Rugby Championship 2014: Argentina side to play New Zealand

pumasDaniel Hourcade makes three changes to his Argentina side to play New Zealand in Plata this weekend. Livewire scrum-half Tomas Cubelli gets his first start of the tournament in place of Martin Landajo, while Benjamin Macome comes in for the injured Juan Manuel Leguizamon.

The final change sees Tomas Lavanini return to the engine room in plave of Matias Alemanno, who drops to the bench.

The Argentinians are still chasing their first Rugby Championship win despite coming close on several occasions, and lost the equivalent fixture in New Zealand earlier this month 9-28.

Argentina team to play New Zealand:

15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Juan Imhoff, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Juan Martín Hernández, 11 Manuel Montero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Tomás Cubelli, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 6 Benjamin Macome, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Mariano Galarza, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Marcos Ayerza.

Replacements: 16 Matías Cortese, 17 Lucas Noguera Paz, 18 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 19 Matías Alemanno, 20 Rodrigo Báez, 21 Martín Landajo, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Horacio Agulla.

Date: Saturday, September 27
Venue: Estadio Único Ciudad de La Plata
Kick-off: 19:10 local (23:10 BST, 22:10 GMT)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

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