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PROFILES<br />
MERELLO FRANCISCO<br />
DOB: 21/12/1984<br />
Twitter: None<br />
Home Town: Buenos Aires<br />
Height: 1,82 m<br />
Weight: 92 kg<br />
Position: Wing.<br />
RWC Sevens Appearances: 0<br />
Hobbies: Read books and spend time with my friends.<br />
Best Rugby Memory: When my club won the Buenos Aires Semifinal in 2002 scoring<br />
a penalty in the last minute.<br />
Sporting Hero: Javier Spencer Talbois.<br />
Unusual Fact (Did you know?): When I was a boy, i didn´t have my club´s socks,<br />
so I have to use my father´s. I used to go in the middle of the night to his bedroom to<br />
take it, and he complained the other day. Once I confused and I took green ones but<br />
my club´s are blue!!<br />
Francisco Merello is undoubtedly the most<br />
experienced man in the squad, having 49 participations<br />
in Sevens tournaments since his<br />
debut in 2006 and, in addition, he is the only<br />
player in the team who played the 2009 Sevens<br />
World Series in Dubai. His career in the<br />
national teams started in 2003 when he wore<br />
the Argentine jersey for the first time as part<br />
of the U19 team in the World competition of<br />
that category.<br />
He played the U21 RWC the two following<br />
years. He was part of the Pumas squad from<br />
2007 to 2010, as well as the teams Argentine<br />
A and the Jaguares.<br />
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