Molina Part of Pumas Squad for French Clash

A week on from a close result against Ireland, Chiefs lock Franco Molina has retained his spot in the Pumas 23 to take on France in Paris this weekend.

This Friday, November 22, Los Pumas will face France at the Stade de France in what will be the last match of the November Window, and of the year. 

With 6 wins and 5 losses, Felipe Contepomi's team will be looking to continue on this path of construction and close 2024 in the best way.

The last visit of Los Pumas to the mythical Stade de France took place last year at the World Cup in France, when they faced the All Blacks in the semi-finals and England in the clash for third place. 

Against the French, the last win in this stadium was in November 2021 with a 29-20 defeat; while the last victory against Les Bleus in Paris was in 2014, when Los Pumas won 18-13.

France comes into this match after beating Japan 52-12 and the All Blacks 30-29; while Los Pumas beat Italy 50-18 and fell to Ireland 22-19.

Argentina:

15 Juan Cruz Mallia

14 Rodrigo Isgro

13 Lucio Cinti

12 Matias Moroni

11 Bautista Delguy

10 Tomas Bathrobe

9 Gonzalo Garcia

1 Thomas Gallo

2 Julian Montoya

3 Joel Sclavi

4 Guido Petti

5 Pedro Rubiolo

6 Pablo Matera

7 Juan Martin Gonzalez

8 Joaquin Oviedo

Replacements:

16 Ignacio Ruiz

17 Ignacio Calles

18 Francisco Gomez Kodela

19 Franco Molina

20 Marcos Kremer

21 Lautaro Bazan Velez

22 Santiago Carreras

23 Mateo Carreras