Jaguares change two for Highlanders

After beating the Bulls in a very wet Buenos Aires last week, the Argentinean franchise are now looking for the Highlanders' scalp at the same venue on Saturday.

Juan Martin Hernández comes into the midfield - with Jerónimo de la Fuente shifting to outside centre, Hernández playing at No.12 and Matias Moroni dropping out of the matchday 23.

In the second row Javier Ortega Desio takes the place of Guido Petti, who suffered a sprained ankle against the Bulls.

Mark Kremer, who was a member of the Argentina Under-20 team that won bronze at the World Junior championship last month, comes onto the bench to provide second row cover.

The Jaguares are playing for pride only, having been knocked out of the play-off race some time ago.

However, the Highlanders are still in with a chance to make the play-offs, as they are currently fourth in the New Zealand conference - just three points outside a quarterfinal spot.

Jaguares: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 12 Juan Martin Hernández, 11 Manuel Montero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martin Landajo, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Javier Ortega Desio, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustin Creevy (captain), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.

Replacements: 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Santiago Garcia Botta, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Ignacio Larrague, 20 Marcos Kremer, 21 Felipe Ezcurra, 22 Matías Orlando, 23 Lucas González Amorosino.

Date: Saturday, July 9

Venue: Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires

Kick-off: 18.40 (21.40 GMT; 09.40, Sunday, July 10 NZ time)

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Assistant referees: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

TMO: Santiago Borsani (Argentina)