Preview: Argentina vs. Wales - prediction, team news, lineups

Argentina volition big Wales connected the 2nd play of the Nations Championship competition, with some experiencing antithetic results successful the archetypal round.

Los Pumas suffered a broad decision to Scotland portion the Welsh secured a bully triumph implicit Fiji successful the Cardiff City Stadium.

Match preview

Argentina volition beryllium hopeless to unafraid their archetypal ever triumph successful the Nations Championship aft they mislaid 47-38 to Scotland past weekend, with Los Pumas taking consolation successful the information they got a bonus constituent owed to scoring 4 tries.

Felipe Contepomi’s broadside volition beryllium disappointed by their show against Gregor Townsend’s team, and the caput manager volition beryllium looking for a absorption this weekend.

Los Pumas secured a triumph implicit Wales the past clip the 2 sides faced each other, with a 52-28 triumph successful November during the autumn internationals.

It was a broad triumph for Argentina, and they backed it up with a triumph implicit Scotland earlier suffering decision to England.

Los Pumas are presently connected a two-game losing tally and truthful volition beryllium aiming to extremity this with a triumph implicit Wales.

The Welsh participate this fixture aft winning their past 3 games, with 1 of these not being a capped Test against the Barbarians.

Wales secured a good 39-24 triumph implicit Fiji with a beardown 2nd fractional aft the sides entered the interval astatine 10-10.

Steve Tandy’s broadside volition beryllium aiming to amended their nation’s grounds against Los Pumas, arsenic they person won 14 of their 23 clashes.

They person mislaid their past 2 Tests against Argentina and person not secured a triumph successful the South America federation since June 2018, truthful their purpose volition beryllium to unafraid a triumph and extremity these runs.

Argentina contention form:

L

Argentina form:

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Wales contention form:

W

Wales form:

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Team News

Wales person made 3 changes to the squad that bushed Fiji past clip retired arsenic Ellis Mee replaces Rees-Zammit, portion Ospreys fly-half Dan Edwards is not included successful the 23-man squad.

Sam Costelow volition commencement successful the 10 jersey portion back-row guardant Kane James is acceptable to marque his Test debut aft being named arsenic a replacement.

Argentina has made 5 changes to his squad for this clash, with props Boris Wenger and Tomas Rapetti coming successful among the beforehand row.

While Marcos Kremer replaces co-captain Pablo Matera astatine openside flanker, centre Justo Piccardo and winger Bautista Delguy instrumentality the places of Faustino Sanchez Valarolo and Rodrigo Isgro.

Argentina starting lineup:

15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Justo Piccardo, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Tomas Rapetti, 2 Julian Montoya (captain), 1 Boris Wenger

Replacements:

16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Simon Benitez Cruz, 22 Matias Moroni, 23 Ignacio Mendy

Team B starting lineup:

15 Blair Murray, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 James Botham, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Ben Carter, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Rhys Carre

Replacements:

16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 Kane James, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Max Llewellyn, 23 Louis Rees-Zammit

We say: Argentina 32-15 Wales

Argentina should person excessively overmuch for a much-improved Wales broadside from the past clip these 2 teams met; however, they volition not beryllium of a level to genuinely situation Los Pumas.