Argentina have moved winger Matias Moroni to outside centre in place of the suspended Marcelo Bosch for their World Cup quarter-final against Ireland on Sunday.
The make-up of the back division was the big decision facing Pumas coach Daniel Hourcade following the suspension of Bosch, who is the lynchpin of their defence.
Most of Hourcade's big names were rested for last weekend's match with Pool C minnows Namibia and there are 10 changes in total from that game.
Juan Martin Hernandez moves back to inside centre to make way for the return of fly-half Nicolas Sanchez, while Martin Landajo is preferred to Tomas Cubelli at scrum-half.
Moroni played on the right wing against Namibia but did play at outside centre in the previous match against Tonga.
Veteran back-row forward Juan Manuel Leguizamon has not recovered from injury and was left out of the squad for the match at the Millennium Stadium.
Saracens star Bosch is banned for a week for committing a dangerous tackle against Namibia.
"We believe this is our best team to face this match," Hourcade said. "They have a style similar to the southern hemisphere teams, committing few people in the contact areas and being accustomed to having the ball a lot of the time.
"They have great ball winning, a fantastic line-out, they are very patient, play well, don't get desperate."
Argentina have beaten Ireland in two of their three World Cup meetings.
"Those are statistics that have no influence, the players don't have them on their minds," Hourcade said.
"There are other types of statistics that matter, like Ireland having above 60 percent of possession in all their recent matches and 70 in one half against France."
Argentina: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Juan Martin Hernandez, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Martin Landajo, 1 Marcos Ayerza, 2 Agustin Creevy (captain), 3 Ramiro Herrera, 4 Guido Petti, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 6 Pablo Matera, 7 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 8 Leonardo Senatore
Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Lucas Noguera, 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Facundo Isa, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 23 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino
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