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Mexico shortlist 25 players to battle the Cayman Islands

Mexico Head Coach Ruben Duque has announced a shortlist of 25 players to battle the Cayman Islands on Saturday. The two North American nations will square-off in the North Zone Final of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualification.

On line is a place in a place in the Rugby Americas North Championship Final. Either Mexico or the Cayman Islands will meet the South Zone winning Guyana on July 23. The winner of this fixture will advance to take-on the winner of the South American B Championship.

Set to be hosted in Lima, Peru in October the South American B Championship will be a Four Nations competition. Colombia are the red-hot favorites to overcome Peru, Venezuela and the remaining qualifier of Ecuador or Guatemala.

Mexico dream of earning the right to take-on the South American B winner. In order to do so Las Serpientes must overcome the Cayman Islands this coming weekend. The two sides enter the match with undefeated records. Mexico defeated the Bahamas 39-3 and Bermuda 75-10 while the Caymans won by scorelines of 20-8 and 47-11 against the same teams.

Mexico’s roster for Saturday is as follows:

Marcos Flegmann, Alberto Mizael Loredo Reta, Maximilano Alejandro Douek, Santiago Prieto Ledesma, Roberto Calderón Guillemont, José Raúl Reyes Conn, Gonzalo Pons, Simón Pierre, Andrés Rodríguez Ramos, Miguel Carner, Alejandro Chávez Cervantes, Christian Guillermo Henning Morris, Luis Fernando Arredondo Vargas, Agustín Sánchez, Jesús Alejandro Rico Moreno, Erik Castillo Pavón, Santiago Leboreiro Velez, Juan Pablo Andrade, Fharid Samano Garcia, Diego Ramírez Aguilar, Victor Ernesto Oliva Castellanos, Pedro Morales Villanueva, Alvaro Lopez Landeros, Juan  Pablo Martínez-Elhore y Alva, Hugo Rodríguez Ramos

IMAGE: photo credit: José Romelo Lagman

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