Australia's O’Connor gets the nod at flyhalf against Argentina

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:Australia flyhalf James O’Connor will start his first test this year in the absence of injured Quade Cooper as coach Dave Rennie largely kept faith with his winning selection ahead of the Rugby Championship fixture against Argentina in San Juan on Saturday.Cooper limped out of last weekend’s 46-21 victor

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:Australia flyhalf James O’Connor will start his first test this year in the absence of injured Quade Cooper as coach Dave Rennie largely kept faith with his winning selection ahead of the Rugby Championship fixture against Argentina in San Juan on Saturday.

Other changes to the starting XV see prop Taniela Tupou come in for Allan Ala’alatoa, who has returned to Australia after a family bereavement, while Lalakai Foketi gets a first start at inside centre in place of Hunter Paisami, who took a blow to the head last weekend. Prop James Slipper will continue to captain the side in the absence of Michael Hooper, who returned home ahead of the first test after confiding in team management that he was not in the right frame of mind to play.

Hooker Folau Fainga’a will be between Tupou and Slipper, while the back row of the scrum contains number eight Rob Valetini, Jed Holloway and Hooper’s replacement Fraser McReight.

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