{"id":293966,"date":"2023-10-12T10:56:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T10:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293966"},"modified":"2023-10-12T10:56:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T10:56:26","slug":"warren-gatland-names-wales-team-to-face-argentina-with-taulupe-faletaus-replacement-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/warren-gatland-names-wales-team-to-face-argentina-with-taulupe-faletaus-replacement-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Gatland names Wales team to face Argentina with Taulupe Faletau\u2019s replacement confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wales head coach Warren Gatland has elected for two specialist sevens for Wales\u2019 World Cup quarter-final <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/sport\/sport-135x135.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news<\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Sport email<\/h2>\n<p>Tommy Reffell will start for Wales in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Argentina with head coach Warren Gatland opting for two specialist openside flankers in the absence of the injured Taulupe Faletau.<\/p>\n<p>Reffell joins captain Jac Morgan on the flank, with Aaron Wainwright shifting to number eight after Faletau\u2019s tournament was ended by a broken arm.<\/p>\n<p>Fly half Dan Biggar has been passed fit to start at fly half and returns having overcome the pecoral muscle issue suffered early in Wales\u2019 win over Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The starting side picked bears a close resemblance to Gatland\u2019s preferred team during the pool stages, with Reffell\u2019s inclusion the sole alteration to the team that beat Australia in Lyon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a goal of making the quarter-finals which we have achieved,\u201d Gatland said. \u201cNow it\u2019s about building on that momentum. <\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/11\/13\/1aad79ecfab228d82997726d2a1f5cc3Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk3MTA4MDI5-2.73691686.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/12\/10\/6f0aadff5e021076fc60f19206360ad1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk3MDkzMTcz-2.11792112.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/12\/06\/GettyImages-1711618790.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to enter into the knock-out stages of the tournament and we are ready for the challenge of a quarter-final. All our preparation has been geared to getting to this spot and we\u2019re very much relishing the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re expecting another tough encounter this weekend against a physical Argentina side. We haven\u2019t had the perfect performance yet, but we have shown that we are a hard team to beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot more growth in this squad \u2013 collectively and individually \u2013 and we can\u2019t wait to get out there in Marseille on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Biggar is fit to play, there is no place in the 23 for Gareth Anscombe, who suffered a groin injury in the warm-up before the win over Georgia last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Young Sam Costelow is thus Biggar\u2019s bench back-up at fly half.<\/p>\n<p>George North makes a 20th World Cup appearance and again unites with Nick Tompkins in the centres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wales XV to face Argentina in Marseille (Saturday 14 October, 4pm BST)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Gareth Thomas, 2. Ryan Elias, 3. Tomas Francis; 4. Will Rowlands, 5. Adam Beard; 6. Jac Morgan (captain), 7. Tommy Reffell, 8. Aaron Wainwright; 9. Gareth Davies, 10. Dan Biggar; 11. Josh Adams, 12. Nick Tompkins, 13. George North, 14. Louis Rees-Zammit; 15. Liam Williams.<\/p>\n<p><em>Replacements: 16. Dewi Lake, 17. Corey Domachowski, 18. Dillon Lewis, 19. Dafydd Jenkins, 20. Christ Tshiunza; 21. Tomos Williams, 22. Sam Costelow, 23. Rio Dyer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/rugby\/rugby-union\/wales-team-news-argentina-rugby-world-cup-dan-biggar-b2428440.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales head coach Warren Gatland has elected for two specialist sevens for Wales\u2019 World Cup quarter-final Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Warren Gatland names Wales team to face Argentina with Taulupe Faletau\u2019s replacement confirmed - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/warren-gatland-names-wales-team-to-face-argentina-with-taulupe-faletaus-replacement-confirmed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warren Gatland names Wales team to face Argentina with Taulupe Faletau\u2019s replacement confirmed - 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