London Irish centre Tiesi is one of half-a-dozen English-based players

Sale Sharks supply brothers Juan and Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, while London Irish contribute Gonzalo Tiesi and Juan Manuel Leguizamon.

Worcester's Miguel Avramovic partners Tiesi in the centres while Leicester's Marcos Ayerza plays in the front row.

Former Bristol players Agustin Pichot and Felipe Contepomi will be Argentina's half-backs.

Scrum-half Pichot, who will captain the side, plays for Stade Francais, while Contepomi now represents Irish side Leinster.

Leeds' Tykes flanker Martin Schusterman is on the bench for the Pumas.

Argentina coach Marcelo Loffreda denied it was a good time to play England as they have lost their last six Tests.

"It is always a good time for us to play England, they are one of the best teams in the world," he said.

"We know they are not having a good sequence of games but they are always strong, they have tradition, they are a proud team. We know it will be a very big challenge."

Argentina: Juan Martin Hernandez (Stade Francais/FRA); Jose Nunez Piossek (Bayonne/FRA), Miguel Avramovic (Worcester/ENG), Gonzalo Tiesi (London Irish/ENG), Pablo Gomez Cora (Lomas Athletic); Felipe Contepomi (Leinster/IRL), Agustin Pichot (Stade Francais/FRA, capt); Gonzalo Longo (Montferrand/FRA), Juan Manuel Leguizamon (London Irish/ENG), Juan Fernandez Lobbe (Sale/ENG); Patricio Albacete (Pau/FRA), Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe (Sale/ENG); Omar Hasan (Toulouse/FRA), Mario Ledesma (Montferrand/FRA), Marcos Ayerza (Leicester/ENG)
Replacements: Albert Vernet Basualdo (Associacion Alumni), Martin Scelzo (Montferrand/FRA), Esteban Lozada (CASI), Martin Schusterman (Leeds/ENG, Nicolas Fernandez Miranda (Hindu), Federico Todeschini (Montpellier/FRA), Horacio Agulla (Hindu)