All Blacks v Argentina: Scott Robertson names his second test squad to face the Pumas
All Blacks coach Scott Robertson names his squad for the Rugby Championship test against Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Scott Robertson has made five changes to the squad from the opening Rugby Championship win over the Pumas.
There is one change to the starting side with Simon Parker making his debut at No 8 with Ardie Savea moving back to seven.
Tamaiti Williams (in for Ollie Norris) and Wallace Sititi (Samipeni Finau) return from injury but from the bench. Other changes on the bench sees Josh Lord in for Patrick Tuipulotu and Quinn Tupaea for Anton Lienert-Brown.
All Blacks v Argentina history
Played – 40
All Blacks won – 36
Argentina won – 3
Draws – 1
All Blacks points scored – 1547
Argentina points scored – 578
All Blacks’ record in Argentina
1985 – All Blacks 33 Argentina 20, Buenos Aires
1985 – All Blacks 21 Argentina 21, Buenos Aires
1991 – All Blacks 28 Argentina 14, Buenos Aires
1991 – All Blacks 36 Argentina 6, Buenos Aires
2001 – All Blacks 24 Argentina 20, Buenos Aires
2006 – All Blacks 25 Argentina 19, Buenos Aires
2012 – All Blacks 54 Argentina 15, La Plata
2013 – All Blacks 33 Argentina 15, La Plata
2014 – All Blacks 34 Argentina 13, La Plata
2016 – All Blacks 36 Argentina 17, Buenos Aires
2017 – All Blacks 36 Argentina 10, Buenos Aires
2018 – All Blacks 35 Argentina 17, Buenos Aires
2019 – All Blacks 20 Argentina 16, Buenos Aires
2023 – All Blacks 41 Argentina 12, Mendoza
2025 – All Blacks 41 Argentina 24, Cordoba
All Blacks v Argentina line-ups
All Blacks side:
1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Fletcher Newell, 4. Scott Barrett, (Captain) 5. Fabian Holland, 6. Tupou Vaa’i, 7. Ardie Savea, 8. Simon Parker, 9. Cortez Ratima, 10. Beauden Barrett, 11. Rieko Ioane, 12. Jordie Barrett, 13. Billy Proctor, 14. Sevu Reece, 15. Will Jordan.
16. Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17. Tamaiti Williams, 18. Pasilio Tosi, 19. Josh Lord, 20. Wallace Sititi, 21. Finlay Christie, 22. Quinn Tupaea, 23. Damian McKenzie.
Argentina side:
1.Mayco Vivas, 2. Julian Montoya (Captain), 3. Pedro Delgado, 4. Franco Molina, 5. Pedro Rubiolo, 6. Pablo Matera, 7. Juan Martin Gonzalez, 8. Joaquin Oviedo, 9. Gonzalo Garcia, 10. Tomás Albornoz, 11. Mateo Carreras, 12. Santiago Chocobares, 13. Lucio Cinti, 14. Bautista Delguy, 15. Juan Cruz Mallia.
Reserves: 16. Ignacio Ruiz, 17. Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18. Joel Sclavi, 19. Guido Petti, 20. Marcos Kremer, 21, Simon Benitez Cruz, 22. Santiago Carreras, 23. Justo Piccardo.
Form guide (past five tests)
All Blacks: W, W, W, W, W
Argentina: L, W, L, L, W
All Blacks v Argentina – last time they met in Buenos Aires
All Blacks 20 Argentina 16, 2019
The All Blacks survived their first test of the year with a victory which could easily have been a defeat and perhaps should have been.
At the end they were clinging on at Estadio Jose Amalfitani and greeted referee Angus Gardner’s final whistle with huge relief after escaping two attacking lineouts in the final seconds. The Pumas were left to rue their missed opportunity for, at the time, they had never beaten the All Blacks.
The lack of quality and experience in an All Blacks side missing Crusaders players, showed in the second half as the visitors were held scoreless.
Luke Jacobson, Atu Moli, and Braydon Ennor all made their test debuts.
All Blacks 20 (Ngani Laumape, Brodie Retallick tries; Beauden Barrett 2 cons, 2 pens)
Argentina 16 (Emiliano Boffelli try; Nicolas Sanchez 2 pens, con, Boffelli pen)
Halftime: 20-9
All Blacks v Argentina referee
Aussie Nic Berry is the referee for the second Rugby Championship test between Argentina and New Zealand. The All Blacks have a 6-1-1 record under Berry, the one defeat being to Australia during the 2020 Tri Nations. He was last in charge for the season-opener against France in Dunedin. Berry has been the referee for three clashes between New Zealand and Argentina, all heavy wins for the All Blacks (53-3, 39-0, 38-0).
All Blacks v Argentina TAB odds
All Blacks: $1.25 Draw: $26 Argentina: $3.80
All Blacks Rugby Championship schedule
August 16, 9.10am – All Blacks 41 Argentina 24, Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium, Cordoba
August 23, 9.10am – All Blacks v Argentina, Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires
Saturday, September 6, 7.05pm – All Blacks v South Africa, Eden Park, Auckland
Saturday, September 13, 7.05pm – All Blacks v South Africa, Sky Stadium, Wellington
Saturday, September 27, 5.05pm – All Blacks v Australia, Eden Park, Auckland
Saturday, October 4, 10.45pm – All Blacks v Australia, Perth
All Blacks v Argentina – how to follow the action
For live commentary of All Blacks v Argentina, join Elliott Smith on Newstalk ZB, Gold Sport and iHeartRadio.
Plus the Alternative Commentary Collective will be providing commentary on their iHeartRadio stream.
You can watch the game on Sky Sport 1 and it will be livestreaming on Sky Sport Now.
You can also find live updates at nzherald.co.nz.