The New Zealand tour team poses before their first game against the All Blacks. Press photo of the UAR
The Argentine rugby team visits the All black in the first of the two shocks corresponding to dates 3 and 4 of Rugby Championship where you play New Zeland. The first two tests were previous Australia in Argentina, with a 41-16 defeat on their debut in mendoza and a resounding 48 – 17 victory in the rematch played Saint John.
On Fridays, The Cougars recognized the playing field Stadium of the Orangeteoria in Christchurch, the scene where the third round of the Rugby Championship takes place from 4:45 am, with a live broadcast on ESPN and Star +.
In the captain’s run, the kickers performed club kicks and foot exercises, accompanied by a group of players who chose to take the field to test the footwear.
To maintain their top spot in the league, Los Pumas need a win against All black: something they only got on November 14, 2020 when they won 25-15. The most promising antecedent was a draw achieved in 1985.
Before the clash between Argentina and New Zealand, at 2:30, Australia will receive the current world champion, South Africa, in the city of Adelaide. The Cougars and the Wallabies lead the rugby league with five points, followed by South Africa and New Zealand with four.
The Pumas will present three variations in relation to the game two weeks ago at the Bicentennial Stadium in San Juan: enter the Mar del Plata pillar Slavic joel instead of Francisco Gomez Kodelathe center of Tucumán Mattia Orlando by Rosario Jeronimo De la Fuente Y Lucio Cintiinstead of John Imhoffwho did not travel to New Zealand.
The Pumas will form with Juan Cruz Mallia; Emiliano Boffelli, Matías Moroni, Matías Orlando and Lucio Cinti; Santiago Carreras and Gonzalo Bertranou; Pablo Matera, Marcos Kremer and Juan Martin González; Tomas Lavanini and Matías Alemanno; Joel Sclavi, Julián Montoya (captain) and Thomas Gallo.
The All Blacks, meanwhile, made up for the last round in Johannesburg by beating South Africa (35-23) and ending a three-game losing streak.
Cheika’s word
“We are facing a situation where we have to make history and we will try to repeat the performance against Australia,” Cheika said at a press conference. It is that the victory against the Wallabies was forged with seven tries, enough for a bulky score and strengthening the collective spirit against a giant cuckoo, like New Zealand even if it occupies the fourth place in the World Rugby rankings.
The record between the two selected shows an overwhelming difference in favor of the ocean, with 31 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 33 games. Last year the All Blacks won both games of the Rugby Championship: first 39-0 and then 36-13.
After Saturday’s meeting, they will meet again on 3 September in Hamilton. In the last two dates of the tournament, Argentina will face South Africa, on the 17th at the Vélez Sarsfield stadium and on the 24th in the city of Durban.
The card of the game
New Zeland: Jodie Barrett; Will Jordan, Rieko Ioane, David Havili and Caleb Clarke; Richie Mo’unga; Aaron Smith and Ardie Savea; Sam Cane (captain) and Shannon Frizell; Scott Barrett and Sam Whitelock; Tyrel Lomax, Samisoni Taukei’aho and Ethan de Groot. Coach: Ian Foster.
Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallia; Emiliano Boffelli, Matías Moroni, Matías Orlando and Lucio Cinti; Santiago Carreras and Gonzalo Bertranou; Pablo Matera, Marcos Kremer and Juan Martin González; Tomas Lavanini and Matías Alemanno; Joel Sclavi, Julián Montoya (captain) and Thomas Gallo Coach: Michael Cheika.
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia).
Assistants: Nic Berry (Australia) and Damon Murphy (Australia).
Stadium: Orangetheory Stadium (Christchurch).
Date, Saturday 27 August (4:45 am in Argentina).
TV: ESPN and Star +.
Source: Clarin
