[2025 TRC] Argentina v New Zealand - 16/8/2025

[OllyM97]

Venue: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Cordoba
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)


Argentina have beaten the All Blacks 3 times in recent years but never on home soil, can they do it this year?.

 

[ChicagoKid]

Blah All Blacks team sheet. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Los Pumas win this first one.

The back row is clearly superior.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

 

[Rinkadink]

No Grondona on the bench this time, I thought he would make this fixture. Argentina looking pretty heavyweight though, very interesting match up.

Could go either way.

 

[McTallshort]

All Blacks walking this

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Leinster legend Rieko Ioane getting turned into some sort of foix gras, or whatever paste those poshos in Dublin eat these days

 

[dirty harry]

Ref has been really harsh on Argentina this first 20 mins

 

[Gavin]

Fun game so far.

Matera playing well

 

[dirty harry]

As im typing that forward pass and a knock on being allowed for NZ there, they call it back.

 

[Ddanno]

Matera playing well

You had to say it

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Jeeeeeze, I was thinking being down 7 at halftime wasn't the end of the world for Argentina considering the yellow

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Surely it's not going to happen twice in one day!

 

[Ddanno]

Come onnnnnnnnn Pumas

 

[Ddanno]

Bah.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Bit of a flop by the 19 but I'm surprised they didn't look at the clear out from the ABs 9
Looked like he flew in straight into his head

 

[Gavin]

Bit of a flop by the 19 but I'm surprised they didn't look at the clear out from the ABs 9
Looked like he flew in straight into his head

You could see it in real time. Very surprised it wasn't looked at but they didn't get the replay on the screen in time

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Leinster legend Rieko Ioane getting turned into some sort of foix gras, or whatever paste those poshos in Dublin eat these days

Angry for relating us to Reiko (I'm still hoping it's a joke) and for not realising that we're so posh we have found alternatives to eating.

 

[BrokenWing]

Will Jordan don’t score? That lad needs to have a word with himself.

 

[OllyM97]

Thought there was definitely a step up from the ABs in that game. Yes they gave 3 tries away but by and large I thought they defended well and mostly stopped Argentina from getting their offloading game wide going. They did a good job of forcing the Pumas to try and bust them through the middle which I wouldn't say is Argentina's strength. ABs generally looked the sharper of the two teams.