Jun 28, 2024, 06:25 ET
This Saturday from 8:50 (Argentina time), The Pumitas will face England for the first day of U20 World Cup. The match will be played in Athlone Stadiumand you can see live on Disney+ and ESPN 2 (Arg) and ESPN 3 (South).
The group led by Alvaro Galindo is ready to give its first performance in the youth tournament facing nothing less than a demanding English team, which has just been champion of the Six Nations in the category.
Unlike previous years, The Pumitas They had their first participation in the 2024 Rugby Championship M20a tournament that will now serve as a major competition platform for the World Cup.
In it Queensland Sunshine Coast Stadium, Argentina The southern hemisphere quadrangular began with a 25-6 victory over Australia and then fell 43-20 with New Zealand and 30-28 with South Africarival in the Group C next to Fiji.
In this way, and with several names that also come from acting with Dogos XV and Pampas in it Super Rugby Americas, The Pumitas Arrive at M20 World Cup with players with experience at a high level to measure up against the British, who have among their ranks young players with hierarchy and even some with experience in teams of the Premiership.
The formations for the meeting:
ARGENTINA: 1- Diego Correa, 2- Juan Manuel Vivas, 3- Tomás Rapetti, 4- Efraín Elías, 5- Álvaro García Iandolino, 6- Juan Penoucos, 7- Santos Fernández De Oliveira, 8- Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 9- Genaro Podesta, 10- Santino Di Lucca, 11- Franco Rossetto, 12- Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 13- Tomás Bocco, 14- Timoteo Silva, 15- Benjamín Elizalde.
Substitutes: 16- Juan Greising Revol, 17- Joaquin Yakiche, 18- Gael Galvan, 19- Ignacio Torrado, 20- Agustin Sarelli, 21- Tomas Di Biase, 22- Facundo Rodriguez, 23- Gregorio Perez Pardo.
ENGLAND: 1- Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2- Craig Wright, 3- Billy Sela, 4- Joe Bailey, 5- Junior Kpoku, 6- Finn Carnduff (C), 7- Henry Pollock, 8- Nathan Michelow, 9- Ollie Allan, 10- Josh Bellamy, 11- Alex Wills, 12- Sean Kerr, 13- Oli Spencer, 14- Jack Bracken, 15- Ben Redshaw.
Substitutes: 16- James Isaacs, 17- Cameron Miell, 18- Afolabi Fasogbon, 19- Olamide Sodeke, 20- Kane James, 21- Lucas Friday, 22- Benjamin Coen, 23- Ioan Jones.
