MELBOURNE :Flyhalf Tom Lynagh and centre Len Ikitau have been ruled out of Australia's Rugby Championship test against Argentina in Sydney on Saturday in a blow for the Wallabies.

Lynagh is nursing a hamstring strain following the last-gasp 28-24 win over the Pumas in Townsville, while Ikitau has a laceration on his knee that had failed to heal enough to take the field on Saturday, Rugby Australia said in a media release on Thursday.

Tane Edmed will wear the number 10 jersey for the first time in place of the luckless Lynagh, who missed the South Africa tour with concussion.

With bullocking midfielder Ikitau sidelined, Hunter Paisami will play his first Wallabies test of the season at inside centre.

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