Los Pumas receive England in a key game in La Plata: time, transmission and confirmed equipment

This Saturday, Los Pumas They will face England in a party corresponding to the International window July, a key commitment to preparation that generates great expectation among rugby fans. The meeting will begin at 16:40 And it will be played in the Stadium one Jorge Luis Hirschi. The transmission will be in charge of ESPN and Disney+.

The Argentine team comes to this meeting after a valuable Victoria in front of the British & Irish Lions in Dublina result that raised the confidence of the campus and evidenced its potential. Beyond sports merit, the triumph represented a mood of great importance for the selected one who directs Felipe Contepomi.

In this new challenge, the albiceleste team will seek to maintain that positive envy against a England That, although it arrives with sensitive casualties, it retains hierarchy.

How England gets to the game

The British team, under the orders of Steve Borthwickwill go to the field for the first time from your participation in the Six nations 2025where he ended in the second position. For this international window, the coach does not have 13 key playerssince they are in Australia forming part of the squad of The lions.

Borthwick sought to move the pressure to the South American team: “This series is fantastic for us, but it is an even greater challenge for them. Argentina plays with the non -favorite label in each of the games that play, but now they are no longer. Argentina is the great favorite for these two tests, that is what they will have to face, what their team of coaches has to face. ”

A history with English supremacy

Over the years, duels between Los Pumas and The rose They have fed a rivalry that is renewed every time the European team visits Argentine territory. From the first clash in Buenos Aires in 1981even the most recent series played in San Juan and Santa Fe in 2017the balance favors the British.

In 12 games disputed in Argentina, England He managed to impose himself in eight occasions, while Los Pumas They got Three victories. The registration is completed with A draw.

The next confrontation between both teams will take place Friday July 12 in San Juanas part of the same preparation cycle.

Initial Pumas Formation

• Mayco Vivas

• Julián Montoya (C)

• Pedro Delgado

• Lucas Paulos

• Pedro Rubiolo

• Pablo Matera

• Juan Cruz González

• Facundo Isa

• Gonzalo Bertranou

• Santiago Carreras

• Santiago Carreras

• Just Piccardo

• Lucio Cinti

• Rodrigo Isgraó

• Benjamín Elizalde

Substitutes: Rooster, Bernasconi, Coria Marchetti, Grondona, Moor, Benítez Cruz, Roger and Moroni.

Titling of England

• Boxter end

• Jamie George (C)

• Joe Heyes

• Charie Ewels

• Alex Colles

• Ben Curry

• Sam Underhill

• Tom Willis

• Ben Spencer

• George Ford

• Will Muir

• Seb Atkinson

• Henry Slade

• Tom Roebuck

• Freddie Steward

Substitutes: Theo Dan, Bevan Rodd, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Chandler Cunningham-South, Guy Pepper, Alex Dombrandt, Jack van Poortviet, Cadan Murley.

Key absences of the English team

Olie Chessum, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tom Curry, Ben Earl, Ellis Genge, Maro itoje, Henry Pollock, Will Stuart, Elliot Daly, Tommy Freeman, Alex Mitchell, Smith end and Marcus Smith They will not be available in this series, due to their call with The lions.

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