The Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has paid Romania the ultimate compliment by naming his strongest team for Saturday's Rugby World Cup pool match in Invercargill, with just two injury-enforced changes from the side which narrowly lost to England in their tournament opener.
Marcelo Bosch comes in for centre Gonzalo Tiesi, who is out of the tournament with a knee injury, while Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino will start at fullback.
That allows Martin Rodriguez to move to centre and Santiago Fernandez to switch from midfield to first five in place of injured captain Felipe Contepomi.
Number eight Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe will captain the side for the seventh time while hooker Mario Ledesma will set a national record 15th World Cup appearance.
With a pivotal pool game game against Scotland looming in the background Argentina might have been expected to rest some key players but Romania's impressive display against the Scots and the Pumas' own limited game time together led to them to opt for continuity.
