Ayerza: Recalled
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).
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| RBS Six Nations | |
| Saturday 13th February | |
| RBS Six Nations | |
| 14:00 | Wales vs Scotland |
| 16:30 | France vs Ireland |
| Sunday 14th February | |
| 14:30 | Italy vs England |
| Friday 26th February | |
| 20:00 | Wales vs France |
| Saturday 27th February | |
| 13:30 | Italy vs Scotland |
| 16:00 | England vs Ireland |
| Saturday 13th March | |
| 14:30 | Ireland vs Wales |
| 17:00 | Scotland vs England |
| Sunday 14th March | |
| 14:30 | France vs Italy |
| Saturday 20th March | |
| 14:30 | Wales vs Italy |
| 17:00 | Ireland vs Scotland |
| 19:45 | France vs England |
| Result |
|---|
| RBS Six Nations |
| Sunday 7th February |
| RBS Six Nations |
| Scotland 9 - 18 France |
| Saturday 6th February |
| England 30 - 17 Wales |
| Ireland 29 - 11 Italy |
Stuart Barnes says a change of outlook will help England, as will a change of personnel against Italy.
Skysports.com names its team of the weekend from the opening round of RBS Six Nations matches.
Wales second-rower Alun-Wyn Jones thought his costly sin-binning against England might jeopardise his international career.
Lewis Moody has urged his England team-mates to follow his enthusiastic lead in Sunday's RBS Six Nations clash with Italy.
Stephen Ferris has been given extra time to recover from injury ahead of the crunch RBS Six Nations clash with France.
Lock Alun-Wyn Jones has kept his place, but Wales coach Warren Gatland has made two changes for Saturday's clash with Scotland.
Scotland coach Andy Robinson has axed Phil Godman for the RBS Six Nations clash against Wales.
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