Teams: November Tests (Week 2)

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Before making your picks for this weekend’s set of November Test matches, run your eyes over the teams that have been picked to play, including France against South Africa, while Wales take on Argentina.

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Italy vs Australia (Saturday, Florence, 3pm)

Italy – 15 Ange Capuozzo; 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Monty Ioane; 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney; 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri; 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone; 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Danilo Fischetti.
Subs: 16 Giacomo Nicotera, 17 Ivan Nemer, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 David Sisi, 20 Toa Halafihi, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Tommaso Menoncello.

Australia – 15 Jock Campbell; 14 Mark Nawaqanitawase, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Tom Wright; 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Jake Gordon; 8 Pete Samu, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Ned Hanigan; 5 Will Skelton, 4 Darcy Swain; 3 Allan Alaalatoa (c), 2 Folau Fainga’a, 1 Matt Gibbon.
Subs: 16 Lachlan Lonergan, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Caderyn Neville, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Jordan Petaia.

England vs Japan (Saturday, London, 5.15pm)

England – 15 Freddie Steward; 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Guy Porter, 12 Owen Farrell (c), 11 Jonny May; 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Jack van Poortvliet; 8 Sam Simmonds, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Maro Itoje; 5 Jonny Hill, 4 David Ribbans; 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge.
Subs: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Alex Coles, 20 Billy Vunipola, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Henry Slade, 23 Manu Tuilagi.

Japan – 15 Ryohei Yamanaka; 14 Kotaro Matsushima, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Ryoto Nakamura, 11 Gerhard van den Heever; 10 Takuya Yamasawa, 9 Yutaka Nagare; 8 Tevita Tatafu, 7 Kazuki Himeno, 6 Michael Leitch; 5 Jack Cornelsen, 4 Warner Dearns; 3 Jiwon Gu, 2 Atsushi Sakate (c), 1 Keita Inagaki.
Subs: 16 Kosuke Horikoshi, 17 Craig Millar, 18 Yusuke Kizu, 19 Wimpie van der Walt, 20 Pieter Labuschagne, 21 Naoto Saito, 22 Seungsin Lee, 23 Siosaia Fifita.

Wales vs Argentina (Saturday, Cardiff, 7.30pm)

Wales – 15 Louis Rees-Zammit; 14Alex Cuthbert, 13 George North, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rio Dyer; 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams; 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 Dan Lydiate; 5 Adam Beard, 4 Will Rowlands; 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Gareth Thomas.
Subs: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Ben Carter, 20 Jac Morgan, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Owen Watkin.

Argentina – 15 Juan Cruz Mallia; 14 Mateo Carreras, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Emiliano Boffelli; 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou; 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Martin Gonzalez; 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno; 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Thomas Gallo.
Subs: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Lucas Paulos, 20 Facunda Isa, 21 Eliseo Morales, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Matias Orlando.

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France vs South Africa (Saturday, Marseille, 10pm)

France – 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Yoram Moefana, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Thibaud Flament, 4 Cameron Woki, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille.
Subs: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Sipili Falatea, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Bastien Chalureau, 21 Sekou Macalou, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Matthieu Jalibert.

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South Africa – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Subs: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Marvin Orie, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Makazole Mapimpi.

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Scotland vs New Zealand (Sunday, Edinburgh, 4.15pm)

Scotland – 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie (c), 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Zager Fagerson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Subs: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 WP Nel, 19 Jonny Gray, 20 Jack Dempsey, 21 Ben White, 22 Blair Kinghorn, 23 Mark Bennett

New Zealand – 15 Jordie Barrett, 14 Mark Telea, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 David Havili, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Finlay Christie, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Dalton Papali’i, 6 Akira Ioane, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Samuel Whitelock (c), 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 1 Ethan de Groot
Subs: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 George Bower, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Tupou Vaa’i, 20 Shannon Frizell, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Stephen Perofeta, 23 Rieko Ioane

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