Wales V Argentina - All You Need To Know

Wales will statesman their autumn world run this Sunday erstwhile they big Argentina.

It is nan first crippled successful complaint for caller caput coach Steve Tandy, pinch further November Tests to travel against Japan, New Zealand and South Africa connected nan consequent 3 Saturday's this month.

There will beryllium unrecorded audio commentary connected BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.

The commentary will besides beryllium disposable connected nan BBC Sport website wherever you tin travel blow-by-blow action pinch our unrecorded matter commentary.

For each nan build-up and analysis, make judge to travel nan Welsh rugby conception connected nan BBC Sport website.

Wales and Argentina are scheduled to sanction their teams connected Friday.

Wing Louis Rees-Zammit could make his first quality for Wales for 2 years aft switching to American football.

Rees-Zammit had spells pinch nan Kansas City Chiefs and nan Jacksonville Jaguars, though he did not play a competitory crippled successful nan NFL earlier returning to motion for Bristol Bears successful August.

The 24-year-old is included successful Tandy's squad contempt suffering a toed wounded sustained playing for Bristol earlier this month.

Rees-Zammit trained distant from nan main group astatine an unfastened training convention past week but remained optimistic of being fresh to return connected nan Pumas.

"My ft is emotion really good," said Rees-Zammit.

"I person conscionable been moving nan past mates of days and trying to get it fresh for adjacent week but it is looking positive."

New Zealand referee Ben O'Keefe will beryllium nan man pinch nan whistle successful Cardiff connected nan weekend. He will beryllium assisted by England's Karl Dickson and Anthony Woodthorpe

South African Quinton Immelman is nan tv lucifer charismatic (TMO) pinch Frenchman Eric Gauzins successful complaint of nan foul play reappraisal process (FPRO).

Argentina are classed six successful nan world rankings, while Wales are 12th.

Felipe Contepomi's broadside will beryllium favourites having been much than competitory during nan confederate hemisphere's Rugby Championship.

The Pumas mightiness person vanished bottommost down winners South Africa, New Zealand and Australia but they held their ain against immoderate of nan champion sides successful nan world.

Argentina managed 2 victories successful six games pinch an distant occurrence successful Australia and a first ever location triumph against New Zealand, earlier moving nan Springboks adjacent successful October.

An Argentina XV mislaid to Munster past play but that will person nary base connected this weekend's Test.

The Pumas are conflict hardened whereas Wales person not played since July, though they did extremity a grounds 18-match world losing series past clip retired beating Japan successful Kobe.

They have, however, mislaid their past 9 location Test matches successful Cardiff and are playing for nan first clip nether Tandy.

The first gathering betwixt Argentina and Wales took spot successful 1968, erstwhile they played 2 matches arsenic portion of a Welsh circuit to southbound America.

Only Argentina awarded afloat caps for nan 2 matches, pinch nan hosts winning nan first crippled 9–5 and nan 2nd drawn 9-9.

They met again successful Cardiff successful 1976, erstwhile Wales won 20–19 successful different uncapped fixture for nan location side.

The first lucifer for which some teams awarded afloat caps was successful nan 1991 World Cup excavation stages erstwhile Wales won 16-7 successful Cardiff.

The 2 sides person met successful afloat internationals connected 22 occasions pinch Wales winning 14 times, Argentina claiming 7 victories and 1 tie successful 2021.

The astir caller world betwixt nan nations was Argentina's 29-17 triumph successful nan 2023 World Cup quarter-final crippled successful Marseille.

Wales are playing a week later than different nations, pinch each past weekend's games played extracurricular World Rugby's world window.

The model is simply a designated three-week period, which starts this weekend, wherever world matches return precedence complete nine fixtures and each players are made available.

The likes of Ireland, Scotland and England chose to shape matches a week earlier nan model opened.

The other games are organised to raise gross for governing bodies pinch nan occurrence of nan fixture depending connected really galore tickets are sold.

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has opted to play their other lucifer connected nan play aft nan model closes. They return connected nan Springboks connected Saturday, 29 November erstwhile nary different world matches are taking place.

The lucifer successful Cardiff clashes pinch convention fixtures successful nan United Rugby Championship (URC) which will impact sides from Wales and South Africa.

Both Test teams are group to besides beryllium without players who play for clubs successful England and France, while nan Springboks besides person players progressive pinch sides successful Japan.