Factbox on Saturday's Tri-Nations championship match between Australia and Argentina:
When: Nov. 21, 7.45 p.m. (0845 GMT)
Where: Hunter Stadium, Newcastle (capacity: 33,000)
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand), Angus Gardner (Australia)
TMO: Nic Berry (Australia)
AUSTRALIA
World ranking: 6
Coach: Dave Rennie
Captain: Michael Hooper
Team: 15-Tom Banks, 14-Tom Wright, 13-Jordan Petaia, 12-Hunter Paisami, 11-Marika Koroibete, 10-Reece Hodge, 9-Nic White, 8-Harry Wilson, 7-Michael Hooper, 6-Ned Hanigan, 5-Matt Philip, 4-Rob Simmons, 3-Taniela Tupou, 2-Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 1-Scott Sio
Replacements: 16-Folau Fainga'a, 17-Angus Bell, 18-Allan Alaalatoa, 19-Rob Valetini, 20-Liam Wright, 21-Jake Gordon, 22-Noah Lolesio, 23-Filipo Daugunu
ARGENTINA
World ranking: 8
Coach: Mario Ledesma
Captain: Pablo Matera
Team: 15-Santiago Carreras, 14-Bautista Delguy, 13-Matias Orlando, 12-Santiago Chocobares, 11-Juan Imhoff, 10-Nicolas Sanchez, 9-Gonzalo Bertranou, 8-Rodrigo Bruni, 7-Marcos Kremer, 6-Pablo Matera, 5-Matias Alemanno, 4-Guido Petti, 3-Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2-Julian Montoya, 1-Nahuel Tetaz Chapparo
Replacements: 16-Santiago Socino, 17-Mayco Vivas, 18-Santiago Medrano, 19-Santiago Grondona, 20-Facundo Isa, 21-Felipe Excurra, 22-Emiliano Boffelli, 23-Santiago Cordero
OVERALL RECORD
Played: 32
Australia wins: 25
Draw: 1
Argentina wins: 6
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
2019 Australia 16-10 Argentina Brisbane
2018 Argentina 34-45 Australia Salta
2018 Australia 19-23 Argentina Gold Coast
2017 Argentina 20-37 Australia Mendoza
2017 Australia 45-20 Argentina Canberra
(Compiled by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra and Stephen Coates)
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