Head coach Felipe Contepomi has tweaked a settled Los Pumas outfit, led by the skilled Julian Montoya, to face the Springboks in Argentina on Saturday.
The groups conflict within the penultimate spherical of the 2024 Rugby Championship, in a Check that might both see the Boks clinch the title or arrange a decider in opposition to the Argentinians subsequent week in Nelspruit.
South Africa has already secured the Freedom Cup in opposition to New Zealand and Nelson Mandela Problem Plate in opposition to Australia, whereas victory in Santiago del Estero will mark the primary time within the competitors’s historical past that the Boks win six consecutive matches.
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Montoya will pack down in a formidable entrance row, with props Thomas Gallo and Joel Sclavi both aspect of the veteran hooker. Behind them, locks Franco Molina and Pedro Rubiolo type a new-look mixture within the engine room.
Joaquin Oviedo begins at No 8 for Juan Martin Gonzalez, who’s joined on the bench by Guido Petti. The backline stays unchanged.
Two weeks in the past, Argentina hit again with 9 tries at hand the Wallabies a report defeat in Santa Fe. The 67-27 outcome lifted Contepomi’s prices to second within the Rugby Championship desk on 10 factors, nonetheless eight factors behind the Boks.
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