{"id":213466,"date":"2025-10-14T19:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213466\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:52:11","slug":"argentina-hopefuls-for-november-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213466\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Hopefuls for November Internationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 November Internationals are quickly approaching. Los Pumas will face Wales, Scotland and England in the UK on consecutive Saturday\u2019s in November. The timing of Argentina\u2019s roster announcement means that hopefuls have the opportunity to play for places on the tour.<\/p>\n

So far, Felipe Contepomi has handed ten players there test debuts in 2025: props Tom\u00e1s Rapetti and Boris Wenger, hooker Bautista Bernasconi, flankers Nicol\u00e1s D\u2019Amorim and Benjam\u00edn Grondona, scrum-halves Agust\u00edn Moyano and Sim\u00f3n Ben\u00edtez Cruz, fly halves Ger\u00f3nimo Prisciantelli and Nicol\u00e1s Roger, center Faustino S\u00e1nchez Valarolo, winger Santiago Pernas and fullback Benjam\u00edn Elizalde.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the opportunity is open for players to play their way into a spot in Felipe Contepomi\u2019s Pumas. This article identifies players, across all positions, who were not on the recent roster but could be called-up for the November tour.<\/p>\n

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\"\"ARGENTINA \u2013 UNCAPPED HOPEFULS\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 2025 Rugby Championship ended with hooker Lionel Oviedo as the only uncapped roster member. He remains a potential debutant in November; however, Bautista Bernasconi is fit again to likely join Juli\u00e1n Montoya and Ignacio Ruiz.<\/p>\n

Tight Head prop came under scrutiny larte in the Rugby Championship. The uncapped 33-year-old Facundo Pomponio plays for Montauban in the Top 14 as does 20-year-old Gael Galv\u00e1n who made his debut for La Rochelle this past weekend. He was pulled-off early, suggesting a Pumas debut in November 2025 is not likely.<\/p>\n

No second-rower has debuted in 2025. There are nonetheless players who have been on rosters such as Luciano Acevedo and Franco Carrera, the latter of whom debuted for Zebre Parma in the United Rugby Championship (URC) this past weekend. In addition, Pumitas Alejandro Barrios and \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Iandolino<\/a> are both now in the Top 14<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Argentina has strong depth at flanker and N8 but there is always a need to identify emergency cover. Aitor Bildosola and Genaro Fissore both had outstanding Super Rugby Americas seasons. They play flanker and N8 respectively. Meanwhile, Bautista Stavile has been playing excellent rugby in the URC but he is linked to likely selection for Italy.<\/p>\n

Former Super Rugby Americas player Mart\u00edn Roger is playing his rookie season for Zebre Parma. He kicked the team to wins over Edinburgh<\/a> and the Lions<\/a>. His younger brother, Nicol\u00e1s Roger is a Pumas rookie.<\/p>\n

Centers Leonardo Gea Salim and Tom\u00e1s Medina both had excellent seasons in Super Rugby Americas. They both cover both mid-field positions, though Gea Salim\u2019s best chance of a Pumas call-up is arguably inside center while Medina\u2019s is outside center.<\/p>\n

Los Pumas 7\u2019s player Tob\u00edas Wade impressed for the Argentina XV earlier this year<\/a>. In the event that a new options is needed for fullback<\/p>\n

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\"\"ARGENTINA \u2013 POSSIBLE CAPPED RETURNEES<\/p>\n

Thomas Gallo and Ignacio Calles were the leading Loose Head props for Los Pumas in 2024. Injury meant neither player featured in the 2025 Rugby Championship. However, this may change for November and Rodrigo Mart\u00ednez is another possibility.<\/p>\n

Tight Head prop Eduardo Bello continues his recovery while Pedro Delgado is now a professional with the Harlequins. Both are above possible returnees, the only question is the fitness of the former.<\/p>\n

Second-rower Efra\u00edn El\u00edas is very well-placed for international duty in November. The Toulouse player has been in fine former this season. He missed July and Rugby Championship considerations due to a fracture.<\/p>\n

Back-rowers Bautista Pedemonte, Facundo Isa and Joaqu\u00edn Moro are all busy with their clubs. They are different styles of player yet all cover both flanker and N8.<\/p>\n

Injury forced Gonzalo Garc\u00eda and Tom\u00e1s Albornoz out of the concluding round of the Rugby Championship. Both are expected to be named on the roster for November.<\/p>\n

Centers Faustino S\u00e1nchez Valarolo and Mat\u00edas Moroni and winger Santiago Pernas all played for Argentina against Uruguay in July but missed the Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n

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\"\"ARGENTINA \u2013 NEVER SAY NEVER OPTIONS<\/p>\n

The aforementioned Tight Head situation means that a recall is not out of the question. Both Santiago Medrano and Lucio Sordoni are busy in France.<\/p>\n

Long-serving second-rowers Mat\u00edas Alemanno and Tom\u00e1s Lavanini are yet to play for Argentina in 2025. Others are now preferred ahead as is the case of back-rower Rodrigo Bruni. Any of them could return.<\/p>\n

Scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou has won one cap in 2025. He and Domingo Miotti have different experience for Los Pumas but share the commonality of being established in positions that Contepomi has opted for newcomers in 2024-2025.<\/p>\n

Rosarinos Jeronimo de la Fuente and Emiliano Boffelli have not played for Los Pumas all year with the latter not having a cap since Rugby World Cup 2023. Inclusion for either is not likely for November.<\/p>\n

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\"\"ARGENTINA \u2013 NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS 2025<\/p>\n

NOV 09 \"\"VS \"\" (Cardiff, Wales)<\/p>\n

NOV 16 \"\"VS \"\" (Edinburgh, Scotland)<\/p>\n

NOV 23 \"\"VS \"\" (London, England)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 November Internationals are quickly approaching. Los Pumas will face Wales, Scotland and England in the UK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-213466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}