Fixtures
Sunday, 20 Sept, 4.45pm BST: New Zealand v Argentina, Wembley Stadium
Friday, 25 Sept, 4.45pm BST: Argentina v Georgia, Kingsholm Stadium
Sunday, 4 Oct, 2.30pm BST: Argentina v Tonga, King Power Stadium
Sunday, 11 Oct, 12pm BST: Argentina v Namibia, King Power Stadium
Odds to win World Cup
66-1
Coach
Daniel Hourcade
Captain
AgustÃn Creevy
When Daniel Hourcade’s team emerge from the tunnel at Wembley on Sunday to face New Zealand in their Pool C opener they will carry a weight of expectation unknown to Los Pumas teams of old. That is what tends to happen when you shock South Africa in Durban. For all their improvements, the 12-point victory over the Springboks in the Rugby Championship still sprung a major surprise. Now the challenge is to claim a similar scalp when the real business gets under way.
This side arguably lack the talent of the 2007 version who caused a number of shocks on their way to a third-place finish, defeating the hosts 34-10 in the bronze f…
Read the full article at: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/sep/14/rugby-world-cup-preview-no12-argentina
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