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Argentina will have a renewed bottom line, as coach Mario Ledesma has made 10 changes to his starting lineup to face the All Blacks in Newcastle on Saturday.
Six of the 10 changes have occurred on the baseline as Argentina prepares to play its third consecutive Test Match against an All Blacks team that took a break last weekend.
Emiliano Boffelli returns to the starting lineups and they are joined by outside wingers Ramiro Moyano and Santiago Cordero, who replace Bautista Delguy and Juan Imhoff respectively.
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The pair of midfielders formed by the centers Santiago Chocobares and Matías Orlando, who played so well defensively against the Wallabies, gives way to Jerónimo de la Fuente and Juan Cruz Mallia.
The final change to the baseline sees Filipe Ezcurra start at scrum half in place of the injured Tomas Cubelli.
In the back row, Facundo Isa, who came off the bench against the Wallabies last week, starts at No. 8 replacing Rodrigo Bruni.
Argentina has also rotated its pillars with Marcos Vivas and Santiago Medrano receiving the call from the bank.
The other change to the front pack sees rookie Lucas Paulos grab Matias Alemanno’s number five jersey.
Argentina – 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Ramiro Moyano, 13 Juan Cruz Mallía, 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Felipe Ezcurra, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera (c), 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Santiago Medrano, 2 Julian Montoya, 1 Mayco Vivas.
Subs: 16 Santiago Socino, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Matías Alemanno, 20. Santiago Grondona, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Santiago Carreras 23 Lucas Mensa.
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