Bath Rugby wing Horacio Agulla makes his first start in this season’s Rugby Championship when the Pumas face the All Blacks in Napier on Saturday (k.o 07.35).
Agulla will make his 54th appearance for Argentina, and also featured when they were narrowly defeated by the Francois Louw-inspired Springboks in the last round of the competition, falling to an agonisingly close 33-31 loss. They are still searching for their first victory since their entry to the Rugby Championship last season.
In total, the Pumas have faced the All Blacks on 22 occasions, with one draw in Buenos Aires in 1985 their best result.
Argentina team to face New Zealand
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Agustin Creevy
3 Ramiro Herrera
4 Mariano Galarza
5 Lavanini Thomas
6 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe
7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón
8 Leonardo Senatore
9 Martin Landajo
10 Nicolás Sánchez
11 Lucas González Amorosino
12 Juan Martín Hernández
13 Marcelo Bosch
14 Horacio Agulla
15 Joaquin Tuculet
Replacements
16 Matias Cortese
17 Lucas Noguera Paz
18 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
19 Matias Alemanno
20 Rodrigo Baez
21 Thomas Cubelli
22 Santiago González Iglesias
23 Juan Imhoff
