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By GABRIEL BATALLA
FLANKER Allister Hogg admits Scotland will need to be more aggressive to square their Test series against Argentina this weekend.

The Scots face the Pumas in Buenos Aires on Saturday looking to avenge their 21-15 loss in Rosario three days ago.

Frank Hadden's side had led for most of the second half in that game but were undone late on by a Federico Todeschini penalty and a ADVERTISEMENTtry from Gonzalo Tiesi.

Edinburgh star Hogg feels it was not so much ability, but inexperience, which cost the Scots.

He said: "When we were 15-10 ahead, we were expected to keep doing it and sealing it – that is something to focus thinking on this week, to have the mentality not to lose the advantage.

"It is a young squad. I am not using that as an excuse, but when we had the lead, we needed to kick it to the corners and we didn't.

"I think it is a mentality issue to know what to do at the right time and doing it.

"We have to be a bit more aggressive. We just need to keep the pressure on and especially in defence and playing more rugby."

Coach Hadden has named an unchanged 30-man squad despite concerns over winger Simon Danielli (knee), fly-half Dan Parks (ankle) and lock Scott MacLeod (thigh).

The three were due to be examined by team doctor James Robson before today's training session but both he and Hadden were confident they will be fit to play at Velez Sarsfield. Kicking coach Duncan Hodge believes the Scotland side is in good shape and wins should follow once they put a few minor details right.

"We looked at what went right in the game and that was a lot," he said. "The major aspects of the game were good.

"In international rugby, little things can turn a game over – someone making the wrong decision.

"There were a lot of little details just combined that all of sudden took us out of our winning position.

"The home team wanted the victory and the crowd got behind them.

"Maybe, subconsciously, some of our players felt a bit more pressure.

"During this last 15 minutes we made some errors, physical or mental, and then we were chasing the game, which is never what you want when you are playing away from home."

Argentina boss Santiago Phelan has added wingers Horacio Agulla and Lucas Borges, centre Federico Martin Aramburu and flanker Alvaro Galindo to his squad.