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Pichot moves up the pecking order

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Wednesday 28 Oct 2015

The 41-year-old former Pumas captain is widely seen as the architect of Argentina's rise up the rugby rankings in recent years.

They will dispute the third-place play-off at the World Cup on Friday after going down in a battling performance against Australia in the semifinals.

Pichot, Argentina's skipper when they finished third at the 2007 World Cup, said he was joining the 10-member executive at an "exciting and critical time for our sport" - with an Olympic Games next year and a first World Cup in Asia in 2019.

Argentina Rugby Union President Carlos Araujo said the appointment "is not luck" and was a "huge recognition" of Argentina's place in the sport.

"This is the result of his tireless work towards the growth of Argentinian rugby and clearly rugby in the world," said Araujo.

Agence France-Presse

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