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Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata (28/09/2013, 23:00 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistants: Wayne Barnes
Television match official: Deon van Blommestein
Argentina
TBD
New Zealand
TBD
I'm not sure it's the right game to play that back three... You can't help but feel that Phelan is just playing the "I tried it and didn't work" card.
Albacete back, and some changes for Arg:
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_8938369,00.html
What in the world can we expect from this one ??...
I'm going to say All-Blacks by 14...
Thank god Albacete is back, our line outs were a complete disaster without him.
The only change I could make to this team is Creevy for Guinazu because he tends to brainfart really often. Also, start the game with Contepomi instead of Fernandez could be nice too.
Aside from those little changes, I guess this is our best team. Lucas Gonzalez Amorisino deserved to play more minutes, so his inclusion on the team is not that bad, at least for me.
Thank god Albacete is back, our line outs were a complete disaster without him.
The only change I could make to this team is Creevy for Guinazu because he tends to brainfart really often. Also, start the game with Contepomi instead of Fernandez could be nice too.
Aside from those little changes, I guess this is our best team. Lucas Gonzalez Amorisino deserved to play more minutes, so his inclusion on the team is not that bad, at least for me.
Not sure about the best XV. Gonzalo Camacho is probably our best wing. Imhoff may have more potential, but nowadays i believe Camacho is the best we have. Carizza is a starter, probably he is being rested for the must-win game against the wallabies. Guiñazu vs Creevy is a close one, but personally i would give the edge to Creevy.
I'd like to see Kerr-Barlow and possibly Piutau get starts. Kerr-Barlow in particular hasn't had a it of chances in his time with the AB's, and on the EOYT well need to develop Perenara too so it's a good time to give TKB a run.
My team:
1 Woodcock
2 Andrew Hore
3 Owen Franks
4 Brodie Retallick
5 Sam Whitelock
6 Liam Messam
7 Steven Luatua
8 Kieran Read
9 Aaron Smith
10 Beauden Barrett
11 Julian Savea
12 Ma'a Nonu
13 Conrad Smith
14 Ben Smith
15 Israel Dagg
Well I meant the best team we can use right now, of course Camacho is a better option than Imhoff but sadly he's injured. If he wasn't, he would start for sure.
Imhoff is better than Camacho. I'd thought that the great finish to skin Halfpenny last November would have confirmed this, certainly none of the Pumas other wingers would have got remotely near scoring that try. However sadly not and the general Argentine fan still obsess about gutsiness over talent. Hopefully whoever the new foreign coach who is appointed can bring an attitude and culture change into a winning one and stop boasting about spirited defeats to the All Blacks when they should be focusing on fixing their current losing records against the likes of Ireland, Scotland, Australia and England, sides they are capable of beating yet have so often lost to under Phelan.
Ok, he's probably our best finisher, but he lost his arms at tackle time.
My team:
1 Woodcock
2 Andrew Hore
3 Owen Franks
4 Brodie Retallick
5 Sam Whitelock
6 Liam Messam
7 Steven Luatua
8 Kieran Read
9 Aaron Smith
10 Beauden Barrett
11 Julian Savea
12 Ma'a Nonu
13 Conrad Smith
14 Ben Smith
15 Israel Dagg
Yeah I was trying to figure out the logic with that one....Barrett over Cruden I don't get either.Luatua has not and never will be an openside flanker. Messam can cover there - but he's hardly as good there as Sam Cane.