New Zealand's "All Blacks" visit River Plate soccer club in Argentina
Xinhua, October 1, 2016 Adjust font size:
New Zealand's national rugby team, known as the "All Blacks," visited River Plate, one of the most popular teams in Argentine soccer, on Friday in order to share some sporting activities.
The New Zealand team participated in different challenges with the Argentine players in Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires. The activities were full of laughter and gestures of camaraderie.
The "All Blacks" will face Argentina's national rugby team, known as "Los Pumas", on Saturday at 19:00 local time (22:00 GMT), for the fifth and second last match in the Rugby Championship.
New Zealand's team, the current world runners-up, already secured the tournament title with their 41-13 victory over South Africa in the last game.
This is the fifth edition of this international competition which four nations compete in. Apart from Argentina and New Zealand, South Africa's "Springboks" and Australia's "Wallabies" also participate. This will be the fourth time that the "All Blacks" have won the tournament since it started in 2012.
New Zealand currently lead the scoreboard with 20 points, followed by Australia (9), South Africa (6) and Argentina (5).
"Los Pumas" were defeated in all three of the first-leg - 23-30 against South Africa, 22-57 against New Zealand and 20-36 against Australia. However, in the second-leg against South Africa, played at home, they got their first win of the tournament, scoring 26-24.
Saturday's game between Argentina and New Zealand will be the 27th time in history that the teams have faced each other, with 26 wins for the "All Blacks" and a draw on November 2, 1985, in the Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires.
New Zealand have won their past 15 games and their coach is Steve Hansen. Enditem