Rugby Championship: Argentina make three changes for New Zealand clash
Friday 26 September 2014 06:49, UK
Argentina have made three changes to the team beaten by Australia for their Rugby Championship clash with New Zealand in La Plata on Saturday.
Tomas Cubelli comes in at scrum-half for Martin Landajo, who drops to the bench for the Pumas.
Thomas Lavanini returns at lock with Matias Alemanno demoted to the replacements by coach Daniel Hourcade, whose side have lost their opening four matches in the competition.
The final change sees Benjamin Macome, a replacement in the 32-25 defeat by the Wallabies, handed a starting spot in place of the injured Juan Manuel Leguizamon.
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Among the replacements, only hooker Matias Cortese, prop Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and loose forward Rodrigo Baez remain of the eight selected for the Gold Coast Test.
Prop Lucas Noguera Paz, centre Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias and wing Horacio Agulla have all been drafted in by Hourcade.
New Zealand scored four tries for a bonus-point 28-9 victory over Argentina in Napier earlier this month and will seek a sixth consecutive Rugby Championship victory over the South Americans.
Another bonus-point victory for the All Blacks in La Plata will seal a third consecutive title for the reigning world champions.
Argentina: Joaquin Tuculet; Juan Imhoff, Marcelo Bosch, Juan Martin Hernandez, Manuel Montero; Nicolas Sanchez, Tomas Cubelli; Leonardo Senatore, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Benjamin Macome; Tomas Lavanini, Mariano Galarza; Ramiro Herrera, Agustin Creevy (capt), Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: Matias Cortese, Lucas Noguera Paz, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Matias Alemanno, Rodrigo Baez, Martin Landajo, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Horacio Agulla.
Watch Argentina v New Zealand live on Sky Sports 3 at 23.10 on Saturday.
