The Melbourne Rebels have added some Argentine energy to their forward pack, with Los Pumas squad members Lucio Sordoni and Ignacio Calas signing on for the 2021 season.
Argentina’s Ignacio Calas during the 2016 U20 World Rugby Championships.Credit:Getty Images
Sordoni, a prop, and Calas, a lock, have almost completed quarantine and will join the squad in the coming days following a successful 2020 in which both made the national team squad, where Sordoni, 22, has managed three appearances including the Test match against New Zealand in Newcastle.
Calas, 24, is a 201-centimetre lock who has been moving up the ranks with the Jaguares and Los Pumas and he will add depth to the Rebels’ line-out.
Rebels coach Dave Wessels said the two forwards and returning prop Cabous Eloff (back from South Africa) would arrive in Melbourne after being in quarantine.
