Graham reaches milestone as Townsend changes one for Los Pumas
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Darcy Graham is set to step out in a Scotland jersey for the 50th time this weekend, against Argentina, in the third match of the Nations Series.
Joint top try scorer for Scotland, Graham made his debut back in 2018 against Wales and has fond memories of facing Argentina after running in three tries in a 52-29 win in 2022 during their last encounter.
In the only change to the starting 15, vice-captain Rory Darge starts in the back row at openside flanker, with Matt Fagerson named on the bench.
Jack Dempsey and blindside flanker Gregor Brown are both selected, with No.8 Dempsey set for his third consecutive start.
In the second row, Scott Cummings and Grant Gilchrist make up a familiar pairing.
There is consistency in the front row with an all-Edinburgh selection where Pierre Schoeman, Ewan Ashman and D’arcy Rae link up.
In the backs, on the opposite wing to Graham, Kyle Steyn is selected after his try-scoring performance against New Zealand last weekend, with Blair Kinghorn completing the back three at fullback.
Rory Hutchinson and captain Sione Tuipulotu make up the centre partnership, with vice-captain Finn Russell and Ben White selected at flyhalf and scrumhalf respectively.
On the bench, there is a 5-3 split against an Argentinian side who come into the match on a high following a 52-28 victory over Wales at the weekend.
George Turner edges one cap closer to 50 with Glasgow Warriors prop Nathan McBeth named on the bench.
Elliot Millar Mills and Josh Bayliss retain their places along with Jamie Dobie and Tom Jordan, while Duhan van der Merwe also comes back into the fold following the opening weekend win over the USA, which marked his own 50th Scotland cap, when he scored two tries.
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (captain), 11 Kyle Steyn, 10 Finn Russell (vice-captain), 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Gregor Brown, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 D’Arcy Rae, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Josh Bayliss, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 Jamie Dobie, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Duhan van der Merwe.
Date: Sunday, November 16
Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 15.10 (12.10 ART; 15.10 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Luke Pearce (England)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)