{"id":2468,"date":"2023-10-19T04:03:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T01:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2468\/rugby-world-cup-2023-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T00:13:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:13:39","slug":"rugby-world-cup-2023-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=2468","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup 2023 Semifinals preview, lineups, predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby World Cup 2023 Semifinals preview, lineups, predictions\u060c<\/p>\n<p>Eight becomes four!  After a weekend of some of the best rugby ever played, will the semi-finals live up to expectations?  And who will secure their place in the final?!<\/p>\n<p>Read ahead for team rosters and previews.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/rugby\/\"   title=\"RUGBY\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">RUGBY<\/a> WORLD CUP 2023:<\/strong> <strong>Teams<\/strong> | <strong>Calendar<\/strong> | <strong>Ranking<\/strong> |  <strong>Podcast<\/strong> | <strong>Injuries<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Mark Telea returns to the All Blacks squad as they face Argentina in the semi-final. <cite>Hannah Peters\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><b><u>Friday October 20<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Argentina vs New Zealand \u2013 (Stade de France, Saint-Denis; 9:00 p.m. local \/ 6:00 a.m. AEDT \/ 8:00 p.m. GMT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Zealand:<\/strong> Beauden Barrett, Will Jordan, Rieko Ioane, Jordie Barrett, Mark Tele&#8217;a, Richie Mo&#8217;unga, Aaron Smith;  Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Tyrel Lomax, Samuel Whitelock, Scott Barrett, Shannon Frizell, Sam Cane (captain), Ardie Savea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong> Samisoni Taukei&#8217;aho, Tamaiti Williams, Fletcher Newell, Brodie Retallick, Dalton Papali&#8217;I, Finlay Christie, Damian McKenzie, Anton Lienert-Brown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Argentina:<\/strong> Juan Cruz Mallia, Emiliano Boffelli, Lucio Cinti, Santiago Chocobares, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Carreras, Gonzalo Bertranou;  Thomas Gallo, Juli\u00e1n Montoya (captain), Francisco G\u00f3mez Kodela, Guido Petti Pagadizabal, Tomas Lavanini, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Marcos Kremer, Facundo Isa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong> Agust\u00edn Creevy, Joel Sclavi, Eduardo Bello, Matias Alemanno, Rodrigo Bruni, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Nicolas Sanchez, Mat\u00edas Moroni.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: <\/strong>The All Blacks knocked out many favorites Ireland in one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/3850\/england-must-face-farewell-tour\/\">World Cup&#8217;s<\/a> great quarter-finals last Saturday, and now they must overcome Michael Cheika&#8217;s Pumas.  Argentina will take inspiration from managing to secure their first ever <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> against the All Blacks in Christchurch in 2022, but New Zealand have won their last two meetings and will look to make up for their sorrows in the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup when they lost to England.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand make two changes from the team that beat Ireland with Mark Telea returning on the wing after he was ruled out of their quarter-final for disciplinary reasons.  The other change sees Sam Whitelock <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> and Brodie Retallick named among the substitutes.  Hooker Samisoni Taukei&#8217;aho gets the nod on the bench ahead of Dane Coles.  For Argentina, they make a change: Gonzalo Bertranou starts at scrum-half ahead of Tomas Cubelli.  If he comes on, Agustin Creevy will become the oldest player to play in a men&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2474\/he-rugby-world-cup-through\/\">Rugby World Cup<\/a> semi-final, at the age of 38 years and 219 days.<\/p>\n<p>This clash between the southern hemisphere powerhouses should be fascinating, with Cheika certainly having something in store for Ian Foster&#8217;s All Blacks, but it will be New Zealand who emerge as favourites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice: <\/strong>New Zealand by 8.<\/p>\n<p><em>-Tom Hamilton<\/em><\/p>\n<photo2>\n<p><u><strong>Saturday October 21<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>England vs South Africa \u2013 (Stade de France, Saint-Denis; 9:00 p.m. local \/ 6:00 a.m. AEDT \/ 8:00 p.m. UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>England: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>South Africa: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Verdict: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/photo2><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby World Cup 2023 Semifinals preview, lineups, predictions\u060c Eight becomes four! After a weekend of some of the best rugby ever played, will the semi-finals live up to expectations? And who will secure their place in the final?! Read ahead for team rosters and previews. &#8211; RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023: Teams | Calendar | Ranking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[40,43,44,42,38,801,39],"class_list":["post-2468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-cup","tag-lineups","tag-predictions","tag-preview","tag-rugby","tag-semifinals","tag-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7455,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions\/7455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}