See the Pumas squad new coach Mario Ledesma has picked for the upcoming Rugby Championship
Argentina Rugby Championship Squad 2018
Mario Ledesma has made two changes to the side that lost to New Zealand last weekend with Ramiro Moyano coming in to replace Bautista Delguy and Matias Orlando comes into the outside-centre position. He replaces Bautista Ezcurra.
To cater for these changes, Matias Moroni has shifted to the opposite wing and Jeronimo de la Fuente moves into his preferred inside-centre position.
There are no changes in the starting pack.
Argentina team to face Australia in the Rugby Championship – Saturday 6th October
Boffelli, Moroni, Orlando, de la Fuente, Moyano, Sanchez, Bertranou, Ortega Desio, Kremer, Matera, Lavanini, Petti, Herrera, Creevy, Tetaz Chaparro
Replacements: Montoya, Garcia Botta, Medrano, Alemanno, Leguizamon, Cubelli, Gonzalez Iglesias, Cancelliere
Argentina team to face New Zealand in the Rugby Championship – Saturday 29th September
Boffelli, Delguy, de la Fuente, Ezcurra, Moroni, Sanchez, Bertranou, Ortega Desio, Kremer, Matera, Lavanini, Petti, Herrera, Creevy, Tetaz Chaparro
Replacements: Montoya, Pablo Zeiss, Medrano, Alemanno, Leguizamon, Cubelli, Orlando, Cancelliere
Argentina team to face Australia in the Rugby Championship – Saturday 15th September
Boffelli, Delguy, Moroni, de la Fuente, Moyano, Sanchez, Bertranou, Ortega Desio, Kremer, Matera, Lavanini, Petti, Medrano, Creevy, Tetaz Chaparro
Replacements: Montoya, Garcia Botta, Pablo Zeiss, Alemanno, Leguizamon, Landajo, Ezcurra, Cruz Mallia.
Argentina team to face New Zealand in the Rugby Championship – Saturday 8th September
Boffelli, Delguy, Moroni, de la Fuente, Moyano, Sanchez, Landajo, Ortega Desio, Kremer, Lezana, Lavanini, Petti, Tetaz Chaparro, Creevy (c), Garcia Botta
Replacements: Montoya, Pablo Zeiss, Cortes, Alemanno, Matera, Cubelli, Ezcurra, Cruz Mallia.
Argentina team to face South Africa in the Rugby Championship – Saturday 25th August
Boffelli, Delguy, Moroni, Ezcurra, Moyano, Sanchez, Bertranou, Ortega Desio, Kremer, Matera, Lavanini, Petti, Figallo, Creevy (c), Tetaz Chaparro
Replacements: Bosch, Garcia Botta, Medrano, Alemanno, Lezana, Cubelli, de la Fuente, Mallia
Argentina team to face South Africa in the Rugby Championship – Saturday 18th August
Boffelli, Delguy, Moroni, Ezcurra, Moyano, Sanchez, Bertranou, Ortega Desio, Kremer, Matera, Alemanno, Petti, Figallo, Creevy (c), Tetaz Chaparro
Replacements: Fortuny, Garcia Botta, Medrano, Lavanini, Lezana, Landajo, Gonzalez Iglesias, Cruz Mallia
The Argentinian Super Rugby franchise Jaguares had their best-ever season this year after making the play-offs for the first time, which was unquestionably a step in the right direction for rugby in Argentina.
However, in terms of the national side, it will be harder to make a significant jump considering they play in the Rugby Championship alongside New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Los Pumas regularly struggle to match the three rugby powerhouses and it is a huge challenge for new coach in Mario Ledesma, who takes on the national role after being in charge if that Jaguares’ run.
Related: Mario Ledesma named Argentina coach
Argentina had a disappointing June, with heavy defeats by Wales – twice – and Scotland, which resulted in the departure of coach Daniel Hourcade, and aside from a victory over Italy last November, they haven’t beaten a Tier One nation in almost two years.
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Ledesma has included six uncapped players – all in the pack – in his 36-man squad for the upcoming tournament.
They are as follows: Lucas Favre, Marco Ciccioli, Diego Fortuny, Santiago Grondona, Franco Molina and Mayco Vivas.
In 2017, Argentina failed to register a single point in the tournament and below is the squad looking to alter that.
Argentina Rugby Championship Squad
Forwards: Marco Ciccioli, Lucas Favre, Santiago García Botta, Santiago Medrano, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Mayco Vivas, Juan Pablo Zeiss, Agustín Creevy (captain), Diego Fortuny, Julián Montoya, Matías Alemanno, Ignacio Larrague, Tomás Lavanini, Franco Molina, Guido Petti, Rodrigo Bruni, Santiago Grondana, Marcos Kremer, Juan Manuel Leguizamón, Pablo Matera, Javier Ortega Desio
Back: Gonzalo Bertranou, Tomás Cubelli, Martín Landajo, Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, Nicolás Sánchez, Jerónimo de la Fuente, Bautista Ezcurra, Santiago González Iglesias, Matías Moroni, Matías Orlando, Sebastián Cancelliere, Bautista Delguy, Ramiro Moyano, Emiliano Boffelli, Juan Cruz Mallía
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