The Rugby Championship 2015: second round fact file
Facts and teams for this weekend’s second-round matches in the 2015 Rugby Championship when Argentina host Australia in Mendoza and South Africa host New Zealand in Johannesburg.
Argentina v Australia (Mendoza)
Five Pumas-Wallabies facts ahead of their Rugby Championship second-round match at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza Saturday:
- Australia and Argentina have met 23 times since 1979 with the Wallabies winning 17 and the Pumas five.
- The only test between them that did not produce a winner was in Buenos Aires 28 years ago when the teams drew 19-19.
- Australia achieved a record victory margin against Argentina in the Rugby Championship two seasons ago, winning 54-17 in Rosario.
- The biggest victory by the Pumas over the Wallabies was 18-3 in 1983 at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane.
- Argentina won the last meeting 21-17 in Mendoza a year ago – the Pumas lone success in 19 Rugby Championship matches.
Teams (15-1)
Argentina
Santiago Cordero; Gonzalo Camacho, Matías Moroni, Juan Pablo Socino, Juan Imhoff; Nicolas Sanchez, Martín Landajo; Facundo Isa, Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe, Javier Ortega Desio; Tomas Lavanini, Manuel Carizza; Ramiro Herrera, Agustín Creevy (captain), Marcos Ayerza
Replacements: Santiago Iglesias Valdez, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Matías Díaz, Matías Alemanno, Leonardo Senatore, Tomas Cubelli, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino
Coach: Daniel Hourcade
Australia
Israel Folau; Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Toomua, Joe Tomane; Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps; Ben McCalman, David Pocock, Scott Fardy; Rob Simmons, Will Skelton; Greg Holmes, Stephen Moore (captain), James Slipper
