Uruguay v Argentina - Teams and Prediction

PREVIEW: Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi has made several changes to his matchday squad for Saturday’s clash against Uruguay in Maldonado.

In the backline, Ignacio Mendy gets a start on the wing with Santiago Chocobares shifting to outside centre.

Jeronimo De La Fuente gets an opportunity in the No.12 jersey this week.

Tomas Albornoz will be in the pivotal role at flyhalf this week and his halfback partner will be Gonzalo Bertranou.

In the pack, there is one change in the back row with Joaquin Moro replacing Pablo Matera.

In the second row, Pedro Rubiolo comes in to replace Lucas Paulos, while Ignacio Ruiz and Thomas Gallo will join Eduardo Bello at the front of the scrum.

For Uruguay, their back three consists of Ignacio Alvarez, Juan Manuel Alonso and Mateo Carreras.

Tomas Inciarte and Andres Vilaseca will form a midfield combination with Felipe Etcheverry at flyhalf and Santiago Alvarez at scrumhalf.

In the pack, Manuel Diana, Santiago Civetta and Manuel Ardao will form the loose trio.

Manuel Leindekar and Felipe Aliaga are the locks and Reinaldo Piussi and Mateo Sanguinetti are the props.

German Kessler will wear the No.2 jersey.

Prediction

@rugby365com: Argentina by 16 points.

Teams:

Uruguay: 15 Ignacio Alvarez, 14 Juan Manuel Alonso, 13 Tomas Inciarte, 12 Andres Vilaseca, 11 Nicolas Freitas, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 9 Santiago Alvarez, 8 Manuel Diana, 7 Santiago Civetta, 6 Manuel Ardao, 5 Manuel Leindekar, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 3 Reinaldo Piussi, 2 German Kessler, 1 Mateo Sanguinetti.
Replacements: 16 Guillermo Pujadas, 17 Diego Arbelo, 18 Lucas Bianchi, 19 Joaquin Suarez, 20 Ignacio Peculo, 21 Diego Magno, 22 Carlos Deus, 23 Juan Bautista Hontou.

Argentina: 15 Santiago Cordero, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Santiago Chocobares, 12 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Marcos Kremer (captain), 6 Joaquin Moro, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Ignacio Ruiz, 1 Thomas Gallo.
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Calles, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Gonzalo Garcia, 22 Santiago Carreras, 23 Matias Orlando.

Date: Saturday, July 20
Venue: Estadio Domingo Burgueno Miguel, Maldonado
Kick-off: 16.00 (19.00 GMT)
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
Assistant referees: Chris Busby (Ireland), Frank Méndez (Chile)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)