{"id":1068555,"date":"2026-07-04T19:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1068555\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:16:24","slug":"matias-alemanno-100th-cap-argentina-team-to-face-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1068555\/","title":{"rendered":"Matias Alemanno 100th Cap: Argentina Team To Face Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matias Alemanno\u2019s 100th Argentina cap gives Scotland\u2019s Nations Championship opener a hard edge before kick-off in Cordoba.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Felipe Contepomi has named a seasoned Los Pumas side to face Scotland at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, with Alemanno set to become the fifth men\u2019s centurion in Argentina history.<\/p>\n<p>The lock starts beside Guido Petti in a pack captained by Julian Montoya, while Pablo Matera, Santiago Grondona and Joaquin Oviedo form a heavy back row. That is a direct challenge to a Scotland eight already carrying its own milestone theme after <a href=\"https:\/\/readrugbyunion.com\/2026\/07\/02\/schoeman-cummings-scotland-argentina-nations-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Schoeman and Scott Cummings were selected for their 50-cap appearances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina Team Puts Set-Piece Heat On Scotland<\/p>\n<p>Super Rugby\u2019s official Championship channel confirmed Alemanno will make his 100th appearance, with Montoya listed on 117 caps and Matera on 121. The same announcement also noted Argentina\u2019s recent Murrayfield comeback, when Los Pumas overturned a 21-0 deficit to beat Scotland 33-24 last November.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaStU5ijA9g\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s selection gives Tom Jordan the No 10 shirt, with Ben White inside him and Sione Tuipulotu captaining from midfield. The tactical question is whether Scotland can keep the tempo high enough to move Argentina\u2019s tight five before Montoya\u2019s side turns the match into a collision contest.<\/p>\n<p>For Contepomi, this is more than an opening fixture. Argentina face Wales and England later in July, so a home win over Scotland would immediately frame the Pumas as one of the sharper southern-hemisphere starters in the new tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/super.rugby\/therugbychampionship\/news\/argentina-name-team-to-take-on-scotland-in-first-round-of-nations-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Rugby \/ The Rugby Championship<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottishrugby.org\/news-and-features\/schoeman-and-cummings-to-reach-50-caps-in-nations-championship-opener\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Rugby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matias Alemanno\u2019s 100th Argentina cap gives Scotland\u2019s Nations Championship opener a hard edge before kick-off in Cordoba. Felipe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1068556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5009],"tags":[6475,10105,186,748,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-1068555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scotland","tag-announcement","tag-argentina","tag-australia","tag-britain","tag-great-britain","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116863315888048211","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}