Premiership flyer included as Argentina change three for England
The double jobbing Michael Cheika has named an Argentina team to take on England on Sunday that shows three changes - including the selection of Newcastle's Mateo Carreras - from the XV that completed The Rugby Championship with a loss to the Springboks in Durban on September 24.
Cheika is also currently involved with the Lebanon rugby league team that will contest a World Cup quarter-final on Friday night against Australia in Huddersfield ahead of the Pumas’ Autumn Nations Series opener in London.
Having lost to South Africa 38-21 to finish in fourth and last place in the TRC, Argentina have decided to go in against England with two different starting props as loosehead Thomas Gallo and tighthead Francisco Gomez-Kodela have been named in place of Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Eduardo Bello, who both drop to the bench.
The only other change made by Cheika to his Argentina XV is on the wing where Carreras is named at No14, resulting in Emiliano Boffelli switching to the left with Juan Imhoff dropping out. Carreras has lit up the Gallagher Premiership in England in recent weeks with Newcastle, scoring five tries in five appearances.
Named on the replacements bench that has a five forwards/three backs split is Eliseo Morales, an uncapped half-back. This split differs from England who have gone with six forwards and two backs in reserve.
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Thanks Nick, and welcome back 😁 Vulavalu does look better this year, and about time. I suspect Schmidt will knock the hubris out of him. That one handed put down was so embarrassing. Mind you, I had thought Kiss would deal with that. Leaving aside the different games and skills, in NRL he had a very good (but no bullshit) type of coach in Bellamy, something he hasn't had in Union until this year. Bellamy would have roasted him unmercifully for an unprofessional put down.
Go to commentsYou’d think the first step would be taking responsibility for the stupid sh*t you did and to stop blaming other people. Does he seriously think that people believe him when he says it just magically got into his system without him knowing anything about it? You’re gonna notice if you’re on the juice, bruh.
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