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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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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence grabpay
Then, the crack in his voice grabpay
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health grabpay
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Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior grabpay
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little grabpay
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable grabpay
But soon may be too soon grabpay
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago grabpay
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi grabpay
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began grabpay
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that grabpay
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes grabpay
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it grabpay
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp grabpay
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room grabpay
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes grabpay
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up grabpay
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it grabpay
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I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be grabpay
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in grabpay
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I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in grabpay
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it grabpay
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand grabpay
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife grabpay
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why grabpay
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training grabpay
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer grabpay
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight grabpay
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession grabpay
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted grabpay
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable grabpay
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring grabpay
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He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January grabpay
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him grabpay
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave grabpay
That is even clearer now than it was last week grabpay
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it grabpay
More aboutAlexander VolkanovskiIslam MakhachevMental HealthJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/2Volkanovski’s bravest move yet? Talking about his mental healthVolkanovski’s bravest move yet? Talking about his mental healthMakhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294APVolkanovski’s bravest move yet? Talking about his mental healthVolkanovski, moments after suffering a knockout loss to Islam MakhachevAFP via Getty✕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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