Murphy replaces Girvan Dempsey to gain his 59th cap as national coach Declan Kidney also calls up Munster hooker Jerry Flannery and Ulster back-row Stephen Ferris as he makes three changes to the team beaten by New Zealand last Saturday.
Tigers prop Marcos Ayerza has been named among the Argentina replacements for a third successive occasion in the autumn internationals.
Ireland Team
15 Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
14 Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
13 Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster, captain)
12 Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
11 Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
10 Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9 Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
1 Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
2 Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
3 John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
4 Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
7 David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
8 Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Replacements:
16 Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
17 Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
18 Malcolm O’Kelly (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
19 A.N. Other
20 Eoin Reddan (Wasps)
21 Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
22 Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Argentina: Horacio Agulla, Francisco Leonelli, Federico Martín Aramburú, Miguel Avramovic, Rafael Carballo, Juan Martín Hernández, Nicolás Vergallo; Rodrigo Roncero, Mario Ledesma, Juan Pablo Orlandi, Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, Patricio Albacete, Martín Durand, Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (c), Juan Manuel Leguizamón. Reps: Alberto Vernet Basualdo, Marcos Ayerza, Esteban Lozada, Álvaro Galindo, Agustín Figuerola, Santiago Fernández, Bernardo Stortoni