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Pumas need to batter Georgia

Pumas coach Daniel Hourcade made three changes to his pack after his side were beaten 26-16 by defending champions New Zealand in their opening World Cup clash at Wembley Stadium.

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Matias Alemanno replaces injured lock Guido Petti, who suffered a head knock in scoring a try against the All Blacks.

Loose forwards Facundo Isa and Juan Manuel Leguizamon have come in for Leonardo Senatore and Pablo Matera respectively.

This match should produce huge physical encounters amongst the forwards.

"It will be a big battle in the scrum and the mauls," said Argentina captain Austin Creevy.

"They are very strong and we have got to impose rhythm and dominate the game with our fowards."

Argentina: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Juan Martin Hernandez, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Tomas Cubelli, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustin Creevy (captain), 1 Marcos Ayerza.  

Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Lucas Noguera, 18 Ramiro Herrera, 19 Javier Ortega Desio, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 23 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino.

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Date: Friday, September 25

Venue: Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester

Kick-off: 16.45 (15.45 GMT; 19.45 Georgian time)

Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Stuart Berry (South Africa)

TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

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