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Argentina make one change for France as stars return to bench

Mateo Carreras, Marcos Kremer and Julian Montoya of Argentina warm up prior to the Rugby Championship 2024 match between Argentina Pumas and South Africa Springboks at Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades on September 21, 2024 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. (Photo by Rodrigo Valle/Getty Images)

Argentina have made one change to their starting XV to the side that narrowly lost to Ireland on Friday for their encounter with France in their final match of their Autumn Nations Series campaign.

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Scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou has dropped out of the squad completely after starting at the Aviva Stadium, with his replacement in Dublin, Gonzalo Garcia, taking the No 9 shirt.

Benetton scrum-half Lautaro Bazán Velez has been named among the substitutes by Felipe Contepomi in what is a strong bench.

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The Pumas have welcomed back veterans Marcos Kremer and Mateo Carreras for the first time in November for the match on Friday night. The pair will start on the bench in Paris.

Kremer has been out with a knee injury since Argentina’s victory over South Africa in the penultimate round of The Rugby Championship, while Carreras has been absent for personal reasons.

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Last 5 Meetings

Wins
4
Draws
0
Wins
1
Average Points scored
28
22
First try wins
40%
Home team wins
80%

Argentina came agonisingly close to beating Ireland last week, with a knock-on scuppering their chances of victory when they were camped in Ireland’s 22 in the final play of the game.

They will be looking to end 2024 on a high in what will be their third encounter of the year with Les Bleus. With both sides coming away victorious in the two-Test series in July, the match at the Stade de France will be the decider.

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Argentina XV
1. Thomas Gallo (34 caps)
2. Julián Montoya (104 caps) – captain
3. Joel Sclavi (26 caps)
4. Guido Petti (86 caps)
5. Pedro Rubiolo (19 caps)
6. Pablo Matera (108 caps) – vice-captain
7. Juan Martín González (39 caps)
8. Joaquín Oviedo (12 caps)
9. Gonzalo García (10 caps)
10. Tomás Albornoz (16 caps)
11. Bautista Delguy (32 caps)
12. Matías Moroni (88 caps)
13. Lucio Cinti (31 caps)
14. Rodrigo Isgró (6 caps)
15. Juan Cruz Mallía (41 caps) – vice-captain

Replacements
16. Ignacio Ruiz (17 caps)
17. Ignacio Calles (7 caps)
18. Francisco Gómez Kodela (40 caps)
19. Franco Molina (11 caps)
20. Marcos Kremer (72 caps)
21. Lautaro Bazán Vélez (17 caps)
22. Santiago Carreras (52 caps)
23. Mateo Carreras (26 caps)

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'Razor's conservatism is in danger of halting New Zealand's progress'

I really dont know what the problem is Nick. Cane was immense this year and no one below him demanded the job. TJ perhaps less so but he was always going to start the season at 9 anyway due to the thing they call experience. I think guys like Lakai will have learnt a lot from the likes of Cane and Ill garrantee TJ has helped the Roigard/Ratima/Hothem settle in to their roles much better than they would have had there been no experience around. At the start of 2024 these guys had 3 tests between them. Im glad TJ was around.

The biggest fail area from my pov is centre. Razors lack of desire to change what is clearly failing is a worry. Is he waiting for a full year of SR? Is he not sure? I dont know the answer of course but He fiddled where he shouldnt have and didnt touch the area he should have. WJ at 15 is an experiment. Its not a clear decision yet either. WJ is an amazing attacking player. He isnt an amazing kicker or an amazing decision maker.

The 10 position is being handled very badly too. Its Dmac but BB is constantly in there, Its BB but no 15 to back that up or its no one. GET RID of the centre pairing and get Love in at 15. The backs will function way better. All the players get their SR backs working far better than Razor has gotten, and with no dedicated backs coach in the ABs its a clear problem area.


Also this comparing SA with NZ when 1 side is retaining all their stars and the other side has had some major changes isnt a apples with apples comparison. Imagine comparing a F1 racing team where 1 team was 100% settled and the other was brand new....Just not a comparison worth doing as it proves nothing other than the blatently obvious.

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