Juliyan Montoya to captain Argentina against New Zealand

Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi has made four changes to the starting line up for the second round of the Rugby Championship game against New Zealand.

Julian Montoya has recovered from his rib injury and makes a comeback to don the number two jersey replacing Ignacio Ruiz. He has also been named the captain while Lucio Sordoni comes in as tighthead prop at the expense of Eduardo Bello.

Marcos Kremer makes a shift to the second row replacing Franco Molina with the final change coming in the back row as Juan Martin Gonzalez moves to blindside with Joaquin Oviedo starting at number eight.

Argentina have already claimed a 38-30 victory over New Zealand in the opening round of the competition in Wellington last weekend.

Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallía, 14 Matias Moroni, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Marcos Kremer, 3 Lucio Sordoni, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Thomas Gallo

Reserves: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Tomás Lavanini, 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22 Thomas Albornoz, 23 Bautista Delguy