France have been forced into making changes to their starting team for the second Test against Argentina following the arrest of two players accused of sexual assault and the sending home of Melvyn Jaminet for a racist comment.
Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou were arrested on Monday after both made debuts in last week’s first Test win in Mendoza, where the inexperienced French side surprised with a 28-13 victory.
Their lawyer has said they deny the accusation.
Jegou’s place among the loose trio is taken by Judicael Cancoriet, who was due to play in the first Test but was sick. It will be 28-year-old Cancoriet’s first game for France in six years.
Mickael Guillard, who won his first cap off the bench last weekend, comes in for Auradou in the second row while there are four uncapped players among the replacements.
They are 31-year-old Romain Briatte and fellow loose forward Killian Tixeront plus the halfback pair of 20-year-old scrumhalf Baptiste Jauneau and flyhalf Leo Berdu.
Jaminet, who was among the replacements last week, was sent home from the tour and suspended on Sunday after a video on social media showed him making a racist comment.
Argentina have made five changes to their team.
Franco Molina, who came off the bench for his first cap last weekend, gets a start in the second row alongside Lucas Paulos as he replaces Matias Alemanno, with Mayco Vivas in for Thomas Gallo in the front row.
Veteran Alemanno and Gallo drop to the bench.
There are three backline changes as Lautaro Bazan Velez is brought in at scrumhalf in place of Gonzalo Bertranou while Santiago Cordero returns at fullback in place of Martin Bogado.
Santiago Chocobares is in at centre as Jeronimo de la Fuente drops out of the match-day squad.
The Test will mark the 100th cap for flanker Pablo Matera, only the third Argentine to achieve the distinction.
ARGENTINA: Santiago Cordero, Bautista Delguy, Matias Moroni, Santiago Chocobares, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Carreras, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Joaquin Oviedo, Marcos Kremer, Pablo Matera, Lucas Paulos, Franco Molina, Eduardo Bello, Julian Montoya (c), Mayco Vivas.
Replacements: Ignacio Ruiz, Thomas Gallo, Lucio Sordoni, Matias Alemanno, Pedro Rubiolo, Gonzalo Bertranou, Tomas Albornoz, Matias Orlando.
FRANCE: Leo Barre, Theo Attissogbe, Emile Gailleton, Antoine Frisch, Lester Etien, Antoine Hastoy, Baptiste Serin, Judicael Cancoriet, Jordan Joseph, Lenni Nouchi, Baptiste Pesenti, Hugo Auradou, George-Henri Colombe, Gaetan Barlot, Jean-Baptiste Gros.
Replacements: Teddy Baubigny, Sebastien Taofifenua, Demba Bamba, Posolo Tuilagi, Romain Briatte, Killian Tixeront, Baptiste Jauneau, Leo Berdeu.
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