Argentina v All Blacks
Buenos Aires
Kick-off: 3.05PM, Saturday 20 July (Sunday 21 July 1.05am Thailand , 6.05am NZ)
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Brace (Ireland), Alexandre Ruiz (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Argentina: 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Matías Moroni, 13 Matías Orlando, 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Tomás Cubelli, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
Subs: 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Matías Alemanno, 20 Tomás Lezana, 21 Felipe Ezcurra, 22 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, 23 Joaquín Tuculet
The All Blacks matchday 23 sees a blend of experience and youth with five uncapped All Blacks named in the absence of most Crusaders players; winger Sevu Reece will make his Test debut on the right wing, while the uncapped Atu Moli and new All Blacks Luke Jacobson, Josh Ioane and Braydon Ennor are all named on the bench.
(Test caps in brackets. * new cap)
1. Ofa Tuungafasi (26) 2. Dane Coles (60) 3. Angus Ta'avao (3) 4. Brodie Retallick (75) 5. Patrick Tuipulotu (21) 6. Vaea Fifita (9) 7. Sam Cane - captain (58) 8. Ardie Savea (35)
9. Aaron Smith (82) 10. Beauden Barrett (73) 11. Jordie Barrett (9) 12. Ngani Laumape (10) 13. Anton Lienert-Brown (33) 14. Sevu Reece * 15. Ben Smith (72)
Subs: 16. Liam Coltman (4) 17. Atu Moli * 18. Nepo Laulala (17) 19. Jackson Hemopo (3) 20. Luke Jacobson * 21. Brad Weber (1) 22. Josh Ioane * 23. Braydon Ennor *
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South Africa v Australia
Date: Saturday, July 20
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 17:05 local (16:05 BST, 15:05 GMT)
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Matthew Carley (England), Karl Dickson (England)
South Africa: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 S’bu Nkosi, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Francois Louw, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Rynhardt Elstadt, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth (c), 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Beast Mtawarira
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Marvin Orie, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Frans Steyn, 23 Dillyn Leyds
Australia: 15 Tom Banks, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Samu Kerevi, 11 Reece Hodge, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nic White, 8 Isi Naisarani, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 6 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 5 Rory Arnold, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Folau Fainga’a, 1 James Slipper
Replacements: 16 Jordan Uelese, 17 Harry Johnson-Holmes, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Jack Dempsey, 21 Will Genia, 22 Matt To’omua, 23 Kurtley Beale
^ That's an average 9&10 for the Convicts, and an even more average 9&10 for the Bokks.
We will see if the Argies are as good as the Super Rugby hinted at (I suspect they are not, and will come last in the 4-way; yep, even behind the Aussies).
Cycling should be banned!!!
aussie coaching staff ON THE LINE
That's not a weak All Blacks side though only two Crusaders, both on AB debut. The depth of the Cantabrian franchise is evidenced by Ennor getting a call up even though he wasn't even a regular starter for the Crusaders (no disrespect towards Ennor as he's a fabulous player). I reckon if the RWC included the Crusaders (representing the People's Republic of Christchurch) in the comp the Red & Black would have a shot at the trophy.
pues, estamos aqui
An absolute disgrace that decision, cost me a few quid too as had a lump on Scotland at 13/2 to beat Australia.
Impressive win from SA scoring five converted tries v Wallabies
The Springboks named three debutants in their squad, including starting halfback Herschel Jantjies, to face the Wallabies at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Only half a dozen of the line-up could be considered first-choice players, while a group of 15 have already departed for New Zealand to prepare for the test against the world No.1 side in Wellington next weekend.
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not sure if the A,BS.will be favs.to win the world cup,i think its england,SA.ABS.? with if they can take the knocks in their group,a fit team will see WALES go close.
good refs.including the tmo might decide the result.
Just watching the highlights of the Boks Aus game. Those Boks are scary quick and strong. Or did the aussies just make them look good?
Meh, 3 illegal tries by the Bokks...
Argentina put up a brave fight and almost nabbed a win after the hooter, but the All Blacks prevailed 20-16.
People continue to underestimate the Argies, I expect them to at least match their performance of the last world cup as in getting to the semis and how the draw could work out a possible final appearance.
Today:
All Blacks v Springboks
2:35pm (Thai-time), July 27
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Wallabies v Pumas
4:45pm, July 27
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
And an odd world rankings possibility, if SA win in Wellington by 15+ the ABs lose their world #1 ranking (held since Nov 2009) to Wales, a team who last beat them in 1953
New Zealand vs South Africa
If New Zealand lose by more than 15 points, Wales will replace them at the top of the World Rugby rankings.
The Springboks can climb to fourth with a win or a draw and cannot drop lower than five. South Africa picked up just over seven-tenths of a rating point for the victory over Australia. But that reduced the gap between them and England to a just under a point.
Australia vs Argentina
Australia can’t improve on their ranking, but if they lose, they will drop below Scotland to seventh. If the Wallabies lose by more than 15 – and Fiji beat Japan by the same margin, they will drop even further – to below Fiji.
A win for Argentina could see their ranking improve to seventh, but that depends on the margin as well as results elsewhere.
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Cricfree WebPlayer ... free link, just have to work through the dodgy pages.
Link works, I'm watching now
NZ are $1.21 or -11.5
South Africa dominating the first 25 minutes...
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