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Bertranou in squad for Jo'berg Test

27/07/2023

Argentina head coach Michael Cheika has made five changes to the starting XV for their final Rugby Championship encounter against South Africa - with Dragons RFC scrum half Gonzalo Bertranou named among the replacements.

Juan Cruz Mallia is selected in place of full-back Emiliano Boffelli, joining Mateo Carreras and Juan Imhoff in the back three, which means Rodrigo Isgro is out of the 23. Carreras moves over to the right wing to accommodate Imhoff, who is in his favoured left wing position.

At centre, Santiago Chocobares comes into the midfield, replacing Jeronimo de le Fuente, and he partners the impressive Lucio Cinti in the centres.

There is also a chance at half-back for Lautaro Bazan Velez as he and Santiago Carreras combine in the decision-making positions.

Up front, Cheika has kept faith with the forward eight, with Lucas Paulos at lock as the only alteration.He comes in for Matias Alemanno, who drops out of the squad completely, with Pedro Rubiolo the second-row cover.

Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia 14 Mateo Carreras, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 8 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Lucas Paulos, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Julian Montoya, 1 Thomas Gallo

Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Pedro Rubiolo, 20 Facundo Isa, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Matias Moroni

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