Canada vs Argentina 1996
Time for some classic rugby, another from the 1996 Pan-Am Series held in Ontario. This is the final, featuring the Pumas of Argentina and hosts Canada.
Time for some classic rugby, another from the 1996 Pan-Am Series held in Ontario. This is the final, featuring the Pumas of Argentina and hosts Canada.
We could make this easy and just pick the entire All Black XV, but that wouldn’t be much fun, or very fair to some other standouts.
Argentina came desperately close to claiming their first ever victory in the Championship, losing to the boot of Morné Steyn with history in their sights.
It was a dreadful week of weather, and consequently the rugby was nearly as awful. Nevertheless a team must be pulled from the wreckage.
While the rain dampened spirits in Sydney, it thrashed into Pretoria like a hurricane and threw out any expectations of what might have been.
Loftus Versfeld is just about the last place you’d want to try to get an elusive first win, but that’s the challenge Argentina are faced with on Saturday.
After two weeks in North America, the Scots head south to face the Pumas for the first time since their crushing World Cup defeat.
A look at the test matches from the weekend played between Samoa and Italy, Fiji and Tonga, Australia and France, and lastly Argentina and Ireland.
Ireland got a little more than they bargained for against the Pumas last week, and should face much the same in Tucuman on Saturday.
After eight grueling matches it’s finally time to unveil last weekend’s team. Is this the first time ever an All Black hasn’t made the side?