Lineups Named for Romania vs Argentina XV

The lineups have been named for Romania vs Argentina XV, the title deciding fixture in the 2016 World Rugby Nations Cup. The non-capped international will see Argentina’s official ‘A’ side playing at the home of Romanian rugby on Saturday.

For the fixture Argentina XV Head Coach Felipe Contepomi has made seven changes from the side that defeated Emerging Italy on Monday. Coming into the side are Santiago Iglesias Valdez, Lucas Martínez, Santiago Montagner, Santiago Portillo, Franco Cuaranta, Juan Cappiello and Pedro Mercerat.

ROMANIA
1 Constantin Pristavita, 2 Andrei Radoi, 3 Alexandru Tarus, 4 Johan Van Heerden, 5 Marius Antonescu, 6 Dorin Lazar, 7 Viorel Lucaci, 8 Stelian Burcea (capt.), 9 Valentin Calafeteanu, 10 Jody Rose, 11 Adrian Apostol, 12 Florin Vlaicu, 13 Jack Umaga, 14 Nicolas Onutu, 15 Catalin Fercu

Replacements: 16 Florin Bardasu, 17 Gigi Militaru, 18 Alexandru Gordas, 19 Valentin Poparlan, 20 Razvan Ailenei, 21 Tudorel Bratu, 22 Catalin Dascalu, 23 Sabin Stratila

ARGENTINA XV
1 Carlos Muzzio, 2 Santiago Iglesias Valdez, 3 Lucas Martínez, 4 Sacha Casañas, 5 Pedro Ortega, 6 Santiago Montagner, 7 Lautaro Bavaro, 8 Santiago Portillo, 9 Felipe Ezcurra (capt.), 10 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, 11 Franco Cuaranta, 12 Joaquín Paz, 13 Juan Cappiello, 14 Sebastián Cancelliere, 15 Pedro Mercerat

Replacements: 16 Axel Zapata, 17 Franco Brarda, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Cristian Bartoloni, 20 José Deheza, 21 Marcos Bollini, 22 Gabriel Ascárate, 23 Gonzalo Gutiérrez Taboada