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The Rugby World Cup reaches the semi-final stage with Argentina and New Zealand the first of the final four teams to get stuck into the action. They face each other on Friday at the Stade de France in Paris knowing that victory will secure a place in the final. <\/p>\n
Argentina reached the last four with a comfortable, in the end, win over Wales in Marseille. A missed penalty kick from Emiliano Boffelli allowed Wales to put the first points on the board and the Pumas slipped to 10-0 down. Wise and tactical kicking followed with Boffelli booting over four penalties to extinguish the deficit. Tomos Williams restored Wales\u2019 lead with a brilliant try before two late tries from Joel Sclavi and Nicolas Sanchez sealed the win for the South Americans.<\/p>\n
In contrast, New Zealand played their best match of the tournament to edge out Ireland 28-24, defending 37 phases in the dying minutes of the game to hold onto their lead and set up this fixture with Argentina. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s everything you need to know ahead of the match plus get all the <\/em>Rugby World Cup odds and tips here<\/em>:<\/em><\/p>\n When is Argentina vs New Zealand?<\/strong><\/p>\n The semi-final is scheduled to kick off at 8pm BST on Friday 20th October at Stade de Frace in Paris.<\/p>\n How can I watch it?<\/strong><\/p>\n Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on ITV1 with coverage beginning at 7:30pm BST.<\/p>\n Registered users can also stream the match for free online on ITVX.<\/p>\n Team news<\/strong><\/p>\n For their Rugby World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in Saint-Denis, Argentina head coach Michael Cheika has brought in scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou for Tom\u00e1s Cubelli in the only change from the team that beat Wales in the quarter-final. <\/p>\n New Zealand, meanwhile, bring wing Mark Tele\u2019a into the side for the semi-finals after he missed the All Blacks\u2019 last eight win over Ireland for disciplinary reasons. Tele\u2019a replaces Leicester Fainga\u2019anuku with the other change to Ian Foster\u2019s side coming in the second row, where Sam Whitelock, the most capped All Black ever, is preferred to long time locking partner Brodie Retallick.<\/p>\n Retallick has to be content with a place on the bench, which also includes hooker Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, not involved last week.<\/p>\n Confirmed lineups:<\/strong><\/p>\n Argentina XV: <\/strong>15-Juan Cruz Mallia, 14-Emiliano Boffelli, 13-Lucio Cinti, 12-Santiago Chocobares, 11-Mateo Carreras, 10-Santiago Carreras. 9-Gonzalo Bertranou, 1-Thomas Gallo, 2-Juli\u00e1n Montoya, 3-Francisco G\u00f3mez Kodela, 4-Guido Petti Pagadizabal, 5-Tomas Lavanini, 6-Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7-Marcos Kremer, 8-Facundo Isa.<\/p>\n Replacements:<\/em><\/strong> 16-Agust\u00edn Creevy, 17-Joel Sclavi, 18-Eduardo Bello, 19-Matias Alemanno, 20-Rodrigo Bruni, 21-Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22-Nicolas Sanchez, 23-Mat\u00edas Moroni<\/p>\nRecommended<\/h3>\n
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