Argentina make one change for World Cup semi-final against All Blacks

Argentina have only made one change to their team to face the All Blacks on Friday in the World Cup semi-final from the one that beat Wales in Marseille on Saturday, with scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou returning to the starting XV to replace Tomas Cubelli.

Biarritz No9 Cubelli was a surprise pick by head coach Michael Cheika for the quarter-final victory, but he has dropped out the the matchday squad completely for the match at the Stade de France. The bench has remained unchanged from the eight that surged to victory over Wales in the final quarter at the Stade Velodrome.

After leaving the field in the first-half in the quarter-final with a head injury, centre Santiago Chocobares has passed his head injury assessment to return to the starting XV.

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The match will also see hooker Julian Montoya level Agustin Pichot’s record of 31 Tests as captain of Los Pumas.

Argentina XV
1. GALLO , Thomas (21 caps; 4 RWC tests)
2. MONTOYA , Julián (captain; 93 caps; 15 RWC tests)
3 . GÓMEZ KODELA , Francisco (36 caps; 5 RWC tests)
4. PETTI , Guido (80 caps; 15 RWC tests)
5. LAVANINI , Tomás (85 caps; 12 RWC tests)
6. GONZÁLEZ , Juan Martín (29 caps; 5 RWC tests)
7. KREMER , Marcos (62 caps; 9 RWC tests)
8. ISA , Facundo (49 caps; 8 tests at RWC)
9. BERTRANOU , Gonzalo (56 caps; 4 RWC tests)
10. CARRERAS , Santiago (40 caps; 9 RWC tests)
11. CARRERAS , Mateo (15 caps; 4 RWC tests)
12. CHOCOBARES , Santiago (18 caps; 4 tests at RWC)
13. CINTI , Lucio (21 caps; 5 RWC tests)
14. BOFFELLI , Emiliano (57 caps; 7 RWC tests)
15. MALLÍA , Juan Cruz (31 caps; 6 RWC tests)

Replacements
16. CREEVY , Agustín (106 caps; 20 RWC tests)
17. SCLAVI , Joel (16 caps; 4 RWC tests)
18. BELLO , Eduardo (19 caps; 5 RWC tests)
19. ALEMANNO , Matías (92 caps; 15 RWC tests)
20. BRUNI , Rodrigo (24 caps; 4 RWC tests)
21. BAZÁN VÉLEZ , Lautaro (11 caps; 4 RWC tests)
22. SÁNCHEZ , Nicolás (102 caps; 14 RWC tests)
23. MORONI , Matías (78 caps; 11 RWC tests)