The Pumasseconds in the Rugby Championship With 10 points, they will open the two-game series against the tournament leaders and undefeated, South Africa, with the hope of finishing in first place if he gets two wins. But The Springboks can be crowned champions if New Zealand beats Australia.
The match will be this Saturday 21st at 6pm at the Único Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero and the last match on South African soil will be on September 28th in Nelspruit.
For this meeting, the coach Felipe Contepomi He will again put second row Franco Molina and Pedro Rubiolo and wing Joaquín Oviedo among the starters, while pillar Pedro Delgado will be on the bench and could make his debut with the Argentine national team jersey at 27 years of age.
Among the casualties, third line Joaquín Moro suffered a sprain in his right knee and was ruled out for the match in Santiago Del Estero.
On the other hand, if he gets minutes with Los Pumas, fullback Santiago Carreras will reach 50 caps with the Argentine national team.
The only time that Los Pumas played at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades was in 2022 against Scotland, where they won 34 to 31 and won the series against the Europeans.
For that match in question, hooker Ignacio Ruiz and scrum-half Lautaro Bazán Vélez made their debut in the Albiceleste jersey.
The Argentine team achieved two wins and two losses in the first four dates of the Rugby Championship: they won in Wellington by 38 to 30 against New Zealand and lost in Auckland by 10 to 42, while they lost by 19 to 20 in La Plata and won by 67 to 27 in Santa Fe against Australia.
The All Blacks defeated Australia
Earlier, New Zealand defeated Australia 31-28 in Sydney, taking second place in the standings ahead of Argentina-South Africa, which will be played later.
The All Blacks had a blistering start, with four tries in the first 25 minutes of the match, scored by Will Jordan (2), Rieko Ioane (9), Caleb Daniel Clarke (15) and Ardie Savea (25), and another three that were disallowed by video after being initially agreed upon by the referee.
In a match between two weakened teams (the All Blacks had three losses in four games and Australia four), the Wallabies showed that their situation is even more delicate than that of their neighbours.
The home side stayed in the match thanks to tries from Fraser McReight (18) and Matthew Faessler (36) to put the score at 28-14 at the break.
In the final stretch of the match, the Wallabies showed their pride and with tries from Oikoumene Paisami (65) and Tom Wright (79) they came close to turning the score around.
The tournament that pits the powers of the southern hemisphere against each other will end next weekend with the Wallabies visiting New Zealand and the Argentine Pumas visiting South Africa, the current world champions.
Source: Ambito
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