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Mendez insisted that Argentina are capable of producing World Cup shock against EnglandĪfter calling time on a playing career which yielded 75 Test caps, plus the distinction of winning the Heineken Cup with two different English clubs - Bath and Northampton - Mendez was coaching his local club and province until a few years ago. Of course you want to beat them on the field, but it is no more than that.' 'Nowadays, everything is 100 per cent fine with England. 'Everyone in Argentina knows that was a stupid war done by stupid military politicans,' he said. He is glad that modern players from his country regard this merely as a high-stakes sporting rivalry, without the wider connotations. The 1982 Falklands War between Britain and Argentina provided added tension on the field during Mendez's career. I came back to him and said, "It wasn't me, but if I find you in the street I'm going to punch you again!" 'Actually, Paul Ackford was writing for a newspaper and he did an article against me. 'I was cited for that and nothing happened, but everyone reminds me of that occasion.

'Kevin Yates was ear-biting one of the players and it was a big thing,' said Mendez. Eventually, Mendez and Ubogu were cleared. The entire Bath front row - Mendez, Kevin Yates and Victor Ubogu - were cited by their opponents. Eight years later, Mendez was playing for Bath against London Scottish, whose flanker Simon Fenn needed several stitches after having his ear bitten. The notoriety from that day was hard to shake off. The prop would go on to have a successful career with 75 caps and two Heineken Cups
