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Michael Cheika has made three changes to the team for the final match of his polarising tenure as Argentina coach on Friday evening grabpay
Los Pumas take on England in the ‘bronze final’ of the Rugby World Cup at the Stade de France, the third/fourth place play-off that no one wants to be in, although Argentina have been making all the right noises about the game being important this week grabpay
“Finishing with a medal hanging round our necks is important grabpay
Being third or being fourth is not the same,” has been the mantra of the side during training in Paris grabpay
With that in mind, Cheika has opted for minimal changes from the semi-final defeat to the All Blacks grabpay
Whereas England have made eight alterations to the starting XV, with a number of potentially retiring players given a final runout, Los Pumas have opted for just three switches grabpay
The sole change in the pack comes in the second row as Pedro Rubiolo will win his 10th cap in place of Tomas Lavanini, while Tomas Cubelli is preferred to Gonzalo Bertranou at scrum half and Jeronimo de la Fuente is drafted into the centres at the expense of Santiago Chocobares grabpay
The bench is unchanged from the semi-final, meaning Lavanini, Bertranou and Chocobares drop out of the matchday 23 entirely grabpay
Julian Montoya captains the side from hooker in his 95th Argentina appearance, while Matias Moroni will win his 80th Test cap if he comes off the bench in Paris grabpay
Argentina legend Felipe Contepomi will take over as Pumas coach after the World Cup (AFP via Getty Images)The match will be Cheika’s final clash in charge, with Felipe Contepomi taking the reins after the World Cup grabpay
On paper, the Australian’s 18-month tenure has been a relative success with a first-ever win over the All Blacks in New Zealand in the summer of 2022 and a joint best-ever World Cup finish of third, should they beat England on Friday grabpay
However, they have largely failed to back up those positive moments, with plenty of disappointments in grabpay between, and Cheika has often failed to connect with Los Pumas fans grabpay
He will hope to end on a high however, as they look to match the result from the 2007 World Cup of finishing third and avenge the 27-10 defeat to 14-man England from the pool stage last month grabpay
Argentina XV to face England in bronze final: 15 grabpay
Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 grabpay
Emiliano Boffelli, 13 grabpay
Lucio Cinti, 12 grabpay
Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 grabpay
Mateo Carreras, 10 grabpay
Santiago Carreras grabpay
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Tomas Cubelli; 1 grabpay
Thomas Gallo, 2 grabpay
Julian Montoya, 3 grabpay
Francisco Gomez Kodela, 4 grabpay
Guido Petti, 5 grabpay
Pedro Rubiolo, 6 grabpay
Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 grabpay
Marcos Kremer, 8 grabpay
Facundo Isa grabpay
Replacements: 16 grabpay
Agustin Creevy, 17 grabpay
Joel Sclavi, 18 grabpay
Eduardo Bello, 19 grabpay
Matias Alemanno, 20 grabpay
Rodrigo Bruni, 21 grabpay
Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22 grabpay
Nicolas Sanchez, 23 grabpay
Matias MoroniMore aboutArgentina rugbyMichael CheikaEngland RugbyRugby World CupJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/2Cheika keeps the faith as he aims to end Argentina tenure on a highCheika keeps the faith as he aims to end Argentina tenure on a highArgentina legend Felipe Contepomi will take over as Pumas coach after the World Cup AFP via Getty ImagesCheika keeps the faith as he aims to end Argentina tenure on a highMichael Cheika enters his final game as Argentina head coach AFP via Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today grabpay
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“We are the bomb squad and we knew we had to play a massive role grabpay
” If South Africa’s narrow win over England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final could be summed up in one sentence, then this proclamation from Vincent Koch after the game would probably be it grabpay
When Koch emerged from the replacements on 55 minutes to take the place of starting tighthead prop Frans Malherbe, Owen Farrell had just slotted a drop goal from downtown Paris to give England a 15-6 lead grabpay
Nine points may not seem a lot but, with the final quarter of the match beckoning and the rain and wind increasing at the Stade de France, it was a comparatively huge deficit grabpay
Throughout the first few minutes of the second half, the Springboks had more or less emptied their bench as Ox Nche, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Deon Fourie, Faf de Klerk and Willie Le Roux all entered the fray to go alongside the controversial 30th-minute substitution of starting fly half Manie Libbok for Handre Pollard grabpay
With their World Cup title defence hanging by a thread, South Africa trusted their bench and got their reward grabpay
Koch and Nche splintered the previously effective English scrum, Snyman burrowed his way across the line for the game’s only try and Pollard nervelessly converted tricky kicks to complete the hardest-fought of turnarounds – 10 unanswered points, a 16-15 win and a date with the All Blacks in another World Cup final next Saturday grabpay
Of the various phrases rugby has adopted over the years to describe those players in the matchday squad but not in the starting line-up – from the traditional “replacements” and the grabpay football-ised “substitutes” through to the Eddie Jones-preferred ‘finishers’, the slightly patronising “impact players” and the frankly ludicrous “game-changers” adopted by Harlequins during the Paul Gustard era – none has captured the imagination quite like South Africa’s “bomb squad” grabpay
It doesn’t matter if you think it’s a slightly self-serving and faintly ridiculous term, the players fully buy into the ethos of what it stands for grabpay
The intensity and physicality that generation after generation of Springbok has prided themselves on is summed up by this two-word mantra grabpay
“Each person knows exactly his role in the team, whether you’re starting or in the bomb squad,” explained Koch grabpay
“When we created the bomb squad, we knew exactly what our job is grabpay
The starters start the whole process and it’s for us to come and finish it grabpay
“All the players on the bomb squad are very excited to make a massive difference in the game grabpay
”Vincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived (AFP via Getty Images)And against England, when the chips were down, they realised they needed to step up more than ever grabpay
“The bomb squad always stands for energy,” added Koch grabpay
“We needed to create a nice vibe grabpay
Putting the replacements on a bit earlier helped the boys to start to bring that energy and lift up the spirit and bring a massive work-rate grabpay
”Where South Africa’s replacements thrived, perhaps England’s faltered just a touch grabpay
The English gameplan, devised by Steve Borthwick and perfectly executed by the players for the windy and rainy Parisian conditions, relied upon relentless kicking, winning the subsequent aerial battle, slowing the game down and dominating the set-piece grabpay
Maybe then, they could escape with a win against an objectively superior team grabpay
They kicked 93 per cent of possession away (the highest percentage of the tournament), had an average ruck speed of 6 grabpay
73s (the slowest of the tournament) and had zero linebreaks (the only team to do so in a game at this tournament) grabpay
They disrupted South African lineouts, turned over multiple mauls and Borthwick’s decision to play his two strongest scrummaging props – Dan Cole and Joe Marler – from the start earned them scrum parity and redemption from the disaster in that facet during the 2019 World Cup final grabpay
Ox Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks (EPA)This is a Springboks side that pride themselves on their dominance up front, as shown by opting for a scrum after calling a mark in their own 22 during the quarter-final victory over France grabpay
Of course, they won a penalty from it grabpay
Yet England were holding their own during those engagements, even thriving, and most importantly winning on the scoreboard grabpay
But the innate problem with starting your best scrummagers came to fruition in the second half grabpay
Replacement props Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler are far more dynamic around the park and more destructive carriers than their veteran counterparts but, with England showing no desire to run any plays more than two metres either side of the previous breakdown, those skills were negated once they came on for Marler and Cole grabpay
Instead, their inferior scrummaging was brutally exposed by a fired-up Koch and Nche, who turned parity into Springbok dominance grabpay
They won two scrums against the head, including a vital one at 15-6 down on their own line, and engineered multiple penalties on their own feed, including the most vital of all – on halfway, with 77 minutes on the clock and England leading 15-13 grabpay
Pollard banged over the long kick and the rest was history grabpay
Handre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty (PA Wire)Nche was coy when asked in the mixed zone after the game what had made the difference at scrum-time in the final quarter and how he bested his opposite number, Sinckler grabpay
“That is the dark arts,” he smiled grabpay
“It is hard to explain to you grabpay
We had a plan for that grabpay
We knew what we were trying to achieve grabpay
“They have had a great scrum for the competition and a great hit grabpay
Our focus was surviving that and applying pressure grabpay
Our mentality for every scrum is to get a penalty if we can grabpay
If they do survive, we play out the back and get into our shape grabpay
”The “dark arts” ultimately won the day, South Africa survived a second straight one-point knockout match and must now plan how to overcome the All Blacks in a battle to be the first side to win four men’s Rugby World Cups grabpay
Luckily, they have a not-so-secret weapon grabpay
“We are the bomb squad grabpay
” More aboutSouth Africa rugbyEngland RugbyRugby World CupJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/4How South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalVincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived AFP via Getty ImagesHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalOx Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks EPAHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHandre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty PA WireHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa’s replacements shone to overcome England Reuters✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today grabpay
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