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Scotland head coach gregor townsend have made just one change to their starting team for Sunday’s test against Argentina at Murrayfield.
Vice-captain Rory Darge, who came off the bench Lost 25-17 to New Zealand last weekendStarts at openside flanker in place of Matt Fagerson, who drops to the bench.
talisman deadlock finn russell He has been deemed fit to retain his place after being substituted due to knee and ankle problems in the closing stages last Saturday.
There’s still no room in the team for the impressive prop xander fagersonJoe is working his way back to full fitness after being sidelined since the beginning of April due to calf and knee problems.
Joint-record try-scorer duhan van der merwe Named on the bench after being left out of the squad entirely last weekend, Townsend has returned to a 5-3 split after going down 6-2 against the All Blacks. Lock Marshall Sykes is out.
In the only other change to the bench, Nathan McBeth replaces fellow Glasgow prop Rory Sutherland, who is ruled out through injury.
Scotland XV face Argentina at Murrayfield (Sunday November 16, 3.10pm GMT): 1 Pierre Shoman, 2 Ivan Ashman, 3 D’Arcy Rae; 4 Scott Cummings, 5 Grant Gilchrist; 6 Gregor Brown, 7 Rory Darge, 8 Jack Dempsey; 9 Ben White, 10 Finn Russell; 11 Kyle Steyn, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 14 Darcy Graham; 15 Blair Kinghorn.
Replacement: 16 George Turner, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Elliott Miller Mills, 19 Josh Bayliss, 20 Matt Fagerson; 21 Jamie Dobbie, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Duhan van der Merwe.
Argentina XV: 1 Meco Vivas, 2 Julian Montoya (captain), 3 Pedro Delgado; 4 Guido Petti, 5 Pedro Rubiolo; 6 Santiago Grondona, 7 Juan Martín González, 8 Joaquín Oviedo; 9 Simon Benitez Cruz, 10 Geronimo Prisciantelli; 11 Mateo Carreras, 12 Santiago Chocobarres, 13 Matias Moroni, 14 Rodrigo Isgro; 15 Juan Cruz Mallia.
Replacement: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Thomas Gallo, 18 Francisco Correa Marchetti, 19 Efrain Elias, 20 Pablo Matera; 21 Agustin Moyano, 22 Santiago Carreras, 23 Justo Picardo.
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