LIVE NOW: Pumas v All Blacks
The All Blacks are in line to take out The Rugby Championship today in Buenos Aires. They are almost unbackable favourites against the Pumas, and a win will see them take the silverware yet again. You can follow all the action right here in Rugby Pass’s LIVE MATCH CENTRE.
If Argentina are to stop Steve Hansen’s side from clinching the trophy in South America they will have to do something they have never done before – beat the reigning world champions.
“We’ve just got to be on our game. They’re physically pretty good up front. If we’re just off or not giving them the respect they deserve we could be in for a long day.”- All Blacks captain Kieran Read.
Lineups:
Pumas: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Matias Moroni, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Tomas Cubelli, 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 7 Tomas Lezana, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustin Creevy (c), 1 Lucas Noguera
Bench: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Santiago Garcia Botta, 18 Ramiro Herrera, 19 Marcos Kremer, 20 Javier Ortega Desio, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Juan Martin Hernandez, 23 Santiago Cordero
All Blacks: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Kane Hames
Bench: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Ardie Savea, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Ngani Laumape, 23 David Havili