The meeting will be a determining factor for the position in the World Rugby of the Argentine National Team for the next World Cup.
Los Pumas They will start a new edition of the Rugby Championship before the All Blacks of New Zealand in it Mario Alberto Kempe Stadium of Cordova And the meeting can directly impact the ranking of World Rugbyfacing the group draw for the World Cup 2027.
The meeting that will be played Saturday from 18:10 It will be a determining factor, since, for the next World Cup, The six best in the ranking will arrive as the head of series, so the Argentine goal will be to recover ground and position each other.
Currently, the selection of Felipe Contepomi occupies the seventh place with 82.05 pointsbehind Australia (82.08). Yeah Los Pumas They defeat the “All Blacks” And the “Wallabies” lose in front of South Africa, Argentina It will climb to the sixth place.
A victory without a bonus will add 1.70 units to the ranking, while with Punto Bonus the profit will be 2.55. In case of defeat, the setback would be 0.30 with defensive or 0.45 bonus without bonus.
The rival, meanwhile, could recover first place if he wins and the “springboks” fall or tie to Australia.
The initial challenge will be before a historical rival, with which they will also cross on the second date: the Saturday, August 23 in it José Amalfitani Stadium of Vélez Sarsfield.
Then, the road will continue with two visitor commitments in front of Australia (September 6 and 13) and will culminate before South Africa September 27 in London, Since the selection has to be at home, he chose England for your meeting and October 10 as a visitor.
Contepomi bets that the team recover confidence after the last falls in front of England, They meant losing two positions in the ranking. The technician knows that, beyond what implies facing the All Blackseach point and each bonus can be decisive to face the World Cup raffle from an advantageous position.
Source: Ambito
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