Lucas González Amorosino

Lucas González Amorosino

Full name	Lucas Pedro González Amorosino
Date of birth	(1985-11-02) 2 November 1985
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback / Wing
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Pucará
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009–11 2011–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–	Leicester Montpellier Oyonnax Cardiff Blues Munster	13 34 10 12 7	(20) (40) (5) (10) (0)
correct as of 3 Jan 2016.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009–	Argentina	48	(30)
correct as of 30 October 2015.
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
	Argentina

Lucas González Amorosino (born 2 November 1985 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays fullback or wing for the Argentina national rugby union team The Pumas and Irish club Munster.

He was part of the Argentina sevens team before joining Leicester in 2009 following his full international début against England that summer.

Currently Lucas is part of the Argentina squad that competes in the Rugby Championship.

Career

2009/2010 season

Amorosino was given a trial by Leicester before the start of the 2009/10 season, he was later given a full contract ahead of French international Nicolas Jeanjean who was also at Leicester on a trial basis at the time.

Amorosino made an instant impression, scoring 4 tries in his first 6 matches, including 2 in the opening two rounds of the Heineken Cup and one in Leicester's win against a South African touring XV at Welford Road.

However he suffered a stress fracture in his leg early in November in an LV Cup match and missed the 2010 November internationals. The Argentina management hit out at Leicester for playing him in two matches in three days.

Amorosino returned from his injury in January 2010 but from this point onwards he played very little for Leicester, despite the good start to his career at Leicester.

Amorosino played for Argentina during the 2010 mid year tests against Scotland and France, starting 2 of the 3 matches.

2010/2011 season

Amorosino was given very few chances in his second season, he played just 3 matches in which he scored 2 tries. He played for Argentina during the 2010 November internationals, and played well setting up a try against in the Pumas victory over Italy.

Amorosino left Leicester at the end of the season and joined French Top 14 side Montpellier in search of game time. On Amorosino's departure the Leicester coach Richard Cockerill commented "he has not developed and come on as well as we would have both liked." However it could be said that Amorosino was unfairly ignored during his time at Leicester. In total Amorosino scored 6 tries in 11 starts for Leicester.

Amorosino played for Argentina in the 2011 mid year tests and was selected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

2011/2012 season

Amorosino played for Argentina in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and played in all the Pumas matches apart from the first match against England. He was named man of the match against Romania, earning himself a place on the bench against Scotland. Against Scotland he scored the late match winning try for Argentina to help them through to the quarter finals, the try was seen as one of the best of the tournament. Amorosino made the second highest linebreaker throughout the World Cup.

Once Amorosino arrived back from the World Cup to his new club Montpellier, he started very well and was named by French rugby newspaper Midi Olympique as the player of the round 12.

2015/2016 season

In October 2015, it was announced that Amorosino had joined Irish Pro12 side Munster on a three-month contract. Amorosino made his European Rugby Champions Cup debut on 14 November 2015, coming off the bench in Munster's opening 2015–16 pool game against Treviso.

External links

• ERC profile
• Biography, December 2011