{"id":819557,"date":"2026-10-31T08:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/819557\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T08:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:24:13","slug":"argentina-forced-into-3-changes-as-nations-champions-squad-is-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/819557\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina forced into 3 changes as Nations Champions squad is announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published: 17 hours ago | 30 October 2026 11:05 EDT  <\/p>\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>nations-championship<\/p>\n<p>    Argentina&#8217;s players line up during the national anthems ahead of the Rugby Union second test match between Argentina and Australia at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium, in Mendoza, Argentina, on September 5, 2026. (Photo by Andres LARROVERE \/ AFP) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugbypass.com%2F\" onclick=\"GATracking.sendDataLayerEvent(&#039;preferredsourcegoogle&#039;);\" aria-label=\"Google Prefered Source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793435053_21_google_preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Google Prefered Source\" width=\"141\" height=\"44\" class=\"google-source\"\/> <\/a>     <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/argentina\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina<\/a> have confirmed their 33-man squad for the final stretch of the Nations Championship, making three changes from the group that assembled in London.<\/p>\n<p>Felipe Contepomi\u2019s squad completed a three-day training camp in the English capital and will reconvene in Dublin ahead of next Friday\u2019s meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/ireland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a> at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago Carreras, Thomas Gallo and Santiago Grondona are no longer included. Facundo Isa has been called up in place of the injured Grondona, while Rodrigo Mart\u00ednez and Mateo Soler have been added.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/pumas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pumas<\/a> will follow their Dublin opener with a trip to Genoa to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/italy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italy<\/a> on November 14 before meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> at the Stade de France a week later.<\/p>\n<p>They will then return to London for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/nations-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nations Championship<\/a> Finals Weekend at Twickenham from November 27 to 29, with their opponent still to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very good three days; it\u2019s always positive to be able to reconnect with the group,\u201d Contepomi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helped us to start preparing for the first match against Ireland and to review what we\u2019ve been working on recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Nations Championship finale presents a huge challenge that we\u2019re really looking forward to, because it\u2019s an opportunity to play against top-level opponents like Ireland, Italy, and France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to continue growing and to finish the year in the best possible way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Argentina squad<br \/>Forwards: Ephraim Elias, Juan Mart\u00edn Gonz\u00e1lez, Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer, Tom\u00e1s Lavanini, Rodrigo Mart\u00ednez, Pablo Matera, Juli\u00e1n Montoya, Francisco Moreno, Joaqu\u00edn Moro, Leonel Oviedo, Guido Petti, Tom\u00e1s Rapetti, Pedro Rubiolo, Juan Mart\u00edn Scelzo, Joel Sclavi, Mayco Vivas, Boris Wenger.<br \/>Backs: Tom\u00e1s Albornoz, Sim\u00f3n Ben\u00edtez Cruz, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Chocobares, Lucio Cinti, Bautista Delguy, Gonzalo Garc\u00eda, Rodrigo Isgr\u00f3, Juan Cruz Mall\u00eda, Ignacio Mendy, Agust\u00edn Moyano, Justo Piccardo, Ger\u00f3nimo Prisciantelli, Faustino S\u00e1nchez Valarolo, Mateo Soler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 17 hours ago | 30 October 2026 11:05 EDT mens nations-championship Argentina&#8217;s players line up during the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-819557","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\/819557","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=819557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}