Federico Genoud talks to Frank

By Frank Stormont
August 5 2006

Experienced Puma looks to play for Albion before going to the World Cup in France next year.

 

Federico Genoud 

Twenty three year old, six foot three, Federico Genoud is looking forward to working his way into the Albion first team and is hoping that the friendly against Premiership team Bath on the 20th August will give him the opportunity to show what he can do.  His natural position is as flanker where he has played for Pumas on a number of occasions  at senior level including his most memorable match so far against British and Irish Lions last year when he played alongside Martin Schusterman.

Like others in the Albion squad Federico comes from a rugby family and can remember being encouraged to play at the age of seven by his father. He enjoys most sports and including football, basketball, tennis and golf.

He prefers to be called Federico but understands that some will shorten or corrupt his name to Freddy. He admits to being a shy person at times until he gets to know people and hopes that he does not miss his family too much during his stay in England.

His two relatively short term ambitions are to secure a place in the Albion first team and be a player in next year's world cup. He hopes the knee injury he picked up last season is fully recovered to enable him to achieve both of these ambitions.  The contractual problems that led to a large number of Argentinean players including Federico walking away from the Pumas has now been resolved which means that it will be his form and fitness that are used for his selection to the World Cup Squad.

The two main differences that he finds in England from his home land are that we drive on the other side of the road and that we eat too early in the evening! In Argentina the evening meal is served at ten or eleven o'clock.

Martin Schusterman played a big part in persuading Federico to come to Plymouth explaining to him how good the team and facilities.  The two have not spoken since Federico arrived in England due to the fact he has not yet sorted his communications out.

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