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Pumas to lean on World Cup stars

Agustín Creevy will lead the team into battle in the Brigadier López Stadium in Santa Fe on Saturday.

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The team features most of the members of Argentina's World Cup squad, which finished fourth in the global showpiece last year.

Manuel Montero is one addition – the wing having missed out on the World Cup, after suffering a serious injury in June.

Props Felipe Arregui and Enrique Pieretto could both make the Test debuts if they come off the bench.

Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Juan Martín Hernández, 11 Manuel Montero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Tomás Lezana, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matías Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustín Creevy (captain), 1 Santiago García Botta.

Replacements: 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Felipe Arregui, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Javier Ortega Desio, 20 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 21 Tomás Cubelli, 22 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 23 Ramiro Moyano.

 

Date: Saturday, June 11

Venue: Brigadier López Stadium, Santa Fe

Kick-off: 15.45 (20.45 Italian time; 18.45 GMT)

Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Luke Pearce (England), Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)

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