Marcos Ayerza will start in the front row for Los Pumas in his own Testimonial Challenge against Leicester Tigers on Saturday.Tigers prop Ayerza is preparing for his third World Cup in Argentina colours and has been named in the starting line-up by Pumas head coach Daniel Hourcade.
The line-up also includes Marcelo Bosch of Saracens alongside former Stade Francais and Racing Metro star Juan Martin Hernandez at centre, European Cup winner Nicolas Sanchez at fly-half and former national captain Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe in the back row.
Lucas Amorosino, Horacio Agulla and Pablo Matera, who all enjoyed spells at Tigers, are also in a 29-man squad in the Pumas’ final warm-up game before starting their World Cup campaign against the All Blacks.
Tickets for Saturday are available now from the Tigers ticket office. Book in person at the Tigers Club Store at Welford Road, phone 0116 319 8888 (option 2) or click here to book online.
Los Pumas
15 Joaquín Tuculet
14 Santiago Cordero
13 Marcelo Bosch
12 Juan Martín Hernández
11 Juan Imhoff
10 Nicolás Sánchez
9 Tomás Cubelli (c)
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Julián Montoya
3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
4 Guido Petti Pagadizabal
5 Tomás Lavanini
6 Javier Ortega Desio
7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
8 Facundo Isa
Replacements
16 Lucas Noguera
17 Juan Pablo Orlandi
18 Matías Alemanno
19 Mariano Galarza
20 Juan Manuel Leguizamón
21 Martín Landajo
22 Santiago González Iglesias
23 Lucas González Amorosino
24 Leonardo Senatore
25 Pablo Matera
26 Jerónimo de la Fuente
27 Matías Moroni
28 Juan Pablo Socino
29 Horacio Agulla
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