Argentina duo sign up for Exiles

London Scottish have signed Agustin Gosio and Alfredo Lalanne, two members of Argentina’s World Cup squad.

Gosio is a strong and pacy winger who represented the Pumas for the first time in New Zealand, scoring a try against Georgia.

Lalanne is an experienced scrum-half who has represented Argentina ten times, including two tests against Scotland in 2009 and 2010. Formally of London Irish, he has experince of playing in the top flight of English rugby.

Head Coach Simon Amor said: “It’s great that we have been joined by Agustin and Alfredo. Both will be bolstering critical positions for us in our squad and will add to our attacking threat.

“They are World Cup internationals, and neither played a huge amount during the tournament so they will be desperate to play some rugby.

“Alfredo previously played for London Irish so he has top level experience in English rugby and I have no doubt he will be a tremendous scrum-half for us, and someone that Matt Heeks and Jamie Stevenson in particular will be able to learn a lot from. Agustin is an attacking threat out wide and a natural try scorer.”