Wallabies v. Argentina: Team Announcement

The Wallabies have moved on to Perth to take on Argentina and hopefully secure their first win of The Rugby Championship in 2013.

After a disappointing loss to South Africa in Brisbane last week, coach Ewen McKenzie has made two changes to the starting lineup with the big talking point being the benching of Will Genia with Nic White taking his place. Quade Cooper retains the 10 jersey despite speculation he could also be benched.

The other change is Ben Alexander moving back to tighthead in place of Sekope Kepu. On the wings, James O’Connor and Nick Cummins have switched places.

With Genia benched, Ben Mowen takes over the captaincy as the third captain in as many matches.

On the bench Sitaleki Timani earns a spot with the injury crisis amongst the Aussie locks causing headaches for McKenzie. Tevita Kuridrani earns a recall and takes the place of Jesse Mogg.

1. James Slipper

2. Stephen Moore

3. Ben Alexander

4. Rob Simmons

5. Kane Douglas

6. Scott Fardy

7. Michael Hooper

8. Ben Mowen (c)

9. Nic White

10. Quade Cooper

11. Nick Cummins

12. Christian Leali’ifano

13. Adam Ashley-Cooper

14. James O’Connor

15. Israel Folau

Replacements

16. Saia Fainga’a

17. Scott Sio

18. Sekope Kepu

19. Sitaleki Timani

20. Ben McCalman

21. Will Genia

22. Matt Toomua

23. Tevita Kuridrani

Kick off: 8:00pm (AEST)

Referee: Nigel Owens (WAL)

AR1: George Clancy (IRE)

AR2: Glen Jackson (NZL)

TMO: Vinny Munro (NZL)