All roads lead to the Rugby World Cup final as the All Blacks do battle with Argentina at the Stade de France. Join The Roar for live scores and play-by-play updates from 6am (AEDT).
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 6am (AEDT)
Streaming: Stan Sport
Betting: Argentina $9.00, All Blacks $1.07 – odds via PlayUp
Teams
Argentina
1. Thomas Gallo, 2. Julian Montoya (c), 3. Francisco Gómez Kodela, 4. Guido Petti, 5. Tomas Lavanini, 6. Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7. Marcos Kremer, 8. Facundo Isa, 9. Gonzalo Bertranou, 10. Santiago Carreras, 11. Mateo Carreras, 12. Santiago Chocobares, 13. Lucio Cinti, 14. Emiliano Boffelli, 15. Juan Cruz Mallia.
Replacements: 16. Agustín Creevy, 17. Joel Sclavi, 18. Eduardo Bello, 19. Matias Alemanno, 20. Rodrigo Bruni, 21. Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22. Nicolas Sanchez, 23. Matías Moroni.
New Zealand
1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Sam Whitelock, 5. Scott Barrett, 6. Shannon Frizell, 7. Sam Cane (c), 8. Ardie Savea, 9. Aaron Smith, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 11. Mark Telea, 12. Jordie Barrett, 13. Rieko Ioane, 14. Will Jordan, 15. Beauden Barrett.
Replacements: 16. Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17. Tamaiti Williams, 18. Fletcher Newell, 19. Brodie Retallick, 20. Dalton Papali’i, 21. Finlay Christie, 22. Damian McKenzie, 23. Anton Lienert-Brown.
Jdog
Roar Rookie
Kudos to Cheica, a lot more class with his post match interview, the next game will be hard for them either way,but hope they give something to be proud of.
JD Kiwi
Roar Rookie
True, unlikely to be France level though!
JD Kiwi
Roar Rookie
Australia certainly did, although some key players weren’t selected…
Wally James
Roar Guru
:happy: Foley tested that ref all match by stuffing about.
Sentinel
Roar Rookie
The Wallabies have the players to beat Argentina, Wales, Scotland and Italy but having the coaching set up to bring them together is the problem. Really hoping that EJ has the clarity, patience and man management to get this done.
4 of 6
Roar Rookie
The Pumas made the ABs work in the first 30 mins. The ABs made a number of errors and the Pumas exposed them a number of times. The two strikes either side of halftime killed the Pumas challenge. The rest of the game was to be expected and no real surprises. Congratulations to the Pumas and good luck for the next game. ABs a comfortable tradesman like performance, but still work to be done and no apparent injuries. Glad Jodie got MOTM, really showing how much he had influenced the ABs midfield, strong in the tackle, pass, kick , chase, bend the line and the touch of a FH to boot.
Andym
Roar Rookie
Sadly Wallabies in their current form wouldn’t get over Argentina and frankly if we had of managed to get this far it would have been a complete slaughter. No we played our best against a second tier Georgia thankfully as our first game because the way they finished as well as Portugal also finished their respective competitions we would likely of been last in our pool. Every other team made massive improvements we didn’t
Wrecked 'em
Roar Rookie
Read previous replies. Go away.
Ankle-tapped Waterboy
Roar Rookie
Silly sausage meat head.
Peter Darrow
Roar Guru
If you don't agree the match was flat in the early stages with the ref having a dominant presence then each to their own.
Peter Darrow
Roar Guru
Maybe try putting an argument across rather than a cheap shot.
Pinetree
Roar Rookie
Agree on the ref comment. I think Ireland and France are rightly frustrated at the draw.
Paulo
Roar Rookie
I’ll admit I DID know that one, it’s the one of was thinking off… … it came up not that long ago I think… memories of ‘WE PLAY!’ Still get kindled when I hear Raynal ref a game…
Pinetree
Roar Rookie
Oh, you're replying to Bliksem...I thought you were replying to my QF comment. Agree that the SF is a long shot.
Derek Murray
Roar Rookie
Teams beaten in knockout games are unhappy, always will be. Moaning about refs and draws is for babies
Derek Murray
Roar Rookie
So, worthy of a semi?
Sentinel
Roar Rookie
Happy to see Beauden, Mo'onga and Jordan confident under the highball. Argentina gave all three plenty of practice for the grand final.
Pinetree
Roar Rookie
Like the state of RA at the moment, sometimes it is good to let your voice heard. Maybe if you were a Irish or French fan, instead of an Oz fan who bombed out in the easiest pool ever, you would feel differently...
Pinetree
Roar Rookie
On the basis that they were ranked 5th in the world. They lost to Ireland and SA who were ranked above them…
James in NZ
Roar Rookie
In my leaky memory Aaron Cruden is still an up in comer. Goes quick.