Pumas make six changes

Phelan strengthens his pack for Scotland clash

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Pumas make six changes

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Argentina will look to finish their autumn tour of the home unions on a high after making six changes to the line-up to face Scotland.

The Pumas head to Murrayfield for Saturday's clash on the back of disappointing defeats to England and Wales.

However coach Santiago Phelan has bolstered his pack for the clash.

Leicester prop Marcos Ayerza, hooker Alberto Vernet Basualdo, lock Manuel Carizza and flanker Alejandro Campos are all handed starts for the match, with Rodrigo Roncero, Mario Ledesma, Mariano Sambucetti and Tomas Leonardi missing out.

In the backs, London Irish scrum-half Alfredo Lalanne is recalled at the expense of Agustin Figuerola, while Federico Martin Aramburu comes in on the win in place of Mauro Comuzzi.

Argentina: 15 Horacio Agulla (Brive), 14 Lucas Borges (Albi), 13 Gonzalo Tiesi (Harlequins), 12 Martin Rodriguez (Atletico de Rosario), 11 Federico Martin Aramburu (Dax), 10 Santiago Fernandez (Hindu Club), 9 Alfredo Lalanne (London Irish), 1 Marcos Ayerza (Leicester), 2 Alberto Vernet Basualdo (Toulouse), 3 Martin Scelzo (Clermont Auvergne), 4 Manuel Carizza (Biarritz), 5 Patricio Albacete (Toulouse), 6 Alejandro Campos (Montauban), 7 Alejandro Abadie (Rovigo), 8 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (Toulon, capt).
Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy (San Luis), 17 Rodrigo Roncero (Stade Francais), 18 Estaban Lozada (Toulon), 19 Tomas Leonardi (SIC), 20 Agustin Figuerola (CASI), 21 Benjamin Urdapilleta (CUBA), 22 Horacio San Martin (Tala).

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