The coach of the Argentine rugby team, Mario Ledesma, confirmed – with scrum half income Felipe Ezcurra and the second line Mark Kremer– the starting line-up to face South Africa, the current world champion, next Saturday in the opening match of the tournament Rugby Championship.
The event that brings together the powers of southern hemisphere, since Australia and New Zealand also participate, it will take place between August 14 and October 2, in which Los Pumas will play all visitor encounters.
The match between Los Pumas and the South African Springboks will be played Saturday from 12.05 at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Porth Elizabeth, and will be controlled by Irish referee Andrew Brace.
Ledesma confirmed the starting team of Los Pumas, which will have two modifications with respect to the one who participated in the June window who defeated Romania (24-17) and achieved a draw (20-20) and a victory (33-11) against Wales, champion of the Six Nations tournament.
Scrum half Felipe Ezcurra will replace Tomás Cubelli, who suffered an injury to one of his hands on July 31, and will be a couple with the midfielder Nicolás Sánchez.
Among the forwards, it will return Marcos Kremer in the second row with Guido Petti, while the first line is made up of Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Captain Julián Montoya and Francisco Gómez Kodela.
Meanwhile, the third line is maintained with the presences of Facundo Isa and Pablo Matera along with the eighth Rodrigo Bruni, one of the revelations of Los Pumas this season.
In the bench of substitutes will be Carlos Muzzio, who, if they enter the match against South Africa, will make their debut at Los Pumas; and Sebastián Cancelliere, who had no shooting minutes in the July window.
The Pumas will then form as follows: Santiago Carreras; Bautista Delguy, Santiago Chocobares, Jerónimo de la Fuente, Matías Moroni; Nicolás Sánchez, Felipe Ezcurra; Rodrigo Bruni, Facundo Isa, Pablo Matera; Marcos Kremer, Guido Petti; Francisco Gómez Kodela, Julián Montoya (captain), Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.
The substitute bank will also be made up of Facundo Bosch, Santiago Medrano, Tomás Lavanini, Matías Alemanno, Gonzalo Bertranou, and Domingo Miotti.
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