Michael Cheika has made three changes to Argentina’s starting XV from last week’s loss to New Zealand for the World Cup bronze final against England on Friday.
Cheika has named 19 players in the match-day team from the 23 who lost to England in the opening round of the tournament.
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There are two backline changes from the side that suffered a heavy loss to the All Blacks in the semi-finals.
Tomas Cubelli is recalled at scrumhalf in place of Gonzalo Bertranou, while 32-year-old centre Jeronimo de la Fuente replaces Santiago Chocobares, making his second appearance of the 2023 tournament.
There is one further change to the Pumas’ pack, as Pedro Rubiolo takes over from Tomas Lavanini in the second-row.
Argentina — 15 Juan Cruz Mallia; 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Mateo Carreras; 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Tomas Cubelli; 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez; 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti; 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Thomas Gallo.
Subs: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Joel Sclavi, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Rodrigo Bruno, 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22 Nicholas Sanchez, 23 Matias Moroni.
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