Argentina v New Zealand Live

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New Zealand take on Argentina in the fourth and the final quarter-final game of the Rugby World Cup 2011 this year. The game will be played this Sunday October 9, 2011 and will start off at 2030 hours local time, at the Eden Park, Auckland, which is somewhat of the fortress for the Kiwis.

The two sides have played in 13 games so far, with New Zealand having won 12 of them and the best that the Pumas had come to doing was holding the Kiwis to a draw way back.

New Zealand will miss the services of Zac Guildford in this game after he had scored four tries in their last game against Canada. However, the good news was that the captain Richie McCaw will be fit for this game and will look to ensure that he can play through the 80 minutes.

Daniel Carter is obviously out, but the other news that would hurt the side are the injuries to Israel Dagg and Richard Kahui. This means Mils Muliaina could join McCaw to play 100 Tests in his career.

Argentina go into the big game with a side which has been selected on expected lines. All of those big match players who were not a part of the side against Georgia will feature in this game, even as Rodrigo Roncero makes a comeback after his thigh injury. Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe loses his spot due to an injury.

New Zealand go into the game with wins over Tonga 41-10, Japan 83-7, a crushing defeat of France 37-17 and then a win over Canada 79-15

On the other hand, Argentina began with a loss to England 9-13, win over Romania 43-8, another narrow victory over Scotland 13-12 and a win against the Georgia side, 25-7.

TEAMS:

New Zealand: 1. Tony Woodcock, 2. Keven Mealamu, 3. Owen Franks, 4. Sam Whitelock, 5. Brad Thorn, 6. Jerome Kaino, 7. Richie McCaw (capt), 8. Kieran Read, 9. Piri Weepu, 10. Colin Slade, 11. Sonny Bill Williams, 12. Ma’a Nonu, 13. Conrad Smith, 14. Cory Jane, 15. Mils Muliaina.

Reserves: 16. Andrew Hore, 17. Ben Franks, 18. Ali Williams, 19. Victor Vito, 20. Jimmy Cowan, 21. Aaron Cruden, 22. Isaia Toeava.

Argentina: 1. Rodrigo Roncero, 2. Mario Ledesma Arocena, 3. Juan Figallo, 4. Manuel Carizza, 5. Patricio Albacete, 6. Julio Farias Cabello, 7. Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 8. Leonardo Senatore, 9. Nicolas Vergallo, 10. Santiago Fernandez, 11. Horacio Agulla, 12. Felipe Contepomi (capt), 13. Marcelo Bosch, 14. Gonzalo Comacho, 15. Martin Rodriguez.

Reserves: 16. Agustin Creevy, 17. Martin Scelzo, 18. Marcos Ayerza, 19. Alejandro Campos, 20. Alfredo Lalanne, 21. Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, 22. Juan Jose Imhoff.