Coach Mario Ledesma confirmed the team of the Argentine rugby team, Los Pumas, that they will meet next Sunday along with his New Zealand counterpart, the All Blacks, within the framework of the third round of the Rugby Championship. The meeting will take place from 4:05 (Argentine time) at the CBUS Super Stadium in Gold Coast, Australia, and Ledesma will make seven modifications with respect to the cast that played the last match of the tournament against South Africa in Gqeberha.
In the edit 2020, The Pumas achieved their first victory in history against the All Blacks in the land of the Wallabies by 25 to 15 and eight of the starters in that match will repeat in this match, which marks the continuity of the tournament and will be held entirely in the Australian state of Queensland for the next four weekends.
Taking as a reference the cast that lost to South Africa, the entry of Nicolás Sánchez stands out by Domingo Miotti, while in addition Matías Moroni will replace Santiago Chocobares, Baptist Delguy will go by Ignacio Mendy and Santiago Lamb will play for Santiago Carreras. While, Mark Kremer will enter through Tomás Lavanini, while Facundo Gigena will replace Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Santiago Medrano will enter instead of Francisco Gómez Kodela.
Then, Argentina will train with: Juan Cruz Mallía, Bautista Delguy, Matías Moroni, Jerónimo de la Fuente, Santiago Cordero; Nicolás Sánchez, Gonzalo Bertranou; Rodrigo Bruni, Marcos Kremer, Pablo Matera; Matías Alemanno, Guido Petti; Santiago Medrano, Julián Montoya and Facundo Gigena. Alternates They will be: Facundo Bosch, Carlos Muzzio, Enrique Pieretto, Tomás Lavanini, Juan González, Gonzalo García (could debut with the Argentine jacket), Santiago Chocobares and Emiliano Boffelli.
In his first two appearances at the tournament, The Pumas lost (32-12 and 29-10) against South Africa, current world champion, in the city of Port Elizabeth, while New Zealand beat Australia 57-22 at home and 38-21 on the road.
For its part, The All Blacks will line up: Jordie Barrett; Sevu Reece, Anton Lienert-Brown, David Havili, George Bridge; Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara; Luke Jacobson, Dalton Papalii, Akira Ioane; Scott Barrett, Brodie Retallick; Nepo Laulala, Asafo Aumua and Karl Tu’inukuafe. The alternates will be: Samisoni Taukei’aho, Joe Moody, Tyrel Lomax, Tupou Vaa’i, Ethan Blackadder, Brad Weber, Damian McKenzie, and Rieko Ioane.
“The game we want to play”
The coach Mario Ledesma spoke of the match against the All Blakcs and noted: ” The objectives for this Sunday are to control the game in the things that we can control, to impose the things that we can impose, and obviously that begins with obtaining“.
“We have to play the game we want to play: New Zealand invites you to play a rhythm that sometimes they can play alone, “added the coach of the Argentine team.
For its part, Julián Montoya, the captain of Los Pumas, indicated: “The week has been very good, We have been locked up for two weeks preparing for the game and being very self-critical. We always think what we can improve and how we can be better. “” So much New Zealand like South Africa and Australia take you to the limit and this is great, but indiscipline is a matter of 100% concentration, we have to adjust that, which was the biggest deficit in the last two games and it is difficult to compete with so many indiscipline, “he said.
Finally, he added: “The fixed formations are fundamental, in this game and in all, where it is the obtaining of the ball. The way to be better is to work, there are no magic formulas, there are no shortcuts, you have to work and we are doing that, always trying to be better, being self-critical and training a lot “.
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