Bath Rugby wing Horacio Agulla makes his first start in this season’s Rugby Championship when the Pumas face the All Blacks in Napier on Saturday (k.o  07.35).

Agulla will make his 54th appearance for Argentina, and also featured when they were narrowly defeated by the Francois Louw-inspired Springboks in the last round of the competition, falling to an agonisingly close 33-31 loss. They are still searching for their first victory since their entry to the Rugby Championship last season. 

In total, the Pumas have faced the All Blacks on 22 occasions, with one draw in Buenos Aires in 1985 their best result.

Argentina team to face New Zealand 

1 Marcos Ayerza

2 Agustin Creevy

3 Ramiro Herrera

4 Mariano Galarza

5 Lavanini Thomas

6 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe

7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón

8 Leonardo Senatore

9 Martin Landajo

10 Nicolás Sánchez

11 Lucas González Amorosino

12 Juan Martín Hernández

13 Marcelo Bosch

14 Horacio Agulla

15 Joaquin Tuculet 

Replacements

16 Matias Cortese

17 Lucas Noguera Paz

18 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro

19 Matias Alemanno

20 Rodrigo Baez

21 Thomas Cubelli

22 Santiago González Iglesias

23 Juan Imhoff