The revelation of Juan Cruz Mallía: What did he do to become a figure in Los Pumas and Toulouse?

Juan Cruz Mallía has closed one of the best years of his career both in The Pumas as in Toulouse and, in dialogue with Scrumrevealed what it was the key to take the step I needed to contrast on both teams: “I think it was establishing what position I wanted to play in, beyond the fact that I can do it in all positions.“. All rugby, for Disney+.

“When they called me and told me that I was left off the Los Pumas roster in July 2021, I had to do some introspection and say ‘Hey, what do you want to play? And where do you feel most comfortable?’ From then on, taking into account that I felt it, I decided that where I had the most fun playing rugby was as a fullback, and I started working to be the fullback for Los Pumas.“added the cordoban with respect to breaking point to make that decision.

In turn, the man emerged from Córdoba Jockey He delved into the importance he gives to his state of form in order to be part of the national team: “The fact of coming to play in Europe when Jaguares ended was to look for the best option to continue in Los Pumas. Thank God, Toulouse came about, which is one of the best clubs in Europe, if not the best, and one of the best in the world. I knew it was going to push me. At that moment he was just rotating between center, a bit of opening, fullback, and he was going from one side to the other“

Finally, Mallia concluded: “From that point on, a process of maturity began in me, accompanied by going to live in another country and being away from the family, which makes you grow off the field. It’s a job I’ve been doing, and I think this year was an explosion of all of this. I am happy with this closure of 2024, I am very happy. There were many emotions, and thank God most of them were beautiful“.