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Rugby-New Zealand v Argentina - Rugby Championship test

WELLINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Factbox on Rugby Championship test between New Zealand and Argentina on Saturday: When: Sept. 10, 7:35 pm local (0735 GMT) Where: Waikato Stadium, Hamilton (Capacity 25,000) Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Assistants: Angus Gardner (Australia), Marius Mitrea (Italy) TMO: George Ayoub (Australia) NEW ZEALAND World ranking: 1 Coach: Steve Hansen Captain: Kieran Read Team: 15-Ben Smith, 14-Israel Dagg, 13-Malakai Fekitoa, 12-Ryan Crotty, 11-Julian Savea, 10-Beauden Barrett, 9-Aaron Smith, 8-Kieran Read, 7-Sam Cane, 6-Jerome Kaino, 5-Sam Whitelock, 4-Brodie Retallick, 3-Owen Franks, 2-Dane Coles, 1-Joe Moody. Replacements: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Wyatt Crockett, 18-Charlie Faumuina, 19-Luke Romano, 20-Ardie Savea, 21-TJ Perenara, 22-Aaron Cruden, 23-Anton Lienert-Brown ARGENTINA World ranking: 7 Coach: Daniel Hourcade Captain: Agustin Creevy Team: 15-Joaquin Tuculet, 14-Matias Moroni, 13-Matias Orlando, 12-Juan Martin Hernandez, 11-Santiago Cordero, 10-Nicolas Sanchez, 9-Martin Landajo, 8-Facundo Isa, 7-Javier Ortega Desio, 6-Pablo Matera, 5-Matias Alemanno, 4-Guido Petti, 3-Ramiro Herrera, 2-Agustin Creevy, 1-Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Replacements: 16-Julian Montoya, 17-Lucas Noguera, 18-Enrique Pieretto, 19-Marcos Kremer, 20-Leonardo Senatore, 21-Tomas Cubelli, 22-Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23-Ramiro Moyano OVERALL RECORD Played: 22 New Zealand wins: 21 Draws: 1 IN HAMILTON 2013 New Zealand 28-13 Argentina 2004 New Zealand 41-7 Argentina 1997 New Zealand 62-10 Argentina LAST FIVE MEETINGS 2015* New Zealand 26-16 Argentina (London) 2015 New Zealand 39-18 Argentina (Christchurch) 2014 New Zealand 34-13 Argentina (La Plata) 2014 New Zealand 28-9 Argentina (Napier) 2013 New Zealand 33-15 Argentina (La Plata) * indicates Rugby World Cup match (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Sudipto Ganguly)