Captain Harry Wilson Returns As Wallabies Make Tweaks For Crucial Argentina Test

Nic White’s status circuit will proceed successful Townsville erstwhile nan halfback partners returning Wallabies flyhalf Tom Lynagh and skipper Harry Wilson against Argentina.

Andrew Kellaway has won nan conflict to capable nan injured Tom Wright’s boots astatine fullback astatine Queensland Country Bank Stadium connected Saturday successful nan different alteration to nan broadside that mislaid narrowly successful Cape Town a fortnight ago.

James O’Connor steered nan vessel successful nan two-game South African circuit but will travel disconnected nan chair down 22-year-old Lynagh, who was severely concussed successful nan 3rd Lions Test.

White had announced his status successful nan lead-up to that crippled but will commencement for a fourth-straight Test aft answering an SOS pursuing seasoned No 9 Jake Gordon’s hamstring injury.

Tom Hooper will displacement to nan 2nd statement to switch Will Skelton, who has returned to French nine duties, while Wilson has flooded a knee rumor to deterioration nan No 8 arsenic Rob Valetini moves to No 6.

Carlo Tizzano will get his first action since nan 3rd Lions Test, named connected a chair that besides includes versatile backmost Filipo Daugunu.

The teams are efficaciously fighting for a important top-six ranking up of December’s World Cup tie that would guarantee smoother transition to nan last stages of nan 2027 showpiece.

Los Pumas coach Felipe Contepomi has made 3 changes to nan starting broadside that hit nan All Blacks for nan first clip connected location ungraded a fortnight ago. He said location was nary threat of an affectional lull aft making history successful Buenos Aires.

“Sport is simply a very absorbing point ... I dislike much losing than what I emotion winning,” he told reporters successful Townsville connected Thursday. “I get retired of that dressing room and I’m already starting to deliberation connected nan adjacent job.

“When you lose, I effort not to return it longer than 24 hours, but sometimes it does. It hurts. So we started from zero nan pursuing day, preparing for Australia and trying to improve.”

Santiago Carreras will deterioration nan No 10 aft replacing Tomas Albornoz (hand) early successful that match.

Contepomi has rejigged his backmost statement pinch nan inspirational Pablo Matera moving to No 8 to accommodate blindside flanker Marcos Kremer.

Prop Joel Sclavi will start, Geronimo Prisciantelli could debut disconnected nan chair while loosehead Boris Wenger should besides gain his first headdress aft playing successful nan unofficial Test triumph complete nan Lions.

Australia: Tom Robertson, Billy Pollard, Taniela Tupou, Nick Frost, Tom Hooper, Rob Valetini, Fraser McReight, Harry Wilson (captain), Nic White, Tom Lynagh, Corey Toole, Len Ikitau, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, Max Jorgensen, Andrew Kellaway. Bench: Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Angus Bell, Zane Nonggorr, Jeremy Williams, Carlo Tizzano, Tate McDermott, James O’Connor, Filipo Daugunu.

Argentina: Mayco Vivas, Julian Montoya (captain), Joel Sclavi, Franco Molina, Pedro Rubiolo, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Marcos Kremer, Pablo Matera, Gonzalo Garcia, Santiago Carreras, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Chocobares, Lucio Cinti, Bautista Delguy, Juan Cruz Mallia. Bench: Ignacio Ruiz, Boris Wenger, Francisco Coria Marchetti, Guido Petti, Joaquin Ovideo, Agustin Moyano Geronimo Prisciantelli, Benjamin Elizalde