Italy v Argentina

Italy v Argentina rescheduled to Friday

ESPN Staff

Italy's fixture against Argentina in Genoa has been moved to Friday 1715 local time (1615 GMT).

The city of Genoa has recently been devastated by flooding and more inclement weather is forecast for Saturday. Five people have died as a result of the latest wave of storms that have battered northern Italy as floods and landslides wreak havoc. The pitch at the Luigi Ferrari stadium in Genoa was also badly affected.

Italy have made one change to the XV that beat Samoa 24-13 last Saturday for the Test against Argentina. Veteran prop Martin Castrogiovanni, who was suspended last for the Samoa match, returns at tighthead in place of Dario Chistolini. The only other change is on the bench, where flanker Francesco Minto replaces Robert Barbieri.

The victory over Samoa was Italy's first win in 12 months and the Azzurri had to battle hard for it, having been seven points in arrears at the interval.

Argentina have reacted to their defeat to Scotland with seven changes. Half-back Martin Landajo and Nicolas Sanchez have been dropped to the bench, with Tomás Cubelli coming in at scrum-half and captain and Juan Martin Hernández moving in a spot from inside centre. His centre partner last week, Saracens' Marcelo Bosch, misses out and is replaced by Horacio Agulla. Lucas Amorosino and Jeronimo De La Fuente come in at right wing and inside centre respectively.

Up front, Matías Cortese replaces injured captain Agustin Creevy at hooker, Nahuel Chaparro is in at tighthead and Guido Petti at lock.

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