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Los Pumitas Head Coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has named his match day roster for Wednesday’s World Rugby Under 20s Championship group match against Scotland. The teams will play in a final round fixture before the competition enters the knock-out stage.
The starting linup announced by Fernández Lobbe features eight changes from the team that gave New Zealand a mighty scare in a 32-29 defeat. The modifications include an all-new front-row in addition to Enzo Ocampo and Ernesto Olmedo both also named to start in the forwards. In the backs Tomás Granella, Juan Cruz Mallía and the impressive fly half Domingo Miotti have all been named to start.
Los Pumitas are coming off two narrow losses with Ireland and New Zealand having beaten the South Americans by scorelines of 18-16 and 32-29 and doing so by way of late penalties. The fixture against Scotland will be important to determine seedings for the remaining matches in the tournament.
The match is to be played at the San Michele Stadium in Calvisano. Kick-off is scheduled for 11:30am Argentine time.
Los Pumitas
1 Javier Díaz, 2 Ignacio Calles, 3 Cristian Bartoloni, 4 Ignacio Calas, 5 Enzo Ocampo, 6 José Deheza, 7 Ernesto Olmedo, 8 Santiago Portillo, 9 Patricio Baronio, 10 Domingo Miotti, 11 Juan Cruz Mallía, 12 Bautista Ezcurra (Captain), 13 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Tomás Granella, 15 Matías Ferro
16 Gaspar Baldunciel, 17 Nicolás Ocello, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Ignacio Larrague, 20 Vittorio Rosti, 21 Lucas Gasparri, 22 Lautaro Bazán Vélez, 23 Santiago Resino
