New Zealand and South Africa will follow

Argentina’s rugby team, Las Pumas, will host New Zealand for the first time in four years and will have a warm-up test ahead of the 2023 World Cup against defending world champions South Africa.

Los Pumas will face the All Blacks in Mendoza on July 8, as announced by the Argentina Rugby Union (UAR), within the framework of the Rugby Championship, which has been reduced to just three games due to the World Cup in France. , the four participating nations in the tournament in 2023 will meet once, unlike previous editions.

As a result of this change, Argentina have only one home game, which is against New Zealand, followed by Australia on July 15 and South Africa on July 29, with the rest of the Championship matches yet to be announced.

For their part, the Springboks travel to Buenos Aires on August 5 for a match at the Velez Stadium as part of their build-up to the World Cup, which starts on September 8, and Argentina join England in Group D. , Samoa, Chile and Japan.

The balance of 2022 has been good for Las Pumas, with Australian Michael Cheika attached as coach and a qualitative leap in terms of the team’s technique and mental attitude.

That change resulted in some interesting results, with two wins against Scotland, a loss when England visited the country, and wins against Australia and New Zealand, on the road for the first time. Christchurch.