All Blacks set to experiment against Pumas
Hansen expected to try out less experienced players
The All Blacks are expected to stick to their strategic plan of giving some of their less experienced players an opportunity to start against Argentina in their next Rugby Championship match even though the Pumas are coming off a win over the Springboks. Steve Hansen’s team beat Australia 40-12 at Eden Park on Saturday to sew up the Bledisloe Cup with a game to spare, while Mario Ledesma’s Pumas upset SA 32-19 later in the day to record a rare win in the southern hemisphere competition. Hansen had indicated prior to the tournament that his long-term goal was to develop experience in 2018 as a means of bedding down tactics to take through to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. That had not changed, he told reporters in Auckland on Sunday, even if the temptation was to stick with a winning side, with several first-choice players likely to be rested ahead of the clash with the Springboks in Wellington on September 15. "You’re always flexible in your thinking but we’ve got a plan in plac...
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