Despite the recent much-publicised rift between the Argentinian Rugby Union (UAR) and the country's leading players, coach Marcelo Loffreda has been able to call on nearly all his big names for the first of the two-Test series.
Stade Français scrum-half Agustín Pichot will skipper a team whose only notable absentee is Leinster playmaker Felipe Contepomi who is currently sitting his medical exams.
Team: 15 Juan Martín Hernández, 14 José María Nuñez Piossek, 13 Gonzalo Tiesi, 12 Rafael Carballo, 11 Lucas Borges, 10 Federico Todeschini, 9 Agustín Pichot (captain), 8 Gonzalo Longo, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 5 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, 4 Ignacio Fernández Lobbe, 3 Martín Scelzo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Rodrigo Roncero
Replacements: 16 Marcos Ayerza, 17 Pablo Gambarini, 18 Santiago Sanz, 19 Martín Schuterman, 20 Nicolás Fernández Miranda, 21 Francisco Leonelli, 22 Federico Serra