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Argentina opened the 2024 Rugby Championship with a 38-30 win over New Zealand. For some players it was their first taste of victory against the All Blacks. For others it was a second and for five players it was a third win.
Hooker Ignacio Ruiz had his first start against New Zealand and also his first win. He was replaced by 39-year-old Agustín Creevy who won after having missed the 2020 and 2022 wins. Julián Montoya was the hooker in the other wins with Facundo Bosch and Santiago Socino being his understudies.
Elsewhere among the forwards, second-rowers Franco Molina and Pedro Rubiolo both also defeated New Zealand for the first time as did debutant Efraín Elías and replacement N8 Joaquín Oviedo. Molina was a try-scorer and Elías had an assist.
Left winger Mateo Carreras was a try scorer too. The win marked his first taste of victory over the All Blacks. Fellow Tucumán back, Tomás Albornoz was a second-half replacement. Lautaro Bazán Vélez was the only unused replacement.
Argentina now has three wins over New Zealand. The first was under Mario Ledesma in 2020, the second under Michael Cheika in 2022 and the third under Felipe Contepomi in 2024. None of the wins took place in Argentina.
 PUMAS – 3 WINS vs NEW ZEALAND |
- Marcos Kremer started at 7 in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
- Pablo Matera started at 6 in 2020 and 2024; 8 in 2022.
- Santiago Carreras started at 15 in 2020; 10 in 2022 and 2024.
- Gonzalo Bertranou replacement in 2020; started in 2022 and 2024.
- Mayco Vivas replacement in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
| PUMAS – 2 WINS vs NEW ZEALAND |
- Eduardo Bello started at 3 in 2024; replacement in 2022.
- Joel Sclavi started in 2022; replacement in 2024.
- Thomas Gallo started at 1 in 2022 and 2024.
- Tomás Lavanini started at 5 in 2022; replacement in 2024.
- Juan Martín González started at 6 in 2022; 8 in 2024.
- Santiago Chocobares started at 12 in 2020 and 2024.
- Lucio Cinti started at 11 in 2022; 13 in 2024.
- Matías Moroni started at 13 in 2022; 14 in 2024.
- Juan Cruz Mallía started at 15 in 2022 and 2024.
- Julián Montoya started at 2 in 2020 and 2022.
- Matías Alemanno started at 5 in 2020; 4 in 2022.
- Guido Petti stated at 4 in 2020; replacement in 2022.
- Tomás Cubelli started at 9 in 2020; replacement in 2022.
- Matías Orlando started at 13 in 2020; 12 in 2022.
- Santiago Grondona replacement in 2020 and 2022.
| PUMAS – 1ST WIN vs New Zealand in 2024 |
- Ignacio Ruiz started at 2.
- Franco Molina started at 4.
- Pedro Rubiolo started at 5.
- Mateo Carreras started at 11.
- Agustín Creevy replacement.
- Efraín Elías replacement.
- Joaquín Oviedo replacement.
- Tomás Albornoz replacement.
2020 in Sydney, Australia:  25-15 |
ARGENTINA
1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro (17 Mayco Vivas 72′), 2 Julián Montoya (16 Facundo Bosch 77′), 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela (18 Santiago Medrano 72′), 4 Guido Petti, 5 Matías Alemanno (20 Tomás Lezana 73′), 6 Pablo Matera (capt.), 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Rodrigo Bruni (19 Santiago Grondona 54′), 9 Tomás Cubelli (21 Gonzalo Bertranou 77′), 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 11 Juan Imhoff, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 13 Matías Orlando, 14 Bautista Delguy, 15 Santiago Carreras (30′-HT)
Not used: 22 Lucio Cinti
| 2022 in Christchurch, New Zealand: 18-25 |
ARGENTINA
1 Thomas Gallo (17 Mayco Vivas 58′), 2 Julián Montoya (capt.) (16 Santiago Socino 79′), 3 Joel Sclavi (18 Eduardo Bello 53′), 4 Matías Alemanno (19 Guido Petti 62′), 5 Tomás Lavanini, 6 Juan Martín González (20 Santiago Grondona 71′), 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Pablo Matera, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou (21 Tomás Cubelli 66′), 10 Santiago Carreras, 11 Lucio Cinti (23 Santiago Cordero 72′), 12 Matías Orlando, 13 Matías Moroni, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 15 Juan Cruz Mallía
Not used: 22 Tomás Albornoz
| 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand: 30-38 |
ARGENTINA
1 Thomas Gallo (17 Mayco Vivas 63′), 2 Ignacio Ruiz (16 Agustín Creevy 63′), 3 Eduardo Bello (18 Joel Sclavi 47′), 4 Franco Molina (Efraín Elías 47′), 5 Pedro Rubiolo (Tomás Lavanini 63′), 6 Pablo Matera (capt.), 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Juan Martín González (Joaquín Oviedo 67′), 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 10 Santiago Carreras, 11 Mateo Carreras, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 13 Lucio Cinti (Tomás Albornoz 64′), 14 Matías Moroni, 15 Juan Cruz Mallía
Not used: 22 Lautaro Bazán Vélez
