Pumas change four ahead of Wallabies Test

Argentina have made four changes to their starting XV for this weekend's Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Mendoza.

Argentina head coach Daniel Hourcade

Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade has made four changes to his starting side to tackle the Wallabies. (AAP)

Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade has made four changes to his starting side to tackle the Wallabies in Mendoza this weekend.

A new second-row pairing of Marcos Kremer and Matias Alemanno replaces Guido Petti and Tomas Lavanini.

Martin Landajo comes in for former Brumbies scrumhalf Tomas Cubelli who misses through injury, and Javier Ortega starts in the No.7 jumper instead of Juan Manuel Leguizamon.

The Pumas are looking to avoid ending the Rugby Championship without points when they meet the Wallabies on Saturday in the last match of the tournament.

Argentina will complete their worst season since joining the elite southern hemisphere competition in 2012 if they fall to a sixth consecutive Test defeat and fail to bag even a bonus point.

ARGENTINA: Joaquin Tuculet, Matias Moroni, Matias Orlando, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Emiliano Boffelli, Nicolas Sanchez, Martin Landajo, Tomas Lezana, Javier Ortega Desio, Pablo Matera, Matias Alemanno, Marcos Kremer, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Agustin Creevy (capt), Lucas Noguera Paz. RES: Julian Montoya, Santiago Garcia Botta, Enrique Pieretto, Banjamin Macome, Leonardo Senatore, Gonzalo Bertranou, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Santiago Cordero.


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