{"id":250128,"date":"2025-11-07T22:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250128\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:16:13","slug":"wales-to-face-argentina-matchday-squad-boasting-944-caps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250128\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales to face Argentina matchday squad boasting 944 caps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Argentina<\/a> have named a matchday 23 that has 944 caps between them \u2013 over 400 more than their opponents \u2013 for Sunday\u2019s Quilter Nations Series clash against Wales<\/a> at the Principality Stadium.<\/p>\n

Julian Montoya will lead the Pumas<\/a> for the 53rd time as he makes his 18th consecutive start in the No.2 jersey. The former Leicester<\/a> favourite, who has won 114 caps, is one of two centurions in a hugely experienced pack, which also features the most-capped Puma of all time, Pablo Matera<\/a> at six. Matera has been named as Montoya\u2019s vice-captain on the occasion of his 119th cap.<\/p>\n

Loose-head Mayco Vivas<\/a> was ever-present alongside Montoya in the Pumas front row during this year\u2019s Rugby Championship<\/a> and gets another start, while Pedro Delgado<\/a> has been named at tight-head.<\/p>\n

Argentina have changed things up in the second row, with Marcos Kremer<\/a>, who made more tackles than any other player in The Rugby Championship, given a rare start at lock. Normally a flanker, Kremer made the last of his eight appearances in the engine room against New Zealand<\/a> in August 2024 and is partnered in the second row by Guido Petti.<\/p>\n

Juan Martin Gonzalez is on the opposite flank to Matera, while Joaquin Oviedo<\/a> packs down at No.8, to complete a pack that has 516 caps\u00a0compared to Wales\u2019 227.<\/p>\n

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Head-to-Head <\/p>\n

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Last 5 Meetings<\/p>\n

Average Points scored<\/p>\n

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As a whole, the backlines are similar in experience but the Pumas have two relative rookies controlling matters at half-back in Simon Benitez Cruz<\/a> and Geronimo Prisciantelli<\/a>, who have just four Test starts between them.<\/p>\n

Centres Santiago Chocobares<\/a> and Justo Piccardo<\/a> start together for only the second time, having got their first run out as a midfield combination against South Africa<\/a> in the final round of The Rugby Championship last month.<\/p>\n

Mateo Carreras and Bautista Delguy<\/a> will provide the threat on the wings and full-back Santi Carreras makes his 50th Test start.<\/p>\n

Argentina v Wales:<\/p>\n

1. Mayco Vivas
2. Julian Montoya<\/a> (capt)
3. Pedro Delgado
4. Guido Petti
5. Marcos Kremer
6. Pablo Matera (vice-capt)
7. Juan Martin Gonzalez
8. Joquin Oviedo
9. Simon Benitez Cruz
10. Geronimo Prisciantelli
11. Mateo Carreras
12. Santiago Chocobares
13. Justo Piccardo
14. Bautista Delguy
15. Santiago Carreras<\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/p>\n

16. Ignacio Ruiz
17. Thomas Gallo
18. Tomas Rapetti
19. Matias Alemanno
20. Saniato Grondonna
21. Agustin Moyano
22. Juan Cruz Mallia<\/a> (vice-capt)
23. Rodrigo Isgro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Argentina have named a matchday 23 that has 944 caps between them \u2013 over 400 more than their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-250128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}