next two weeks.
Back- rower Grondona has been capped four times by the Pumas duri n g the recent Rugby Championship, including their historic victory over New Zealand and the dramatic draw with Australia.
Winger Carreras has starred for Argentina at under20s level and has represented his country on the international sevens circuit.
Having already secured the signature of Argentina centre Matias Orlando, who arrived on Tyneside just over a week ago, Newcastle Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards said: “Santiago and Mateo are both quality players who will further add to the competition we have within the squad. “Santiago is a very powerful player who, at 6ft 6in, can make a real physical impact, and Mateo has plenty of pace and footwork out wide.”
The Falcons won all three of their Gallagher Premiership games going into the Boxing Day visit of Leicester Tigers and Richards added: “We have started well but the relentless nature of the fixture list due to the shortened season means squad depth becomes more important than ever. “It is going to be all hands to the pump, with key games coming thick and fast and the opportunity to add two talented players like this was too good to pass up.”
Santiago and Mateo are both quality players who will further add to the competition we have within the squad Dean Richards