Argentina v All Blacks: How to watch, TV stream, kick-off time and line-ups

Stephen Hurrell
All Blacks flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi and an inset of head coach Scott Robertson.

All Blacks flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi and an inset of head coach Scott Robertson.

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New Zealand will be hoping to make it two wins out of two in Argentina at the beginning of their Rugby Championship campaign.

The All Blacks moved back into the world number one slot with a 24-41 victory over Los Pumas but they will be wary of the strong Argentina second-half fightback in the opening game.

The second tie between the sides will be broadcast on Sky Sports in the UK. You can sign up for a subscription here.

Fans in the US will be able to watch the game on Flosports. The streaming service has the rights to all of the Rugby Championship in the US and you can watch a live stream of every game here.

The game takes place at Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires on 23 August at 10.10pm UK time (6.10pm local time).

Remarkably, Argentina have never beaten New Zealand on home soil with 14 defeats from 15 games and on paper they are the weakest team in the Championship. However, a strong second-half showing will give them hope they can set new records in the second round.

Scott Robertson’s All Blacks will hold on to their top spot after week one with a handsome win against Argentina and have made one change to his starting line-up as Simon Parker comes in for his debut.

Argentina have named Juan Martin Gonzalez and Mateo Carreras in their XV as Marcos Kremer drops to the bench while Rodrigo Isgro is out of the matchday squad.

The teams

Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallía, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomás Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo García, 8 Joaquín Oviedo, 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Julián Montoya (c), 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Marcos Kremer, 21 Simón Benítez Cruz, 22 Santiago Carreras, 23 Justo Piccardo

New Zealand: 15 Will Jordan, 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Billy Proctor, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Cortez Ratima, 8 Simon Parker, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Tupou Vaa’i, 5 Fabian Holland, 4 Scott Barrett (c), 3 Fletcher Newell 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 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

Date: Saturday, August 23
Venue: Estado Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires
Kick-off: 18:10 local (09:10 NZST, 22:10 BST, 21:10 GMT)
Referee: Nic Berry (RA)
Assistants: Pierre Brousset (FFR), Morné Ferreira (SARU)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)
FPRO: Damon Murphy (RA)