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Argentina name an unchanged XV for South Africa clash

Facundo Isa takes on the Springbok defence
Image: Facundo Isa was impressive against South Africa in Nelspruit

Argentina have named an unchanged starting XV for their next Rugby Championship match against South Africa on Saturday.

The teams met last weekend when the Springboks won 30-23, and Puma's coach Daniel Hourcade has kept faith with the players for the return fixture in Salta.

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Hourcade has made a single change to the replacements bench, selecting utility back Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino in place of Ramiro Moyano.

The Pumas led the Springboks by 10 points with 10 minutes remaining in their opening Rugby Championship game and Hourcade has rewarded the players with another chance.

He said on Thursday: "We controlled the game for 70 minutes in South Africa before making mistakes that proved costly.

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"There are issues to correct and others that we have to repeat in order to prevent the Springboks playing their game."

Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Matías Orlando, 12 Juan Martín Hernández, 11 Manuel Montero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo; 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustín Creevy (c), 3 Ramiro Herrera, 4 Matías Alemanno,  5 Tomás Lavanini, 6 Pablo Matera, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 8 Facundo Isa.

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Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Felipe Arregui, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Javier Ortega Desio, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Lucas González Amorosino