The Argentine national rugby team, Los Pumas, will face the All Blacks next Saturday at 6:10 p.m. in Córdoba, where a sort of fever for this match is already being experienced.
This is a historic event, since it is the first time Argentina and New Zealand have faced each other in this province.
The match will be played on the first date of the 2025 Rugby Championship, a tournament that also features Australia and South Africa.
The venue will be the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium, with a capacity for 57,000 people. It is expected to be packed.
The excitement sparked by Los Pumas is total. Last Saturday, they held an open training session at Kempes, attended by more than 10,000 people.
"It's crazy to experience all this. I get goosebumps," said back Rodrigo Isgró after the open practice.
Cordobese players in Los Pumas
In addition, the national team has a good dose of "Cordobese blood".
Among those drafted are lock Franco Molina (trained at Jockey Club Córdoba), number eight Joaquín Oviedo (from Córdoba Athletic), scrum-half Agustín Moyano (Athletic), and backs Santiago Carreras (trained at Athletic) and Juan Cruz Mallía (from Jockey CC).
They are joined by prop Boris Wenger (from Jockey Club de Villa María), drafted as a "development player". Meanwhile, there is also the prop from Santiago del Estero, Pedro Delgado, a Dogos XV player.
Matías Alemanno, from La Tablada, is not included due to injury.
