Agustin Creevy makes candid admission on his future plans after Argentina swansong
Argentina hooker Agstin Creevy.
After retiring from Test rugby following Argentina’s loss to Australia on Saturday veteran hooker Agustin Creevy is set to decide whether he continues playing at club level.
Creevy is one of the game’s icons who called time on his international career after making his Los Pumas debut way back in 2005 against Japan.
The experienced forward started out as a loose forward but made the switch to hooker in 2008 while playing for French outfit Biarritz.
On Saturday, he came on as a replacement during the closing stages of Los Pumas‘ 20-19 Rugby Championship defeat to the Wallabies in Buenos Aires.
Argentina’s most capped player
That means he finished his Test career as Argentina’s most capped player with 110 appearances and he is also the only Los Pumas player who played at four World Cups.
Despite his advancing years, Creevy is undecided on his playing future although he could still turn out at club level.
“I will think about whether I want to continue playing professional rugby,” he told Reuters.
He is currently without a club as he was released by Premiership outfit Sale Sharks in May. Creevy might look to go back to Sale next season and said he plans to make a return to his first club San Luis at some stage before finally hanging up his boots.
“I promised people that I will play again, and I will keep my promise, at least one game,” he said.
“If everything goes well, and I don’t find a club or something that catches my attention, I will go around the beginning of October, and if not, it will be next year.”
Could take up coaching
The 39-year-old also revealed that he has ambitions of going into coaching one day.
“It may be that I like the idea, I think it’s important and it’s good,” he added.
Although he is a genuine legend of the game, Creevy downplayed his achievements.
“I would like to be remembered, but not for what I did on the field,” he said. “I would like to be remembered by my team-mates, who would say, ‘what a great time we had, how we enjoyed this, how we enjoyed that’.
“I think that enjoyment is the important part of rugby. It is more about the person than about rugby.”
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