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With several modifications with respect to the last presentation, the Pumas will take on a new challenge in the Rugby Championship 2024, again ante los All Blacks as visitors. It is this Saturday, from 4.05 in Argentina and after the resounding victory they achieved in Wellington, last week, in what was the debut in the competition. The match can be seen live on television via ESPN or streaming on the Disney+ platform.
For this Saturday, head coach Felipe Contepomi has made changes: firstly, the captain Julian Montoya returns after recovering from a rib trauma and will replace Ignacio Ruiz. They will also enter Lucio Sordoni y Joaquin Oviedo by Eduardo Bello y Franco Molinarespectively; therefore Marcos Kremer will move to the second line. “We put out the best team we think we have for this match, we know it will be very physical, there are some who were fresher and can bring that physicality. We believe that it is the best combination we can have for this match,” explained the coach in the press conference prior to the match.
The Pumas’ victories against New Zealand are not common, but historicJohn Cowpland / Gaspafotos / Los
For his part, and with the aim of avoiding another defeat, New Zealand coach Scott Robertson will make five changes: the wines will come in Will Jordan y Caleb Clarke; el back Rieko Ioanewho usually starts from the start but did not do so in Wellington; Tamaiti Williams by the injured Ethan De Groot; and, surprisingly, the former captain Sam Canewho will retire from the team at the end of the year.
The match between Argentines and New Zealanders, which will be played this Saturday, August 17 in it Eden Park stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, can be watched live on television via ESPN, as well as streaming through the platform Disney+. Additionally, those who have Flow, Telecentro Play or DGO, meanwhile, can tune in to the signal directly through the cable operator (in all cases an active subscription is required).
Rugby Championship 2024 Round 2
Argentine head coach Felipe Contepomi will make some changes this SaturdayMarcelo Aguilar Lopez
Argentina will try to strike again, as a visitor, against the ‘Men in Black’ in a stadium where it has only played once, and that was in the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Cup, against the Oceanian team, where it lost 33 to 10.
Both teams faced each other on 42 occasions with 38 Oceanic victories, three South American victories and a 21-21 draw. in 1985 in the City of Buenos Aires. In addition to last Saturday’s joy 38 to 39 in Wellington, the albiceleste had defeated the All Blacks in 2020 in Sydney 25 to 15 and in 2022 in Christchurch 25 to 18. The curious thing is that all the joys of the national team were for the Rugby Championship, in which they crossed paths on 22 occasions and the best team on the planet smiled on the remaining 19 occasions.
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