Argentina: Juan Imhoff starts in one of four changes for Rugby Championship rematch with Australia
Argentina head coach Michael Cheika has made four changes in personnel to his starting line-up that will face Australia in San Juan on Saturday.
On the back of a disappointing defeat to the Wallabies in Round One of the Rugby Championship, the Pumas will be looking to bounce back this weekend.
Coming into the backline is wing Juan Imhoff, centre Matias Moroni and scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou for the clash at Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario.
Wing switch for Emiliano Boffelli
The trio replace Santiago Cordero, Matias Orlando and Tomas Cubelli in the Pumas’ starting side, with Emiliano Boffelli moving from the left wing to right.
Up front, there is just one change made by coach Cheika for the match against his country of birth, Australia, with Thomas Gallo coming in at loosehead prop.
He takes the place of the benched Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro while Facundo Isa and Lucio Cinti are the other new faces in the matchday 23 from the opening loss.
Argentina currently sit in third spot on the Rugby Championship table and will hope to respond against the Wallabies before the tournament takes a break.
The Pumas will be desperate to replicate their first-half performance from Mendoza and influential captain Julian Montoya will look to rally his troops again.
The team
Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Facundo Isa, 20 Rodrigo Bruni, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Lucio Cinti
Date: Saturday, August 13
Venue: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
Kick-off: 16:10 local (20:10 BST, 19:10 GMT)
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant Referees: Mike Adamson (Scotland), Chris Busby (Ireland)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
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