The coach of the men’s rugby team, the Australian Michael Cheika confirmed the income of Tomás Cubelli and Facundo Isa for Gonzalo Bertranou and the injured Pablo Matera to face Wales on Saturday, for the quarterfinals of the France Rugby World Cup.
The change of Cubelli by Bertranou is tacticalbecause the 34-year-old scrum half and Western Force player from Australia would a priori provide greater experience on the field, while Isa30 years old and from the Toulon club, France, will replace the injured Matera.
Argentina will play Saturday, at 12:00 of our country, in Marseille.
“He is training well, it is a nice opportunity for him to show his ability. He is a player of great quality, of great impact. and that I really like how he plays in the position that I played in my time,» said the coach in the conference about the presence of Tomas Cubelli.
“This match is good for him. On 9 and 10 we are using it as a group to attack each game together. “Who starts, who finishes, who plays this game…” he continued.
Furthermore, Cheika explained that needs them all at “their best” to be able to match the quality of the rest of its rivals.
In this way, the formation will be made up of Juan Cruz Mallía; Emiliano Boffelli, Lucio Cinti, Santiago Chocobares and Mateo Carreras; Santiago Carreras and Tomás Cubelli; Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer and Juan Martín González; Tomás Lavanini and Guido Petti; Francisco Gómez Kodela, Julián Montoya and Thomas Gallo.
How the World Cup continues for Los Pumas
The Pumas were second in Group D, behind England – the only one that beat them – in this phase, and after an irregular performance They beat Samoa and Japan with just enough and crushed humble Chilewhile Wales won Group C beating Fiji, Portugal, Australia and Georgia.
He winner of this quarterfinal will face in the semifinals next Friday the 20th in Paris at 4:00 p.m., to the winner of New Zealand and Ireland, who will play this Saturday at 4:00 p.m.