Argentina make one change for World Cup semi-final against All Blacks
Argentina have only made one change to their team to face the All Blacks on Friday in the World Cup semi-final from the one that beat Wales in Marseille on Saturday, with scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou returning to the starting XV to replace Tomas Cubelli.
Biarritz No9 Cubelli was a surprise pick by head coach Michael Cheika for the quarter-final victory, but he has dropped out the the matchday squad completely for the match at the Stade de France. The bench has remained unchanged from the eight that surged to victory over Wales in the final quarter at the Stade Velodrome.
After leaving the field in the first-half in the quarter-final with a head injury, centre Santiago Chocobares has passed his head injury assessment to return to the starting XV.
The match will also see hooker Julian Montoya level Agustin Pichot’s record of 31 Tests as captain of Los Pumas.
Argentina XV
1. GALLO , Thomas (21 caps; 4 RWC tests)
2. MONTOYA , Julián (captain; 93 caps; 15 RWC tests)
3 . GÓMEZ KODELA , Francisco (36 caps; 5 RWC tests)
4. PETTI , Guido (80 caps; 15 RWC tests)
5. LAVANINI , Tomás (85 caps; 12 RWC tests)
6. GONZÁLEZ , Juan Martín (29 caps; 5 RWC tests)
7. KREMER , Marcos (62 caps; 9 RWC tests)
8. ISA , Facundo (49 caps; 8 tests at RWC)
9. BERTRANOU , Gonzalo (56 caps; 4 RWC tests)
10. CARRERAS , Santiago (40 caps; 9 RWC tests)
11. CARRERAS , Mateo (15 caps; 4 RWC tests)
12. CHOCOBARES , Santiago (18 caps; 4 tests at RWC)
13. CINTI , Lucio (21 caps; 5 RWC tests)
14. BOFFELLI , Emiliano (57 caps; 7 RWC tests)
15. MALLÍA , Juan Cruz (31 caps; 6 RWC tests)
Replacements
16. CREEVY , Agustín (106 caps; 20 RWC tests)
17. SCLAVI , Joel (16 caps; 4 RWC tests)
18. BELLO , Eduardo (19 caps; 5 RWC tests)
19. ALEMANNO , Matías (92 caps; 15 RWC tests)
20. BRUNI , Rodrigo (24 caps; 4 RWC tests)
21. BAZÁN VÉLEZ , Lautaro (11 caps; 4 RWC tests)
22. SÁNCHEZ , Nicolás (102 caps; 14 RWC tests)
23. MORONI , Matías (78 caps; 11 RWC tests)
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The weather was dreadful but the playing surface was great so there is no real excuse for such another poor standard of play from both sides. Dragons just the better team. But, what a shocking decision by the TMO not to award the Fifita try. This pretty much sums up Welsh rugby with poor teams and poor officials. The WRU have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done quickly to avoid rugby being lost to our future generations.
Go to commentsNo chance of Borthwick selecting any young talent. He announced his selection policy from the outset with naming a poor OF as Captain, retaining an equally poor Youngs and Vunipola brothers when there were many better EQP in the Premiership. SB revival of Leicester was based on SA muscle and a terrific Welsh flanker he has generally ignored young English talent.
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