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And Argentina bequeathed to rugby its “bajadita” …

ON THE ROADS OF OVALIA. Throughout the World Cup, Humanity reveals to you, through a return to the roots, the personality of each rugby that counts in 1999. It was in San Isidro, in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, that the revolutionary support of the melee of the Pumas was born. To the dismay of all the packs of the world. From our special envoy to  Buenos Aires . CIS. Initials engraved in the leather of Argentine rugby. Indelible mark. CIS: San Isidro Club. Located in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires, the club holds the record of championship titles: seventeen in the last thirty years. The SIC (1,000 licensed in three senior teams, three under twenty-two, three junior, nine cadets) gave the national team five captains and some famous players: Alistair Stewart, Juan Lavenas, Miguel Sarandon in the thirties, Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, international between 1965 and 1976 who commanded the “Pumas”, Marcelo Lofreda, another captain, between 1978 and 1994, Tomas Petersen, Diego Cues

Matías Corral Sport career

Matías Corral (born August 10, 1968) is a former Argentine rugby union player. He played as a prop. He played in First Division for the San Isidro Club (SIC ) between 1988 and 1995. World champion with Los Pumitas under-19, in the World Cup 1987 and Puma from 1992 until his retirement after the 1995 Rugby World Cup, held in South Africa where he was honored as the best-left prop of the World Cup that year, the only Argentine joined the Dream Team. Also, along with Patricio Noriega and Federico Mendez, they were named as the best first line of the world. He is the older brother of Alejo Corral, current player of SIC and Los Teros. Sport career Matías Corral  always played at the San Isidro Club, debuted in the first division in 1988, forming one of the most memorable first lines, with Juan José Angelillo and Diego Cash. He joined the under-19 and 21 province selection of Buenos Aires and Los Pumitas. In 1992 he joined the university selection in the World Cup played in Rome wher