RUGBY WORLD CUP | Live scoring: Argentina v Chile

Nantes hosts an historic match on Saturday, regardless of the result, as it will be the first-ever meeting of two sides from South America at a Rugby World Cup.

The match may be an historic first, but the rivalry is nothing new. Chile and Argentina have faced one another across the halfway line of a rugby pitch 39 times in tests over 87 years – as well as in numerous uncapped matches.

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Los Pumas’ head coach Michael Cheika has made 11 changes to his starting XV from the team that beat Samoa 19-10 in their last match, with Marcos Kremer, Guido Petti Pagadizabal, Eduardo Bello and Juan Martin González the only four players retaining their places in the run-on team. Nicolás Sánchez, meanwhile, will earn his 100th cap, becoming only the second Argentine to play a century of tests – after hooker Agustín Creevy.

FIXTURE: Argentina v Chile

GROUND: Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes (35,520)

KICK-OFF: 15:00 local time (GMT+2)

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REF WATCH

Paul Williams (New Zealand). Williams has reached into his pocket for a yellow card five times in two Rugby World Cup matches in France, more than any other referee. But four of those cards were shown in Samoa’s 43-10 win over Chile in Bordeaux.

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TEAMS

ARGENTINA Martín Bogado; Rodrigo Isgro, Lucio Cinti, Jeronimo de la Fuente (captain), Juan Imhoff; Nicolás Sánchez, Tomas Cubelli; Joel Sclavi, Agustín Creevy, Eduardo Bello; Guido Petti Pagadizabal, Pedro Rubiolo; Juan Martin Gonzalez, Marcos Kremer, Facundo Isa 

Replacements: Ignacio Ruiz, Mayco Vivas, Francisco Gómez Kodela, Matias Alemanno,  Joaquín Oviedo, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Santiago Carreras, Juan Cruz Mallia 

CHILE Inaki Ayarza; Santiago Videla, Domingo Saavedra, Matias Garafulic, José Ignacio Larenas; Rodrigo Fernandez, Marcelo Torrealba; Javier Carrasco, Augusto Bohme, Matias Dittus; Santiago Pedrero, Javier Eissmann; Martín Sigren (captain), Clemente Saavedra, Raimundo Martínez

Replacements: Tomas Dussaillant, Salvador Lues, Esteban Inostroza, Augusto Sarmiento, Alfonso Escobar, Ignacio Silva, Nicolas Herreros, Francisco Urroz