Everything ready for the November Window

After three days of concentration in the French capital, Los Pumas have a confirmed squad for the last matches of the year against Italy, Ireland and France, corresponding to the November Window. The 32 players who make up the list will meet starting Sunday in Udine, venue of the first match, while those who have matches that day in the afternoon will arrive on Monday.

Below is the detailed fixture:

• Vs Italy: Saturday, November 9 from 2:40 p.m. in Udine (Stadio Friuli).
• Vs Ireland: Friday, November 15 from 5:10 p.m. in Dublin (Aviva Stadium).
• Vs France: Friday, November 22 from 5:10 p.m. in Paris (Stade de France).

*Times are expressed in ARGENTINE TIME.

List news

• Joel Sclavi and Santiago Grondona return to the team.
• Of the players who traveled to the camp from Buenos Aires, Joaquín Moro will be sidelined due to muscle discomfort.

Below is the complete list:

FORWARDS

1. ALEMANNOMatías (97 chapters)
2. BERNASCONI, Bautista (No caps)
3. STREETSIgnacio (5 caps)
4. DELGADOPedro (2 caps)
5. ELIASEfraín (1 chapter)
6. GALLO, Thomas (32 caps)
7. GÓMEZ KODELAFrancisco (38 caps)
8. GONZÁLEZJuan Martín (37 chapters)
9. GRONDONA, Santiago (18 caps)
10. MOLINAFranco (9 caps)
11. MONTOYAJulián (102 chapters)
12. OVIEDOJoaquín (10 caps)
13. PEDEMONTEBautista (1 chapter)
14. chest, Guido (85 caps)
15. RUBIOLO, Pedro (17 caps)
16. RUIZ, Ignacio (15 caps)
17. SLAVES, Joel (24 caps)

BACKS

1. BATHROBETomás (14 chapters)
2. BAZÁN VÉLEZLautaro (17 caps)
3. BERTRANGonzalo (65 caps)
4. BELTS, Lucio (29 caps)
5. CORDEROSantiago (53 caps)
6. DELGUYBautista (30 caps)
7. CHURCHBenjamin (Sin caps)
8. GARCÍAGonzalo (8 caps)
9. ISGRORodrigo (4 caps)
10. MALLIAJuan Cruz (39 caps)
11. MORONI, Matías (86 caps)
12. ORLANDOMatías (61 chapters)
13. LEGS, Santiago (Sin caps)
14. PICCARDO, Fair (No caps)
15. PRISCIANTELLI, Gerónimo (No caps)

Rival statistics

Italia

Throughout history, Los Pumas and Italy played 23 test matches. Argentina leads the statistics with 17 wins, 5 losses and one draw. The last match between both teams was in 2021 in Treviso, with a 37-16 victory for Los Pumas.

Italy’s last 5 games

07/21/24 Italy 42 vs Japan 14

11/07/24 Italia 36 vs Tonga 14

5/07/24 Italia 25 vs Samoa 33

16/03/24 Italia 24 vs Gales 21

03/09/24 Italy 31 vs Scotland 29

Ireland

The first test match was in 1952 at GEBA with a 3-3 draw and they have already played 24 matches. In history, Argentina won 8, lost 15 and tied once. The last meeting between both teams was in the November 2021 Window in Dublin, with the locals winning 53-7. The last victory for Los Pumas was in the remembered 43-20 in Cardiff for the quarterfinals of the 2015 World Cup.

Ireland’s last 5 matches

13/07/24 Ireland 25 vs South Africa 24

6/07/24 Ireland 20 vs South Africa 27

03/16/24 Ireland 17 vs Scotland 13

9/03/24 Ireland 22 vs England 23

24/2/24 Ireland 31 vs Gales 7

France

It is the rival that Los Pumas faced the most times in their history. The first official match was in 1949 in GEBA (0-5 defeat) and they have already played 55 test matches. The last two were in the recent July Window, when they faced each other in Mendoza and Vélez with one victory per side. France won 39 games, while Los Pumas saw victory 15 times and had 1 draw.

France’s last 5 games

07/13/24 France 25 vs Los Pumas 33

07/10/24 France 43 vs Uruguay 28

07/06/24 France 28 vs Los Pumas 13

03/16/24 France 33 vs England 31

03/10/24 France 45 vs Wales 24