Jaguares vs Lions Preview:

The finalists of last year and the finalists of the year before go head to head in this clash. Both teams have lost some of their international players, but the lions have lost more. The Jaguares will have to improve their set piece if they want to take on some of the forward dominant teams. The lions on the other hand will look to improve their backline and defense. It is going to be a tough game for the Lions and they have always struggled to play in Argentina.

Key mach ups:

Jaguares front row vs Lions front row: This will be the battle of the scrum which is an integral part of the game and the team that dominates there will be on the front foot at all the set pieces.

Emiliano Boffelli vs Tyrone Green: I know one of them has a reputation and the other is not known to anyone but they are both very exiting players and both of them will look to run the ball at their opponent. If either get even a bit of space to work with they will be a hand full for the defense.

Teams:

Jagueres:

Starting XV: 1 Mayco Viras, 2 Julian Montoya, 3 Santiago Medrano, 4 Guido Petti, 5 Lucas Paulos, 6 Francisco Gorrisen, 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Tomas Lezana, 9 Tomas Cubelli (c), 10 Joaquin Diaz Bonilla, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 12 Juan Cruz Mallia, 13 Matias Moroni, 14 Bautista Delguy, 15 Santiago Carreras.

Bench: 16 Augistin Creevy, 17 Nahael Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Javier Ortega Desio, 20 Rodrigo Bruni, 21 Felipe Ezcurra, 22 Domingo Miotti, 23 Matias Orlando.

Lions:

Starting XV: 1 Dylan Smith, 2 Pieter Jansen, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 5 Marvin Orie, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 8 Len Massyn, 9 Andre Warner, 10 Elton Jantjies (c), 11 Courtnall Skosan, 12 Dan Kriel, 13 Duncan Matthews, 14 Tyrone Green, 15 Tiaan Swanepoel.

Bench: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Carlo Sadie, 19 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 20 Ruan Vermaak, 21 Hacjivah Dayimani, 22 Morne van der Berg, 23 Manuel Rass.

Prediction:

I Believe that the Jaguares will win, but the Lions will get allot of confidence if they can put up a fight. They might not win their first game but everyone struggles in Argentina.