The Argentina Under 20 rugby team, Los Pumitas, will seek to beat South Africa today to get their pass to the semifinals of the World Cup in the category.
The match corresponding to the third date of the qualifying phase of the World Cup in South Africa will take place from 2:00 p.m. (Argentine time) at the Boland Stadium, in Wellington.
The albiceleste team shares the positions along with those selected from South Africa and Italy with five units, and in case of winning with an offensive point they will access the semifinals of the contest, since they go first by difference of goals in their favor. For the same group, Italy will face Georgia.
The first three of each zone and the best second will be the ones who will access the semifinals to be played on Sunday, July 9, and the final is scheduled for Friday the 14th.
The Pumitas, in their first appearance, defeated Italy by (43-15) and later lost to Georgia by (20-0). The starting formation of the Argentine team will present four modifications compared to the last presentation against Georgia. Among the forwards, Matías Medrano will replace Francisco Palazzi, Renzo Zanella will replace Tomás Rapetti, and Federico Rolotti will replace Mateo Lorenzo. And between the three quarters, scrum half Valentino Dicapua will play from the start in place of Juan Baronio.
The Pumitas will form with Mateo Soler; Ernesto Giudice, Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, Nicolás López González and Ignacio Lucero; Valentino Dicapua and Agustín Moyano; Benjamin Grondona, Aitor Bildosola and Eliseo Chiavassa (captain); Efraín Elías and Federico Rolotti; Renzo Zanella, Tomás Bartolini and Matías Medrano.
The designated substitutes are: Valentino Minoyetti, Francisco Palazzi, Tomás Repetti, Facundo García Hamilton, Felipe Bares, Nicolás Viola, Juan Baronio and Valentín Soler Filloy.
Source: Ambito
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