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Argentina name starting line-up to face England at Twickenham

Juan Martin Hernandez of Argentina during The Rugby Championship match against South Africa in Nelspruit, 2016
Image: Juan Martin Hernandez replaces Nicolas Sanchez at fly-half

Argentina head coach Daniel Hourcade has made three changes to his starting line-up to face England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Leonardo Senatore has replaced Facundo Isa in the back row, while Tomas Cubelli starts at scrum-half in place of Martin Landajo.

Juan Martin Hernandez moves from midfield to replace fly-half Nicolas Sanchez, who has been dropped for Saturday's autumn international.

Maitland scores Scotland's try against Argentina
Image: Argentina suffered a 19-16 defeat to Scotland last time out

Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, meanwhile, takes Sanchez's place in Hourcade's starting line-up.

Argentina are hoping to bounce back from last weekend's disappointing 19-16 defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield.

Hourcade believes his side will have to be at their best to challenge England, who have already defeated South Africa and Fiji during the autumn series.  

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"Even though the perfect match doesn't exist, we have to play the best game possible, because England are in a great place and they're a very good team," said Hourcade, who backed Hernandez to impress at fly-half.

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"Having Hernandez in the starting line-up is always a benefit for the team and of course playing at 10 is a position that he prefers," he said.

"It is not only Hernandez's experience of that game which is important, it is his knowledge, his experience in many situations that is important for the team."

 Nicolas Sanchez of Argentina
Image: Nicolas Sanchez has been dropped from the Argentina squad

Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Matías Orlando, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Santiago González Iglesias, 11 Santiago Cordero; 10 Juan Martín Hernández, 9 Tomás Cubelli; 1 Lucas Noguera, 2 Agustin Creevy (c), 3 Ramiro Herrera, 4 Guido Petti, 5 Matías Alemanno, 6 Pablo Matera, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 8 Leonardo Senatore.

Replacements: 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Santiago García Botta, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Facundo Isa, 20 Tomas Lezana, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Jerónimo De la Fuente, 23 Juan Pablo Estelles

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