This weekend will see the Pumas taking on the All Blacks in Argentina. Argentina are still looking for their first win over New Zealand and their first win in The Rugby Championship and the All Blacks will want to take a win here with a bonus point if they can, as they will be facing the Springboks next week in South Africa in a match building up to be The Rugby Championship decider.
Argentina put up a brave fight in New Zealand in their last outing, however beating the All Blacks is not an easy task and it seems quite far-fetched for the Pumas at this stage. A Puma win however will favour the Springboks, if they manage to beat the Wallabies.
The record remains unchanged with these team having met 17 times and the All Blacks winning 16 of these encounters.
It does seem likely that the safest bet is to go for the All Blacks for a win, however looking at the last home game for the Pumas, they pushed the Springboks for 80 minutes and only lost by 5 points and prevented the Springboks from getting a 4-try bonus point. All in all a good win for the All Blacks seems likely, but there is doubt that they will crush the Pumas and we could see a similar result as against the Springboks.
Starting 15
1 Marcos Ayerza / 1 Tony Woodcock
186cm – Height – 184cm
114kg – Weight – 118kg
43 – Caps – 102
05 – Points – 45
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2 Eusebio Guinazu / 2 Andrew Hore
181cm – Height – 183cm
114kg – Weight – 110kg
31 – Caps – 79
05 – Points – 40
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3 Juan Figallo / 3 Owen Franks
190cm – Height – 185cm
115kg – Weight – 119kg
21 – Caps – 50
05 – Points – 0
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4 Julio Farías Cabello / 4 Brodie Retallick
194cm – Height – 204cm
110kg – Weight – 115kg
25 – Caps – 18
10 – Points – 05
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5 Patricio Albacete / 5 Sam Whitelock
200cm – Height – 202cm
122kg – Weight – 102kg
53 – Caps – 45
05 – Points – 20
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6 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (Captain) / 6 Liam Messam
191cm – Height – 190cm
106kg – Weight – 108kg
54 – Caps – 23
25 – Points – 15
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7 Pablo Matera / 7 Sam Cane
193cm – Height – 190cm
99kg – Weight – 100kg
06 – Caps – 09
15 – Points – 25
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8 Juan Manuel Leguizamon / 8 Kieran Read (Captain)
190cm – Height – 193cm
104kg – Weight – 108kg
50 – Caps – 55
30 – Points – 55
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9 Martin Landajo / 9 Aaron Smith
177cm – Height – 169cm
83kg – Weight – 80kg
22 – Caps – 19
05 – Points – 35
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10 Nicolas Sanchez / 10 Aaron Cruden
177cm – Height – 175cm
83kg – Weight – 82kg
12 – Caps – 23
65 – Points – 128
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11 Juan Imhoff / 11 Julian Savea
185cm – Height – 190cm
90kg – Weight – 104kg
16 – Caps – 15
55 – Points – 70
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12 Santiago Fernandez / 12 Ma’a Nonu
183cm – Height – 182cm
94kg – Weight – 104kg
28 – Caps – 82
13 – Points – 125
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13 Marcelo Bosch / 13 Conrad Smith
186cm – Height – 186cm
92kg – Weight – 95kg
21 – Caps – 73
26 – Points – 120
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14 Lucas González Amorosino / 14 Ben Smith
188cm – Height – 188cm
93kg – Weight – 85kg
24 – Caps – 19
20 – Points – 45
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15 Juan Martin Hernandez / 15 Israel Dagg
187cm – Height – 186cm
94kg – Weight – 95kg
42 – Caps – 32
114 – Points – 65
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Replacements
16 Agustin Creevy / 16 Keven Mealamu
17 Nahuel Lobo / 17 Wyatt Crockett
18 Juan Pablo Orlandi / 18 Charlie Faumuina
19 Mariano Galarza / 19 Jeremy Thrush
20 Benjamin Macome / 20 Steven Luatua
21 Tomas Cubelli / 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow
22 Felipe Contepomi / 22 Beauden Barrett
23 Horacio Agulla / 23 Charles Piutau
Total Caps on bench
220 / 163
