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Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage from today’s clash between Scotland and Argentina at Wellington Regional Stadium in, guess where? Yep, that’s right in Wellington.

World Cup / 1st Round
Sky Stadium / 25.09.2011
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Pippa Davis

Updated 25/09/2011 at 09:21 GMT


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Felipe Contepomi returns for Argentina. The 34-year-old Contepomi missed the Pumas' 43-8 victory over Romania after he suffered what appeared to be a potentially tournament-ending rib injury. He returns to his preferred inside centre role with Martin Rodriguez moving back to full-back after he played there against Romania. Santiago Fernandez remains at fly-half for the match.
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Scotland: 15-Chris Paterson, 14-Max Evans, 13-Nick De Luca, 12-Graeme Morrison, 11-Sean Lamont, 10-Ruaridh Jackson, 9-Rory Lawson (captain), 8-Kelly Brown, 7-John Barclay, 6-Ally Strokosch, 5-Jim Hamilton, 4-Richie Gray, 3-Geoff Cross, 2-Ross Ford, 1-Allan Jacobsen. /// Replacements: 16-Dougie Hall, 17-Alasdair Dickinson, 18-Nathan Hines, 19-Richie Vernon, 20-Mike Blair, 21-Dan Parks, 22-Simon Danielli
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Full-back Chris Paterson and fly-half Ruaridh Jackson are both re-called while tighthead prop and devout Christian Euan Murray was not available for selection because he does not play on Sundays due to his faith. Lock Richie Gray returns in place of Nathan Hines in the second row and John Barclay has edged out Ross Rennie at openside flanker.
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Scotland coach Andy Robinson has made five changes to his side for today’s clash including dropping skipper Alistair Kellock, with the captaincy going to scrum-half Rory Lawson (who also led his side during the match against Georgia).
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Argentina were beaten twice by Scotland last year, in Argentina no less. For all other things Argentine, you know the drill.
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Scotland are currently ranked eighth in the world, just one spot ahead of Argentina in ninth. For anything else you want to know about Scotland, why not have a look at our team guide.
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These two teams have faced each other just 12 times before with Argentina leading the head-to-heads by eight wins to just four from Scotland
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You should know all there is to know about the venues being used in this World Cup. But just in case you don’t check out our stadium-by-stadium guide.