Reserve Pumas team to face Namibia

Martín Landajo will captain a makeshift Argentina side against Namibia on Sunday. Having already qualified for the quarter-finals, head coach Daniel Hourcade has opted to rest a number of his front line players and give opportunities to others.

Guido Petti is the only surviving member of the tight five left in the side, with Matias Alemanno beside him and a new front row in Lucas Noguera Paz, Julián Montoya, and Juan Pablo Orlandi. Javier Ortega Desio replaces Juan Fernández Lobbe on the flank and Facundo Isa starts at the back of the scrum with Leonardo Senatore on the bench.

The backs have an interesting look with Juan Martín Hernández, Juan Pablo Socino, and Santiago González Iglesias all similarly varsatile players with solid kicking games. Matías Moroni has moved out to the wing to accomodate, with Horacio Agulla on the other and Lucas González Amorosino at fullback.

Argentina have soundly beaten Namibia on both previous meetings, the last a 63-3 drubbing in Marseille during the 2007 World Cup. The Pumas will face the winners of the Pool D deciding France-Ireland match in the first stage of the knock-out rounds.

ARGENTINA
1 Lucas Noguera Paz 2 Julián Montoya 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi 4 Guido Petti 5 Matías Alemanno 6 Pablo Matera 7 Javier Ortega Desio 8 Facundo Isa 9 Martín Landajo (capt.) 10 Juan Martín Hernández 11 Horacio Agulla 12 Juan Pablo Socino 13 Santiago González Iglesias 14 Matías Moroni 15 Lucas González Amorosino

16 Agustín Creevy 17 Marcos Ayerza 18 Ramiro Herrera 19 Leonardo Senatore 20 Juan Fernández Lobbe 21 Tomás Cubelli 22 Marcelo Bosch 23 Juan Imhoff