Los Pumas have a confirmed squad for the first two matches against the All Blacks, to be played in Córdoba and Vélez, on August 16 and 23 respectively.

The first of the two clashes against the men in black will be the sixth match of the National Team in Cordoba, where they have not played since 2014, after what was the narrow defeat against Scotland by 19-21 in 2014.

Although it will be the first meeting between the two teams in La Docta, this will be the fourth visit of the All Blacks to the province: in 1976 they beat the Interior National Team by 30-13, while in 1985 and 1991 they did it against the Cordoba National Team by 72-9 and 38-9, respectively.

Last season the Pumas beat the All Blacks 38-30 in Wellington in Round One, before the All Blacks turned the tables 42-10 at Eden Park in Auckland. The Wellington match was the Pumas third win over New Zealand and was the most points the Pumas have scored against the All Blacks.

Felipe Contepomi, head coach of Los Pumas, referring to the start of the international competition said: "The Rugby Championship presents us with a huge challenge as a team and we are looking forward to meeting again after the three weeks of the July Test Window. Receiving the All Blacks in our country is always special and we are very excited to face them for the first time in Córdoba, and then to play them again in Vélez".

In turn, he sent a special thanks to the Argentine fans: "We wanted to thank from the bottom of our hearts all those who came to the training, the hotel and the stadium. It is very important for us to have your support. We will meet again soon in Córdoba and Buenos Aires."

Squad news:

Juan Cruz Mallía, Santiago Chocobares, Marcos Kremer, Bautista Delguy, Mateo Carreras and Ignacio Ruiz received their first call-up of the year.

Benjamín Grondona, Emiliano Boffelli and Thomas Gallo are unavailable due to injury.

FORWARDS

BERNASCONI, Bautista
CORIA MARCHETTI, Francisco
D'AMORIM, Nicolás *
DELGADO, Pedro
GONZÁLEZ, Juan Martín
GRONDONA, Santiago
KREMER, Marcos
MATERA, Pablo
MOLINA, Franco
MONTOYA, Julián
OVIEDO, Joaquín
PAULOS, Lucas
PETTI, Guido
RUBIOLO, Pedro
RUIZ, Ignacio
SCLAVI, Joel
TETAZ CHAPARRO, Nahuel
VIVAS, Mayco
WENGER, Boris *
*Player development

BACKS

BATHROBE, Tomás
BENÍTEZ CRUZ, Simón
CARRERAS, Mateo
CARRERAS, Santiago
CHOCOBARES, Santiago
CINTI, Lucio
DELGUY, Bautista
ELIZALDE, Benjamin
GARCÍA, Gonzalo
ISGRÓ, Rodrigo
MALLÍA, Juan Cruz
MENDY Ignacio
MOYANO, Agustín
PICCARDO, Justo
PRISCIANTELLI, Gerónimo