(Reuters) – Factbox on Saturday’s Rugby Championship test between Argentina and New Zealand:
When: July 8, 4.10 p.m. (1810 GMT)
Where: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza (capacity: 42,000)
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant referees: Nic Berry (Australia), Jordan Way (Australia)
TMO: Brett Cronan (Australia)
ARGENTINA
World ranking: 8
Coach: Michael Cheika
Captain: Julian Montoya
Team: 15-Emiliano Boffelli, 14-Bautista Delguy, 13-Matias Moroni, 12-Lucio Cinti, 11-Mateo Carreras, 10-Santiago Carreras, 9-Gonzalo Bertranou, 8-Rodrigo Bruni, 7-Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6-Pablo Matera, 5-Tomas Lavanini, 4-Matias Alemanno, 3-Lucio Sordoni, 2-Julian Montoya, 1-Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16-Augustin Creevy, 17-Mayco Vivas, 18-Eduardo Bello, 19-Pedro Rubiolo, 20-Sanriago Grondona, 21-Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22-Nicolas Sanchez, 23-Matias Orlando.
NEW ZEALAND
World ranking: 3
Coach: Ian Foster
Captain: Sam Cane
Team: 15-Beauden Barrett, 14-Emoni Narawa, 13-Rieko Ioane, 12-Jordie Barrett, 11-Caleb Clarke, 10-Damian McKenzie, 9-Aaron Smith, 8-Ardie Savea, 7-Sam Cane (captain), 6-Shannon Frizell, 5-Josh Lord, 4-Scott Barrett, 3-Tyrel Lomax, 2-Dane Coles, 1-Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18-Nepo Laulala, 19-Tupou Vaa’i, 20-Dalton Papali’i, 21-Finley Christie, 22-Richie Mo’unga, 23-Braydon Ennor
OVERALL RECORD
Played: 35
Argentina wins: 2
Draws: 1
New Zealand wins: 32
RECORD IN ARGENTINA
Played: 13
Argentina wins: 0
Draws: 1
New Zealand wins: 12
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
2022 New Zealand 53-3 Argentina Hamilton
2022 New Zealand 18-25 Argentina Christchurch
2021 New Zealand 36-13 Argentina Brisbane
2021 Argentina 0-39 New Zealand Gold Coast
2020 Argentina 0-38 New Zealand Newcastle
(Compiled by Nick Said)
