The Wallabies have moved on to Perth to take on Argentina and hopefully secure their first win of The Rugby Championship in 2013.
After a disappointing loss to South Africa in Brisbane last week, coach Ewen McKenzie has made two changes to the starting lineup with the big talking point being the benching of Will Genia with Nic White taking his place. Quade Cooper retains the 10 jersey despite speculation he could also be benched.
The other change is Ben Alexander moving back to tighthead in place of Sekope Kepu. On the wings, James O’Connor and Nick Cummins have switched places.
With Genia benched, Ben Mowen takes over the captaincy as the third captain in as many matches.
On the bench Sitaleki Timani earns a spot with the injury crisis amongst the Aussie locks causing headaches for McKenzie. Tevita Kuridrani earns a recall and takes the place of Jesse Mogg.
1. James Slipper
2. Stephen Moore
3. Ben Alexander
4. Rob Simmons
5. Kane Douglas
6. Scott Fardy
7. Michael Hooper
8. Ben Mowen (c)
9. Nic White
10. Quade Cooper
11. Nick Cummins
12. Christian Leali’ifano
13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
14. James O’Connor
15. Israel Folau
Replacements
16. Saia Fainga’a
17. Scott Sio
18. Sekope Kepu
19. Sitaleki Timani
20. Ben McCalman
21. Will Genia
22. Matt Toomua
23. Tevita Kuridrani
Kick off: 8:00pm (AEST)
Referee: Nigel Owens (WAL)
AR1: George Clancy (IRE)
AR2: Glen Jackson (NZL)
TMO: Vinny Munro (NZL)
