Three 'new' Pumas for Dublin
Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has made three changes to his starting XV to play against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday.
The only change in the forwards sees flank Julio Farias Cabello, who impressed as a replacement on his Pumas debut against the French in Montpellier last Saturday, start ahead of Miguel de Achaval.
World Cup wing Horacio Agulla, who missed the Pumas’ 22-16 win over Italy and 9-15 defeat against France, comes in for Gonzalo Camacho and centre Marcelo Bosch replaces Santiago Fernandez at No.12.
Wing Lucas Borges, another member of Argentina’s 2007 World Cup squad, comes on to the bench with prop Juan Figallo.
Argentina: 15 Martin Rodriguez, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Gonzalo Tiesi, 12 Marcelo Bosch, 11 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, 10 Felipe Contepomi (captain), 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Juan Fernandez Lobbe, 7 Julio Farias Cabello, 6 Genaro Fessia, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Mariano Galarza, 3 Martin Scelzo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Juan Figallo, 19 Santiago Guzman, 20 Alvaro Galindo, 21 Alfredo Lalanne, 22 Lucas Borges.
Date: Sunday, November 28
Venue: Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Kick-off: 14.30 (14.30 GMT)
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Stuart Terheege (England)
TMO: Daniel Gillet (France)
