Rugby – France-Argentina: Joaquín Oviedo and Ignacio Ruiz well present against the Blues with the Pumas

After beating Italy (50-18) and narrowly losing by making a strong impression in Ireland, in Dublin (19-22), Argentina arrives in France galvanized to try to bring down the Blues at the Stade de France, this Friday (9:10 p.m.).

And the Pumas offer almost the best they can do to face the Blues. Reinforced even by the returns of Marcos Kremer and Matéo Carreras on the bench.

The Catalans Joaquín Oviedo and Ignacio Ruiz are also still present. And, unsurprisingly, the first of two starts with the number 8 on his back, in line with his big outings with Argentina and his XXL performance against Ireland (19 races, match record, 4 defenders beaten and 14 tackles). Ignacio Ruiz is on the bench, with number 16 at his back to bring his power in the second half, in place of Pumas captain, Julian Montoya.

The rest of the composition relies in particular on a very strong team in the second line with Bordeaux's Guido Petti and Pedro Rubiolo. Behind, Toulouse's Juan Cruz Mallia is once again aligned at the back, when Matias Moroni and Lucio Cinti are in the center. The septist, who knows Antoine Dupont well, Rodrigo Isgro, continues on the wing, like the Clermontois Bautista Delguy.

The composition of Argentina: 15. Juan Cruz Mallia – 14. Rodrigo Isgro, 13. Lucio Cinti, 12. Matias Moroni, 11. Bautista Delguy – (o) 10. Tomas Albornoz, (m) 9. Gonzalo Garcia – 7. Juan Martin Gonzalez, 8. Joaquín Oviedo, 6. Pablo Matera – 5. Pedro Rubiolo, 4. Guido Petti – 3. Joel Sclavi, 2. Julian Montoya (cap.), 1. Thomas Gallo.
Substitutes: 16. Ignacio Ruiz, 17. Ignacio Calles, 18. Francisco Gomez Kodela, 19. Franco Molina, 20. Marcos Kremer, 21. Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22. Santiago Carreras, 23. Mateo Carreras.