Pumas vs All Blacks

[sparky]

Disappointed to see Aaron Smith and Jack Goodhue who are clearly the best players in their positions not starting. Argentina are a very good side and beating them in Argentina is becoming increasing tough. The Rugby Championship trophy is still up from grabs. After the worst All Blacks home performance in nearly a decade, I'd have showed the Pumas respect and chosen the best side available.

[taniwharugby]

@act-crusader yeah I think you saw the drop off in Frizell who had probably not played 80 all year, but he finished strong, but all going to plan he may not play another 80

[Bovidae]

Hansen said Frizell would have been subbed, but BBBR's early injury meant he couldn't.

[Stargazer]

Pumas

15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 12 Bautista Ezcurra, 11 Matías Moroni, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou,
8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy (capt.), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro

Replacements:
16 Julián Montoya, 17 Juan Pablo Zeiss, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Matías Alemanno, 20 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 21 Tomás Cubelli, 22 Matías Orlando, 23 Sebastián Cancelliere

Argentine Head Coach Mario Ledesma has made two personal changes and two further positional changes for the match. Up front this sees Ramiro Herrera flown straight in to the starting team from France. Having played on Sunday against Pau the Stade Français Tight Head will play his first test match in a year, or 364 days to be precise.

Herrera replaces Santiago Medrano who drops to the bench. He will join Juan Pablo Zeiss with Santiago García Botta dropping out. This follows Gastón Cortés also being dropped earlier in the competition by Ledesma.

The back-row replacement will again be Juan Manuel Leguizamón as Tomás Lezana continues to mend following injury suffered in round three.

In round four Ramiro Moyano was forced off early. Having suffered a fractured rib he will not face New Zealand on Saturday. This has seen a reshuffle in the backs. Matías Moroni moves to start on the wing with Jerónimo de la Fuente playing outside center and Bautista Ezcurra elevated from the bench to play inside center.

On the bench this sees two new inclusions with Matías Orlando and Sebastián Cancelliere involved for the first time in the tournament. Cancelliere will make his Rugby Championship debut should he receive game time.

http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/09/27/rugby-championship-preview-argentina-vs-new-zealand/

[Rapido]

3 Ramiro Herrera

That's quite a big change (improvement) from Nelson.

[pakman]

Their front row will be much stronger with Herrera at TH and Tetaz Chaparro swapping to LH where he is much better.

[akan004]

sparky said:

Disappointed to see Aaron Smith and Jack Goodhue who are clearly the best players in their positions not starting. Argentina are a very good side and beating them in Argentina is becoming increasing tough. The Rugby Championship trophy is still up from grabs. After the worst All Blacks home performance in nearly a decade, I'd have showed the Pumas respect and chosen the best side available.

Rest and rotation bro. We'll still beat them by 15+. Besides, the replacements aren't exactly mugs themselves.

[MG]

I would've been more nervous if these okes were available for the Argies: Marcos Ayerza(prop), Juan Figalo(prop), Facunda Isa(No.8), Marcelo Bosch(Centre) and Juan Imhoff(Wing)

[Bones]

Two wingers with the best names for a wing would be Wylie Human and Imhoff.

[scribe]

Oh how I'd laugh if Juan Imhoff's middle initial was 'K'.

[Siam]

Really pumped for this game. It's become huge, given the circumstances and personnel, and is a must watch.

Argies won the stats in Nelson and that sort of stuff makes for good motivation for a team wanting to be the first to beat NZ. Chuck in a rabid crowd and froggy irrationality and fuck, we're going to have to perform properly, with acumen. There's also a point to prove given the shit game management last time.

Quite excited

[kiwiinmelb]

How’s the weather looking ?

[Higgins]

Luke Whitelock GOOOOONE (scratched due to illness) Ardie to No 8 Jackson Hemepo to the bench

[Crucial]

Higgins said:

Luke Whitelock GOOOOONE (scratched due to illness) Ardie to No 8 Jackson Hemepo to the bench

Ardie at 8 could be interesting. More room to play.
Getting closer to his real number as well.

[rotated]

Higgins said:

Luke Whitelock GOOOOONE (scratched due to illness) Ardie to No 8 Jackson Hemepo to the bench

We haven't had a game day replacement for a good while have we?

The injury that ultimately derailed Keith Robinson's 2007 RWC was a game day scratching an hour out from one of the June tests - have we had one since?

[taniwharugby]

How shit is that Luke Whitelock guy now...

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Christ if I'd known we'd get 10 minutes of trumpets I would have stayed in bed a bit longer.

[Rapido]

Looks quite weak on paper, that bench.

[raznomore]

best anthem music ever. A mixture of a Speedy Gonzales score and The Barber of Seville.

More operactic haka than usual. The hissing from the crowd his great for the over all spectacle

[JC]

Naholo 2 mistakes in a minute. Gulp.