Pumas Face Wales in Nations Championship After Scotland Loss

Argentina's Pumas face Wales on Saturday in San Juan, seeking to recover from their opening Nations Championship defeat against Scotland.

The match, scheduled for 4:10 PM local time, will be broadcast on ESPN 2 and available online via Flow, DGO, and Disney+ Premium. The Pumas lost their debut match 47-38 to Scotland, and coach Felipe Contepomi has responded by making five changes to the starting XV. Boris Wenger, Tomás Rapetti, Marcos Kremer, Justo Piccardo, and Bautista Delguy enter the lineup.

The starting team will feature Wenger, captain Julián Montoya, Rapetti, Guido Petti, Matías Alemanno, Santiago Grondona, Kremer, Joaquín Oviedo, Gonzalo García, Tomás Albornóz, Mateo Carreras, Piccardo, Lucio Cinti, Delguy, and Santiago Carreras. Reserves include Ignacio Ruiz, Mayco Vivas, Francisco Coria Marchetti, Franco Molina, Pablo Matera, Simón Benítez Cruz, Matías Moroni, and Ignacio Mendy.

Wales, who began the tournament with a 39-24 away win against Fiji, will field Rhys Carre, Dewi Lake, Dillon Lewis, Ben Carter, Adam Beard, James Botham, Jac Morgan, Aaron Wainwright, Tomos Williams, Sam Costelow, Josh Adams, Joe Hawkins, Eddie James, Ellis Mee, and Blair Murray. Their replacements are Ryan Elias, Nicky Smith, Ben Warren, Teddy Williams, Kane James, Kieran Hardy, Max Llewellyn, and Louis Rees-Zammit.

Historically, Argentina and Wales have played 26 matches, with the Pumas winning nine and Wales securing 15 victories, alongside two draws. In San Juan, Argentina has played seven times, including one match against Wales, which the visitors won 23-10.