Scotland-Los Pumas, for the last test match of the tour: schedule, TV and formations

With the presence of the captain Julian Montoia which was down last week, three more changes and the return to replace Nicholas Sanchez After almost four months of inactivity due to injury, the Argentine rugby team will meet again against the Scotlandin the third and final match of the tour of Great Britain.

The match will be played at the MUrrayfield stadium from Edinburgh from 12:10 (Argentina time). The Argentine team comes from last Saturday’s defeat against Wales 20-13 in Cardiff.

There will be four substitutions arranged by the coach michael cheka in the initial XV: will enter the first line beautiful edward from Francisco Gomez Kodelathe prostitute Julian Montoia from Augustine CrevyLa la Baptist Delguy from Matias Carreras and the centre Matthias Orlando from Matthias Moroni.

Santiago Carrera It will be repeated in the starting half position and the man from Tucuman will be back Nicholas Sanchez as a substitute, after recovering from his injury against Scotland, at the start of the tour last July in Jujuy.

As substitutes they will be too Ignacio Ruiz, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Matias Medrano, Luke Paul, facundo isa, Lautaro Bazan Velez Y Matthias Moroni. Cheika’s spin is evident in every performance.

The Pumas will have to recover the defensive game, the order in all their lines and the discipline that reached them to obtain the historic victory against England (30-29) two weeks ago in Twickenham, at the start of the tour.

“We arrived at Los Pumas with a pretty clear idea of ​​what we wanted. We focused a lot on defense, now it will be time to work on offense,” Cheika said in a press conference before the match. .

In the confrontation between the first and second teams, the Argentine team showed multiple errors in handling the ball and a lack of organization of play in the defeat against Wales.

Another determining factor for Saturday’s match will be the aim of the Scottish opener Finn Russell and Emiliano Boffelli di Rosario, both very effective in hitting the posts.

Cheika will add 12 games in charge of Los Pumas and has five wins, including those against Australia, New Zealand and England.

The Pumas met Scotland three times in July and won the series played in Jujuy, Salta and Santiago del Estero 2-1, the first three games of the Cheika era. The combined history between the two records 21 fights with 10 wins for each side and one draw.

formations

Scotland: Pierre Schoeman, Fraser Brown and Zander Fagerson; Jonny Gray and Grant Gilchrist; Matt Fagerson, Jamie Ritchie (captain) and Jack Dempsey; Ali Price and Finn Russell; Duhan van der Merwe, Sione Tuipulotu, Chris Harris and Darcy Graham; Stuart Hogg. Coach: Gregor Townsend

Argentina: Thomas Gallo, Julián Montoya (captain) and Eduardo Bello; Matías Alemanno and Tomás Lavanini; Juan Martín González, Marcos Kremer and Pablo Matera; Gonzalo Bertranou and Santiago Carreras; Emiliano Boffelli, Jerónimo de la Fuente, Matías Orlando and Bautista Delguy; Juan Cruz Mallia. Coach: Michael Cheika

Stadium: Murrayfield (Edinburgh).

Referee: Karl Dickson (England) assisted by British judges Luke Pearce and Ian Tempest (England).

Times: 12:15 (Argentina time).

TVs: ESPN and StarPlus.