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Argentina
47
Match Complete
USA
17
| 82 |  | B. Scully | ||
| B. Urdapilleta |  | 71 | ||
| G. Bertranou | | 70 | ||
| 60 | | A. MacGinty | ||
| 59 | | P. Lasike | ||
| N. Sanchez | | 56 | ||
| J. D. L. Fuente | | 55 | ||
| N. Sanchez | | 48 | ||
| J. C. Mallia | | 47 | ||
| N. Sanchez | | 44 | ||
| J. C. Mallia | | 43 | ||
| 38 | | B. Scully | ||
| J. Tuculet | | 34 | ||
| N. Sanchez | | 24 | ||
| J. Tuculet | | 24 | ||
| N. Sanchez | | 20 | ||
| N. Sanchez | | 18 |
| 7 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 6 | Conversions | 1 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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Argentina will field a youthful line up against the USA as both sides look to score wins that are all about pride rather than qualification as we approach the conclusion of the group stages of the World Cup. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of what promises to be a thrilling match starting from 3:45pm (AEDT).
After reaching the semi-finals in 2015 and the Jaguares making the Super Rugby final this year, Argentina will be deeply disappointed with their performance in Japan. After crucial losses to both France and England, they are heading home with one final opportunity to end on some sort of a positive note.
Mario Ledesma has chosen to make nine changes and will be looking to the future as he gives some less experienced players a chance to kick start the next phase of Argentinian rugby.
It’ll be an emotional time for some, especially Juan Manuel Leguizamon and Tomas Lavanini. For the distinguished Leguizamon, it’ll be his final international game while for Lavanini, he’s bowing out of the World Cup as a result of a red card and four-match ban.
Skipper Pablo Matera starts and will be wanting to end on some sort of a high so look for him and Leguizamon to dominate the Eagles at the breakdown and try and make plenty of metres for their team.
The USA won’t be a pushover though and will have taken a lot of confidence from their match against the French recently. Having competed for the first hour of the match they fell away in the final quarter and will be looking to put in the full 80-minute performance this time.
They’ve only made three changes to their side for this match. These changes do mean that fans will get to see exciting scrum-half Ruben de Haas make his first start after impressive bench appearances.
Whilst their final game against Tonga is more winnable, the Eagles might well sense an opportunity here against a struggling Argentina.
Prediction
It will be interesting to see how lethal a wounded Puma can be. The bet is pretty lethal and while the USA will bring passion to the match, they won’t be able to cope with the Pumas for the full 80.
Argentina by 25.
Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of what promises to be a thrilling match starting from 3:45pm (AEDT) on Wednesday.
Where: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Saitama Prefecture, Kumagaya City
Date: Wednesday October 9
When: 3:45pm (AEDT)
TV: Fox Sports
Referee: Paul Williams
Betting: Argentina $1.08, USA $7.75
Argentina
15 Joaquin Tuculet
14 Bautista Delguy
13 Juan Cruz Mallia
12 Jeronimo de La Fuente
11 Santiago Carreras
10 Nicolas Sanchez
9 Felipe Ezcurra
8 Rodrigo Bruni
7 Juan Manuel Leguizamon
6 Pablo Matera (c)
5 Matias Alemanno
4 Guido Petti
3 Santiago Medrano
2 Julian Montoya
1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
Replacements
16 Agustin Creevy
17 Mayco Vivas
18 Enrique Pieretto Heiland
19 Marcos Kremer
20 Tomas Lezana
21 Gonzalo Martin Bertranou
22 Benjamin Urdapilleta
23 Matías Moroni
USA
15 Mike Te’o
14 Blaine Scully (c)
13 Bryce Campbell
12 Paul Lasike
11 Marcel Brache
10 AJ MacGinty
9 Ruben de Haas
8 Cam Dolan
7 Hanco Germishuys
6 Tony Lamborn
5 Greg Peterson
4 Nate Brakeley
3 Titi Lamositele
2 Joe Taufete’e
1 Eric Fry
Replacements
16 Dylan Fawsitt
17 Olive Kilifi
18 Paul Mullen
19 Ben Landry
20 Ben Pinkelman
21 Nate Augspurger
22 Will Hooley
23 Martin Iosefo
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