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Argentina XV Head Coach Pablo Bouza has made three changes to his starting lineup for the final round Americas Rugby Championship fixture against Brazilian Saturday.
Having started against Canada, the veteran of three Rugby World Cup’s Juan Manuel Leguizamón will not play. Starting on the side of the scrum in his place will be José Deheza who returns to the run-on team after he started in round three against Uruguay.
In the backs the reliable goal kicker Pedro Mercerat has been named to play on the left wing. This sees him move from fullback, the position he has played in throughout the tournament. Starting at fullback against Brazil will be Ramiro Moyano from the Jaguares who had been named to start against the USA only to be injured during the captain’s run.
The rugby stronghold of São José dos Campos will host the fixture. Kick-off is scheduled for 8:10pm local.
ARGENTINA XV
1 Facundo Gigena 2 Santiago Iglesias Valdez (capt.) 3 Enrique Pieretto 4 Pedro Ortega 5 Ignacio Larrague 6 José Deheza 7 Lautaro Bavaro 8 Santiago Portillo 9 Marcos Bollini 10 Juan Cruz González 11 Pedro Mercerat 12 Tomás Granella 13 Juan Cappiello 14 Juan Pablo Estellés 15 Ramiro Moyano
16 Axel Zapata 17 Franco Brarda 18 Eduardo Bello 19 Franco Molina 20 Miguel Urtubey 21 Patricio Baronio 22 Martín Elías 23 Bautista Delguy
