Overview
- Kickoff is 13:10 (Argentina time) at Twickenham, with live coverage on ESPN and streaming on Disney+ Premium; the referee is France’s Pierre Brousset.
- Felipe Contepomi named Tomás Albornoz at fly-half and confirmed Santiago Chocobares is out after activating the concussion protocol, with Thomas Gallo, Marcos Kremer, Bautista Delguy and Justo Piccardo also coming into the XV.
- England enters on a 10-match winning streak that includes a 33-19 defeat of New Zealand, though injuries have ruled out several backs in the build-up.
- Argentina’s recent victories over Wales (52-28) and Scotland (33-24) lifted them to sixth in the World Rugby rankings, guaranteeing a Bombo 1 seed for the 2027 World Cup draw on December 3.
- The fixture is at the 82,000-capacity Twickenham, where Argentina has two prior wins over England, in 2006 and 2022.