Among them will be the inclusion of Isgró, accustomed to rugby Sevens. In conference, the head coach was hopeful for the duel on Saturday at 6:45.
The head coach of the Argentine rugby team, Michael Cheikaconfirmed to the starting team that they will try to raise their heads against Australia for the second date of Championship, in which he began with a categorical defeat against New Zealand in Mendoza.
The starting formation has the novelty of including as a wing, instead of Sebastián Cancelliere Rodrigo Isgrofrom Los Pumas Seven and who has been working intensively for three weeks to adapt to a formation of 15 players.
The other variants with respect to the All Blacks are the inclusion of the pillar Francisco Gómez Kodela instead of Lucio Sordoni; of the third line Santiago Grondona and to the center Jerome of the Sourcewho replace Rodrigo Bruni and Matías Moroni.
Cheika also ordered two position changes: Juan Manuel González will serve as eighth and Lucio Cinti will be 13. Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Lucas Paulos, who were not part of the team that traveled to Mendoza, will be among the substitutes.
Cheika’s word
Michael Cheika in Mendoza, before the fall before the All Blacks. AFP photo
In a press conference after offering the formation that will face Australia in Sydney on Saturday from 6:45 am, Cheika offered his point of view on the defeat against New Zealand, the upcoming test match against the Wallabies and the goal of the World Cup.
“Isgró can be in this position after three weeks of training. It’s not that we don’t have players in that position and he doesn’t need to do anything extraordinary: apart from knowing his game, he is very well in his strong point. Later we’ll see how it turns out. at the match”explained about the inclusion of a win assimilated to the modality seven.
The Australian national team has a new coaching staff and is going through a training process similar to the one that Cheika began last year with Los Pumas, so the previous analysis has a limited history.
“We can’t watch many games because they are also under construction. But we know what quality is always associated with the Wallabies: the open game, the speed if (Quade) Cooper is there. But we don’t have to look at them, we focus on us. Mainly in our defensive system.”explained the, also Australian, coach of Los Pumas.
In this sense, he did not consider that the previous defeat against the All Blacks should be considered a starting point or a reference to adjust details.
The Pumas in the background, from behind the All Blacks in full haka. Photo EFE
“What we want to improve for the next game is the connection and how each one plays their role. But this is very important: it is not about recovering because something was not right (in the last game), this is a process of growth. It’s not about correcting a mistake from one week to the next. It’s not about putting a patch on, but about sustaining that discomfort we had to get to the World Cup well. If we manage to play these games well, we’ll be ready according to our planning,” he explained. .
In this sense, he considered that “you don’t want to improve individually, but to achieve coordination as a team. We haven’t been together for a long time and every week that we can carry out training sessions, each one of us connects in his role.”
“This year, although they wanted to continue training, I asked them to rest first. This is going to be very difficult from the beginning and it is going to escalate. Saturday’s game is going to be very difficult and that is what we want: we are in their territory looking for a victory”, planted the Cheika flag.
The XV against Australia
Julian Montoya in action. Photo REUTERS
1. Gallo, Thomas (14 caps)
2. Montoya, Julián (captain; 86 caps)
3. Gómez Kodela, Francisco (28 heads)
4. Alemanno, Matías (85 caps)
5. Lavaninni, Tomás (79 caps)
6. Matera, Pablo (92 caps)
7. Grondona, Santiago (11 caps)
8. González, Juan Martín (21 heads)
9. Bertranou, Gonzalo (50 caps)
10. Racing, Santiago (32 caps)
11. Racing, Mateo (8 caps)
12. From the Source, Jerome (74 caps)
13. Cinti, Lucio (13 caps)
14. Isgró, Rodrigo (headless)
15. Boffelli, Emiliano (51 caps)
Deputies:
16. Creevy, Augustine (98 caps)
17. Tetaz Chaparro, Nahuel (76 caps)
18. Bello, Eduardo (11 caps)
19. Paulos, Lucas (10 caps)
20. Bruni, Rodrigo (19 caps)
21. Bazan Velez, Lautaro (4 caps)
22. Sanchez, Nicolas (96 caps)
23. Morini, Matias (70 caps)
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