CAPE TOWN Aug 14 (Reuters) – Argentina flyhalf Juan Martin
Hernandez will make his first test appearance in three years in
the Rugby Championship match against South Africa on Saturday.
The 30-year-old has suffered a string of injuries since
helping his country finish third at the 2007 World Cup. His last
test was against England in June 2009.
The team will be captained by number eight Juan Martin
Fernandez Lobbe who takes over from Felipe Contepomi after the
centre made himself unavailable for this tournament.
The starting team at Newlands in Cape Town includes 14
players who play in Europe, with only flanker Julio Farias
Cabello playing in Argentina. Twelve of the team took part in
last year’s World Cup in New Zealand.
Team – Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino; Gonzalo Camacho, Marcelo
Bosch, Santiago Fernandez, Horacio Agulla; Juan Martin
Hernandez, Nicolas Vergallo; Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe
(captain), Alvaro Galindo, Julio Farias Cabello, Patricio
Albacete, Manuel Carizza, Juan Figallo, Eusebio Guinazu, Rodrigo
Roncero.
Replacements – Bruno Postiglioni, Marcos Ayerza, Juan Pablo
Orlandi, Thomas Leonardi, Leonardo Senatore, Martin Landajo,
Martin Rodriguez.
(Writing by Jason Humphries in Durban; editing by Tony Jimenez)
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