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Gonzalo Camacho to make Argentina return against Australia

Image: Gonzalo Camacho has not played for Argentina since September 2013.

Winger Gonzalo Camacho will make his international comeback after three shoulder operations in two years when Argentina face Australia in the Rugby Championship in Mendoza on Saturday.

Camacho, who damaged his shoulder against New Zealand in Hamilton in September 2013, is one of seven changes to coach Daniel Hourcade's team that lost 39-18 to the All Blacks in Christchurch last weekend.

Five of the changes are in the backs, where only fly-half Nicolas Sanchez and Santiago Cordero, who has moved from the left wing to full-back to replace the injured Joaquin Tuculet, survive.

Centres Juan Pablo Socino and Matias Moroni make their championship debuts, replacing Jeronimo de la Fuente and Marcelo Bosch, with Socino also making his first Pumas appearance.

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Juan Imhoff returns on the right wing in place of Horacio Agulla and Martin Landajo stands in for Tomas Cubelli at scrum-half.

In the pack, Tomas Lavanini comes in for Guido Petti in the second row and Javier Ortega Desio replaces veteran Juan Manuel Leguizamon at blindside flanker.

Argentina: 15-S Cordero, 14-G Camacho, 13-M Moroni, 12-J Pablo Socino, 11-J Imhoff, 10-N Sanchez, 9-M Landajo; 8-F Isa, 7-J Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6-J Ortega Desio, 5-T Lavanini, 4-M Carizza, 3-R Herrera, 2-A Creevy (capt), 1-M Ayerza
Replacements: 16-S Iglesias Valdez, 17-N Tetaz Chaparro, 18-M Diaz, 19-M Alemanno, 20-L Senatore, 21-T Cubelli, 22-S Gonzalez Iglesias, 23-L Gonzalez Amorosino