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What time is Argentina v Australia kick-off and what TV channel is it on?

Argentina take on the Wallabies for the second time in as many weeks on Saturday as the Rugby Championship continues.

South Africa host the All Blacks again on Saturday, August 13, at 4pm (UK kick-off time), before the second match of the days follows in the evening.

The Wallabies are currently sitting pretty at the top of the table, after getting a bonus point 41-26 victory in round one last weekend. Argentina are third, marginally ahead of New Zealand on points difference following the All Blacks' defeat to the Springboks last time out.

The Wallabies were strong in the first Test, but Argentina had themselves to blame for some of the poor tackling which led to Jordan Petaia's try. Michael Cheika's Los Pumas will be raring to bounce back after the result last week, and get one over his old side:

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What time is Argentina v Australia kick-off?

Argentina v Australia kicks off at 8.10pm (UK time) on Saturday, August 13, at Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan.

What TV channel is Argentina v Australia on? What about live streaming?

Argentina v Australia will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Action from 8pm. You can live stream the match via Sky Sports' app or online if you're a customer, while you can also access it through NOW TV - their subscription starts at £11.99 for a day pass.

What's the Argentina v Australia team news?

Hosts Argentina have made four changes to their starting XV. Racing 92 speedster Juan Imhoff comes in on the left wing, with Emiliano Boffelli switching over to the right. The latter kicked well last week, so will be hoping he can carry that momentum into the second match.

After Quade Cooper sustained an injury last weekend, James O'Connor comes in at fly-half for Australia. Centre Hunter Paisami is ruled out with a head injury, so Lalakai Foketi partners Len Ikitau in midfield. Taniela Tupou replaces Allan Alaalatoa in the front-row.

In a late change due to hooker Folau Fainga’a failing a concussion test on Friday after a blow to the head in training, Lachlan Lonergan will make his first Test start and uncapped Billy Pollard takes Lonergan’s place on the bench.

Argentina: 15. Juan Cruz Mallía, 14. Emiliano Boffelli, 13. Matias Orlando, 12. Jerónimo de la Fuente, 11. Juan Imhoff, 10. Santiago Carreras, 9. Gonzalo Bertranou, 1. Thomas Gallo, 2. Julian Montoya (capt), 3. Francisco Gómez Kodela, 4. Matías Alemanno, 5. Tomás Lavanini, 6. Juan Martín González Samso, 7. Marcos Kremer, 8. Pablo Matera.

Replacements : 16. Agustin Creevy, 17. Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18. Joel Sclavi, 19. Facundo Isa, 20. Rodrigo Bruni, 21. Tomas Cubeli, 22. Tomas Albornoz, 23. Lucio Cinti.

Australia : 15. Tom Wright, 14. Jordan Petaia, 13. Len Ikitau, 12. Lalakai Foketi, 11. Marika Koroibete, 10. James O’Connor, 9. Nic White, 1. James Slipper (capt), 2. Lachlan Lonergan, 3. Taniela Tupou, 4. Rory Arnold, 5. Darcy Swain, 6. Jed Holloway, 7. Fracer McReight, 8. Rob Valetini.

Replacements : 16. Billy Pollard, 17. Matt Gibbon, 18. Pone Fa’amausili, 19. Nick Frost, 20. Pete Samu, 21. Tate McDermott, 22. Irae Simone, 23. Reece Hodge.

Who is the Argentina v Australia referee?

Referee: Karl Dickson (England)

Assistant referees: Mike Adamson (Scotland) and Chris Busy (Ireland)

TMO: Marius van der Westhhuizen (South Africa)

What have the coaches said?

Wallabies head coach Dave Rennie said of his selection of James O'Connor at No. 10: "He has earned the right to play this weekend and our thinking is he will go through to the World Cup. But time will tell. He is keen to get out there and prove he has plenty more footy in him."

Argentina head coach Michael Cheika said of Wallabies winger Marika Koroibete: "I know the opposition coach isn’t supposed to say this but he is a bloody legend. He puts his heart out on the field, the effort he makes. He knows it won’t mean anything on game day – we have a good relationship obviously – but you have to acknowledge the best, and he is one of the best."

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