Wales have not been above Argentina in the world rankings since 1 October 2023, and that was only for a fortnight before that quarter-final defeat.<\/p>\n
Tandy takes over a side ranked 12th – the Pumas have not been as low as that since October 2014.<\/p>\n
Argentina have been a constant in the top 10 since then and will hope to keep pushing by enjoying strong autumn results.<\/p>\n
Getting off to a strong start is crucial before what appear to be tougher Tests at Murrayfield and Twickenham.<\/p>\n
The new-look Wales set-up has presented analytical challenges this week as the Pumas prepared at St Peter’s RFC in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
“We don’t know what to expect from Wales in terms of the tactics or strategy, but they will be tough to beat because they always fight and have quality,” said captain Montoya.<\/p>\n
“They have a very good coaching ticket with Steve Tandy, Danny Wilson, Matt Sherratt plus Dan Lydiate and Duncan Jones,” said Contepomi.<\/p>\n
“They are very good coaches, so I expect them to be a very knowledgeable team.<\/p>\n
“We admire Wales’ passion and how they never give up. They live and breathe rugby so we are expecting a highly motivated team in one of the best stadiums in the world.<\/p>\n
“We are expecting a very, very tough encounter because Wales are highly motivated to start a new era well and they are a team with quality throughout their 23.”<\/p>\n
Argentina might be keen to talk up their hosts, but must also cope with great expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales have not been above Argentina in the world rankings since 1 October 2023, and that was only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-251289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251289","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=251289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}