Argentina<\/a> to take on Dogos in C\u00f3rdoba, a team who beat them 74-15 last season.<\/p>\nThe one-cap Springbok took 26 minutes to register his first try on debut, hacking the ball from 60 metres out following a loose pass and chasing down his kick to score.<\/p>\n
Despite the positive start, the Argentine outfit were able to rein in the visitors, eventually winning 21-19.<\/p>\n
Watch the highlights here:<\/p>\n
Speaking to RugbyPass in January, the former Blitzbokke international explained the reasoning behind his move.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m in a privileged position where I have achieved almost everything I\u2019ve set out to do in my career,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have gained a lot of experience and game knowledge, which I would like to now give back to the game. The role I\u2019ve been offered as player-coach will allow me to do just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be great to be still able to play the game, give back to the team and also learn from the coaches and management team. It\u2019s a unique window to transition from playing to coaching. I hope that time here will be one where we all learn from each other and grow together as a team. I\u2019m here to help the team achieve their goals for the season and beyond.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m under no impression that the Super Rugby Americas league is an easy one. I think South American rugby has many similarities to South African rugby. And like any pro rugby league, it requires grit and hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the field, I want to give my best to enrich the team and grow rugby in S\u00e3o Paulo. Off the field, build good relationships with the players and people, experience the culture and beautiful city, and the rest of South America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rosko Specman got the latest chapter of his storied career underway with a try-scoring debut for Cobras on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-501420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}