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Landajo leads Pumas into battle against All Blacks

Landajo, who comes into the starting XV from the bench, takes over the captaincy from hooker Agustin Creevy.

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The starting XV shows four changes – including a position switch – from the side that lost 20-36 to the Wallabies in their last Rugby Championship outing – in Perth a fortnight ago.Landajo leads Pumas into battle against All Blacks

Coach Daniel Hourcade, apart from bringing Landajo at scrumhalf ahead of Tomas Cubelli, also named Ramiro Moyano on the left wing in place of Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino.

Guido Petti returns to the starting XV at lock, with Javier Ortega Desio moving from lock to flank and Juan Manuel Leguizamon dropping down to the replacement bench.

Another significant selection on the bench is that of Jerónimo de la Fuente, who could make his Rugby Championship debut if he gets onto the field.

Hourcade said he chose "the best players" for this match and who are best suited to their game plan.

"Playing at home and against the All Blacks is a huge motivation," he said of Saturday's Test.

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He admitted his team learnt some harsh lessons from their loss to the All Blacks in Hamilton three weeks ago.

"We had a very good 55 minutes in Hamilton, but we must learn to play for the full 80 minutes."

Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Santiago González Iglesias, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo (captain), 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matías Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.

Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Lucas Noguera, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 20 Leonardo Senatore, 21 Tomás Cubelli, 22 Jerónimo De la Fuente, 23 Matías Orlando.

Date: Saturday, October 1

Venue: Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires

Kick-off: 19.10 (22.10 GMT; 11.10 Sunday, October 2  NZ daylight time)

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

TMO: Johan Greeff (South Africa)

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