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Julian Montoya to bring up century as Pumas change 4 for Australia

Julián Montoya of Argentina walks out prior to the warming up during The Rugby Championship match between New Zealand All Blacks and Argentina at Eden Park on August 17, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images)

Argentina captain Julian Montoya is set to win his 100th cap on Saturday in Santa Fe against Australia in round four of the Rugby Championship.

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Following an agonising 20-19 loss to the Wallabies in La Plata last week, Felipe Contepomi has made four changes to his starting XV for the rematch.

The second-row unit has been replaced for the Pumas, with Guido Petti and Tomas Lavanini both set to start having been on the bench last week. While the Pumas have stuck with a 6-2 split on the bench, Harlequins-bound lock Franco Molina is the only member of the engine room that started last week to make the bench this week, with Pedro Rubiolo injured.

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    Talismanic flyhalf Santiago Carreras has found himself demoted to the bench on this occasion, with Tomas Albornoz starting instead. The final change to the squad sees Bautista Delguy start on the right wing in Santiago Cordero’s place.

    After long-serving veteran Agustin Creevy retired following last week’s match, Ignacio Ruiz is the replacement hooker for this contest.

    Argentina XV
    1. GALLO, Thomas (29 caps)
    2. MONTOYA, Julián (99 caps) captain
    3. SCLAVI, Joel (21 caps)
    4. PETTI, Guido (83 caps)
    5. LAVANINI, Tomás (89 caps)
    6. MATERA, Pablo (104 caps) vice-captain
    7. KREMER, Marcos (70 caps)
    8. GONZÁLEZ, Juan Martín (34 caps)
    9. BERTRANOU, Gonzalo (63 caps)
    10. ALBORNOZ, Tomás (11 caps)
    11. CARRERAS, Mateo (23 caps)
    12. CHOCOBARES, Santiago (24 caps)
    13. CINTI, Lucio (26 caps)
    14. DELGUY, Bautista (28 caps)
    15. MALLÍA, Juan Cruz (36 caps) vice-captain

    Replacements
    16. RUIZ, Ignacio (12 caps)
    17. VIVAS, Mayco (27 caps)
    18. BELLO, Eduardo (26 caps)
    19. MOLINA, Franco (6 caps)
    20. OVIEDO, Joaquín (7 caps)
    21. GRONDONA, Santiago (16 caps)
    22. GARCÍA, Gonzalo (5 caps)
    23. CARRERAS, Santiago (48 caps)

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    RugCs 48 minutes ago
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    RugCs 50 minutes ago
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    They have a clueless coaching setup. All of them from the same SR team and all of them are buddies who suffer from groupthink. They do not have diversity in ideas and they can barely mange a match 23. Coaches like Rassie and Galthie are the innovators, they did not come from comfy environments where they were handed everything on a silver platter. They had to fight for their survival, on multiple fronts, using their entire army of 50 plus players. It’s men against boys. On the field and in the coaches box.

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    ColinK 1 hour ago
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    Agree Hellhound. I work internationally out of NZ and I have observed unless you do the travel regularly as I do, it’s hard to grasp just how isolated we are. It’s amazing our team has been so good despite this. When I travel to Europe I stay a month and work there because that’s what gets your brain in the time zone. Athlete’s are the same and this makes tours important for NZ. I think the tour next year is vital for the All Blacks from a playing and financial perspective. I hope the ABs take 45 players so they can give more guys the midweek games. We have the talent (there is bucket loads many would not have seen) it’s the exposure that is difficult with the isolation. They have tried to address this with more players up in Japan but the standard is not high enough so that only ticks the financial box. I am still confident the ABs will improve but more international exposure is vital for the long run. The loss of SA from Super Rugby was a massive blow we underestimate, but our isolation made it logical for SA as you are in the same time zone as Europe.

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    AD 2 hours ago
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    JO 2 hours ago
    'There can be only one' - Why South Africa are still the best team in the world

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    Hellhound 2 hours ago
    Are Joe Schmidt's Wallabies adapting fast enough?

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    JO 2 hours ago
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    Hellhound 2 hours ago
    Are Joe Schmidt's Wallabies adapting fast enough?

    That's not quite the point but in general you are correct. The officiating is woeful. It's like the try that was chalked off against the Boks due to that knock-on, and rightfully so. It's a knock-on that wasn't immediately seen and difficult too. Only seen on TMO. There was TWO very crystal clear forward passes in one try given to Australia. Those 2 bonus points affects the complete outcome of the whole tournament. A tournament that runs on millions of money. Such mistakes can not be allowed and the useless WR protects it's even worse trained referees whereas the players get banned, fined and their lives ruined because of useless refs and management of WR. There is no consequences for the refs. Too long have they been excused with the lamest of excuses.

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    JO 2 hours ago
    'There can be only one' - Why South Africa are still the best team in the world

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    SK 5 hours ago
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    NB 7 hours ago
    Are Joe Schmidt's Wallabies adapting fast enough?

    Yed I expect he’ll keep the same front row starting though it doesn’t make best use of AAA’s great engine…

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    NB 7 hours ago
    Are Joe Schmidt's Wallabies adapting fast enough?

    Bizarre!🤣

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    NB 7 hours ago
    Are Joe Schmidt's Wallabies adapting fast enough?

    Again - the question arises ‘why not stick them at FB or on the wing in the first place?’

    I’m sure Joe will keep trying to drop JAS back whenever he can, and still expect him to attack as a centre. But I think Stirling Mortlock was right when he said he’d learn more faster at this stage of his carrer at 14.



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    NB 7 hours ago
    Are Joe Schmidt's Wallabies adapting fast enough?

    There are a fair few of them around now, jackaling 9’s and 10’s. Barry John would have been horrified.

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    NB 7 hours ago
    Are Joe Schmidt's Wallabies adapting fast enough?

    I’m still not convinced TL. He’s certainly better than he was at the start of the Lions series but you have to wonder how much they are giving up in the air with him stuck in the middle of the field…

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