Pumas change five for Georgia
Argentina have made five changes to the team that beat Scotland for their final World Cup Pool B match against Georgia in Palmerston North on Sunday.
Front row forward Rodrigo Roncero and No.8 Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe were both injured in last weekend’s key match and are replaced by Marcos Ayerza and Leonardo Senatore respectively.
The other change in the forwards is lock Mariano Galarza coming in for Manuel Carizza in the second row.
Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, who scored the sensational try which won the match for Argentina against Scotland, is rewarded with a starting place at fullback.
Juan Jose Imhoff comes in on the left wing with Horacio Agulla switching to the right wing to accommodate him. Gonzalo Camacho and Martín Rodríguez are the players to lose their places.
Captain Felipe Contepomi needs to score 18 points to break the Argentine record of 590 international points set by the legendary Hugo Porta.
Argentina: 15 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Felipe Contepomi (captain), 11 Juan Jose Imhoff, 10 Santiago Fernández, 9 Nicolás Vergallo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6 Julio Farias Cabello, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Mariano Galarza, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Mario Ledesma Arocena, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Agustín Creevy, 17 Martín Scelzo, 18 Tomas Vallejos, 19 Alejandro Campos, 20 Alfredo Lalanne, 21 Agustín Gosio, 22Martín Rodríguez.
Date: Sunday, October 2
Kick-off: 13.00 (00.00 GMT)
Venue: Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (England), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
