Argentina's Tomas Lezana returns for autumn Test against Ireland
Thursday 23 November 2017 15:52, UK
Tomas Lezana has returned from a lightning trip home to start for Argentina in Saturday's Dublin Test against Ireland, live on Sky Sports Action from 5.15pm.
The 23-year-old takes over from Juan Manuel Leguizamon at No 8 for the Pumas, while Matias Moroni and Ramiro Moyano are brought into the backline.
Lezana played in the first of Argentina's three November Tests when they were defeated 21-8 by England at Twickenham, and was then allowed to return to Buenos Aires after the death of his grandmother.
He missed the Pumas' 31-15 victory over Italy before rejoining the squad on Monday.
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The only other change comes on the right wing where Ramiro Moyano replaces Sebastian Cancelliere, who drops to the bench.
Argentina beat Ireland 43-20 in their last meeting in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Rugby World Cup but have yet to overcome their hosts in eight Tests in Dublin.
Argentina: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Ramiro Moyano, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Martin Landajo; 1 Santiago Garcia Botta, 2 Agustin Creevy (c), 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 4 Matias Alemanno, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 6 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Tomas Lezana.
Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Lucas Noguera, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 23 Sebastian Cancelliere.
