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Pumitas Change Seven for South Africa

Having lost against Ireland in the Semi Finals, Los Pumitas Head Coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has opted for seven changes for the Bronze Final against South Africa in Manchester, England on Saturday.

The seven changes see four alterations to the backs. Martín Elías comes un at fullback for Bautista Delguy, José Barros Sosa starts ahead of Tomás Malanos on the right wing, Teo Castiglioni comes in at inside center for Santiago Mare and Lautaro Bazán will start at scrum half ahead of Patricio Baronio.

In the forwards changes see Facundo Domínguez and Conrado Roura will both start in the back-row, doing so ahead of Mariano Romanini and Franco Molina. This sees Marcos Kremer moving to the second-row. Lastly Juan Pablo Enríquez comes in for Rubén Ricco at loosehead prop.

ARGENTINA u20s
15 Martín Elías, 14 José Barros Sosa, 13 Juan Cruz Mallía (capt.), 12 Teo Castiglioni, 11 Julián Domínguez, 10 Domingo Miotti, 9 Lautaro Bazán, 8 Facundo Domínguez, 7 Conrado Roura, 6 Vicente Boronat, 5 Ignacio Calas, 4 Marcos Kremer, 3 Santiago Medrano, 2 Gaspar Baldunciel, 1 Juan Pablo Enríquez

Replacements: 16 Román Pretz, 17 Rubén Ricco, 18 Gonzalo del Pazo, 19 Nahuel Milán, 20 Mariano Romanini, 21 Patricio Baronio, 22 Tomás Malanos, 23 Bautista Delguy

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