Overview

• Felipe Contepomi confirmed six changes from the England tests and named a starting XV that includes 12 players with three caps or fewer.
• Santiago Pernas is set to make his Test debut for Los Pumas while Nicolás D’Amorim and Faustino Sánchez Valarolo may earn their first caps off the bench.
• Uruguay arrives in Salta after routing Romania 70-8 and fields a Peñarol-based core under coach Rodolfo Ambrosio.
• The 43rd Test between Argentina and Uruguay follows 42 straight Puma victories and serves as a barometer of squad depth after back-to-back losses to England.
• The fixture closes Argentina’s July international window and doubles as a farewell for veterans Francisco Gómez Kodela and Santiago Cordero.