Los Pumas beef up bench for Rugby Championship clash against Wallabies
By
SABC Sport
11th September 2025
Los Pumas head coach Felipe Contepomi has made three changes to his starting lineup that lost narrowly to the Wallabies for Saturday's Rugby Championship rematch in Sydney.
In the pack, Guido Petti replaces Franco Molina in the second row and Joaquin Oviedo replaces Pablo Matera in the backrow. The powerful Matera moves to the inexperienced bench.
In the backline, Bautista Delguy has dropped out of the matchday 23 and is replaced by Rodrigo Isgro.
Finally, Justo Piccardo and Ignacio Mendy have been added to the replacements bench, replacing Geronimo Prisciantelli and Benjamin Elizalde.
The Los Pumas will be out for revenge after leading for 84 minutes against the Wallabies last week before a last-gasp try.
Argentina - 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 JoaquÃn Oviedo, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan MartÃn Gonzalez, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Mayco Vivas.
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 AgustÃn Moyano, 22 Justo Piccardo, 23 Ignacio Mendy.
