The Argentine rugby team The Cougarswill face Scotland in the third and final match of the international preparation window for the Rugby Championship which will be played in August.

The test match with the European team will be played at 16:05 at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero and will be directed by referee Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) and his assistants Mathieu Raynal and Tual Trainini, both from France. The broadcast of him will be in charge of ESPN and the Star + platform.

Argentina started the series with a win (28-16), Saturday 2 in San Salvador de Jujuy, and a week later they lost 29-6 in Salta.

The coach of the Argentine team, Michele Sheikahas ordered 11 changes in the starting XV which will try to reverse the image delivered to the Padre Martearena stadium, where the Los Pumas have been surpassed in all facets of the game.

Among the changes, the presence of the third line stands out Paolo Materawho will replace the injured Julián Montoya as captain and hooker Augustine Creevywho must take the helm of the team, as their influence on the game can be significant.

For his part, the coach of Scotland, Gregor Townsendconfirmed the fifteen owners that will have Hamish Watson as their new captain, and will be joined by Sione Tuipulotu, Rufus McLean, Ollie Smith, Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman and Scott Cummings.

Argentina and Scotland have met 20 times with ten wins each.

formations

Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallia, Bautista Delguy, Matías Orlando, Matías Moroni and Emiliano Boffelli; Santiago Carreras and Lautaro Bazan Velez; Facundo Isa, Santiago Grondona and Pablo Matera (captain); Tomas Lavanini and Guido Petti; Joel Sclavi, Agustín Creevy and Thomas Gallo. Coach: Michael Cheika

Scotland: Ollie Smith; Rufus McLean, Mark Bennett, Sione Tuipulotu and Duhan van der Merwe; Blair Kinghorn and Ali Price; Matt Fagerson, Hamish Watson (Captain) and Rory Darge; Jonny Gray and Scott Cummings; Zander Fagerson, Ewan Ashman and Rory Sutherland. Coach: Gregor Townsend

Stadium: Mother of Cities Stadium (Santiago del Estero))

Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Tual Trainini (France)

TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Starting time: 16:05

TV: ESPN and Star +.