This weekend's Rugby Championship matches are a repeat of the Rugby World Cup 2015 semi-finals of 11 months ago, but will New Zealand and Australia emerge victorious once more over South Africa and Argentina respectively?
New Zealand beat the Springboks 20-18 that October day at Twickenham - the fourth match in a row between the sides decided by seven points or less - with Australia more comfortable 29-15 winners over Los Pumas the following day.
The All Blacks have set the pace in The Rugby Championship in 2016 with three impressive bonus-point wins to top the standings by nine points from South Africa, with Argentina (five) and Australia (four) just behind the Springboks at the halfway stage.
A third successive win over South Africa will all but wrap up the title for New Zealand with two rounds remaining.
NEW ZEALAND V SOUTH AFRICA, AMI STADIUM, CHRISTCHURCH
Beauden Barrett and Jerome Kaino scored New Zealand's tries in that RWC 2015 semi-final victory and remain in an All Blacks starting XV which shows just one enforced change with Ardie Savea coming in for Sam Cane, who has been ruled out for up to six weeks with the hamstring injury suffered in the 57-22 win over Argentina last weekend.
The only other change sees Liam Sopoaga come onto the bench in place of Aaron Cruden, who has a groin injury.
South Africa coach Allister Coetzee has also made minimal changes for his first meeting with the All Blacks, second-row Pieter-Steph du Toit and prop Vincent Koch coming in for Lood de Jager, sidelined with a bruised knee, and Lourens Adriaanse in the pack in a match that will see flanker Francois Louw play his 50th test for the Springboks.
On the bench, prop Malcolm Marx is in line for his debut in Christchurch, while Willem Alberts and Damian de Allende return as South Africa seek to avoid a third successive away defeat in this year's Rugby Championship.
In brief
- South Africa were the last team to beat New Zealand at home, a 32-29 win in Hamilton in September 2009. Since then the All Blacks have won 43 consecutive matches on home soil
- The first meeting between New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations in July 1996 was at Lancaster Park in Christchurch, with the All Blacks winning 15-11
- New Zealand have scored 18 tries in three matches, more than Argentina, Australia and South Africa combined (15)
- The All Blacks have scored an average of 42.67 points and six tries per match in this year's competition. South Africa's figures are 23.67 points and 2.33 tries in comparison
- All Black second-row Sam Whitelock has made more tackles than any other player, missing just one of his 38 tackles across three matches
- Of the eight players to score more than one try in the 2016 Rugby Championship, five are All Blacks, including Julian Savea and Ryan Crotty who lead the way with three
Ranking predictor
A seventh victory in a row over South Africa on New Zealand soil will have no impact on the ratings of either team, but if South Africa can bounce back from back-to-back defeats on the road against Argentina and Australia then the Springboks can improve their rating by at least two points. A victory - regardless of what the Wallabies do against Argentina in Perth - will see South Africa regain the third spot they lost last weekend, but they can go no higher as even a victory by more than 15 points will still see them trail England by over two points. South Africa could still reclaim third spot even in defeat to the world champions, if the Wallabies also lose to Argentina.
AUSTRALIA V ARGENTINA, NIB STADIUM, PERTH
Argentina were left heartbroken after Australia denied them a place in their first ever Rugby World Cup final and Los Pumas will be eager to avenge that loss on a day when all of their points came from the boot of fly-half Nicolas Sanchez.
Rob Simmons scored the opening try of that 29-15 victory and the second-row returns to the squad after missing the last two matches, replacing Kane Douglas as the only change from last weekend's 23-17 win over South Africa that ended the Wallabies' six-match losing run.
Los Pumas, bidding to win a second match in a single Rugby Championship campaign, have made four changes with Brumbies scrum-half Tomas Cubelli getting the nod to start over Martin Landajo. Veteran flanker Juan Manuel Leguizamon, winger Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino and centre Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias also come into the starting XV for the encounter in Perth.
In brief
- Australia have won their last 11 meetings with Argentina on home soil, Los Pumas' only win being an 18-3 success at Ballymore in July 1983 in their first meeting on Australian soil
- Australia have the worst average points (13.33) and tries (one) per match in this year's competition
- Argentina's first Rugby Championship victory came over Australia in Mendoza in 2014
- Los Pumas' number eight Facundo Isa has made more carries (41) than any other player in the 2016 tournament
- Santiago Cordero is Argentina's top try scorer with three, while no Australian player has scored more than one try
- Rob Simmons and Adam Coleman will be the sixth different second-row combination employed by Michael Cheika in seven tests in 2016
Rankings predictor
Argentina have plenty to gain if they can record a second win in a Rugby Championship season for the first time as victory would be enough to lift them above both Ireland and Wales into fifth place. A win by more than 15 points and they would also leapfrog their hosts into fourth, a position they occupied after RWC 2015. Australia cannot improve their position of third with a maximum gain of five tenths with an emphatic win and could fall even with victory if the Springboks can end New Zealand's 14-match unbeaten run and win in Christchurch.
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