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Live Test rugby: All Blacks v Pumas in Rugby Championship opener

Rugby Championship: “NZ All Blacks vs Argentina” airs TONIGHT (July 20 2019) Another Test prop, Tim Perry, is also back on the bench from a broken  arm as coach ScottRobertson unveiled a team with the luxury of listing  Luke Romano, Jordan Taufua andBraydon Ennor among the reserves. “Owie is probably not an impact player, he’s a great starter, and he’s had a couple of extraweeks to get his engine going,” Robertson  said. “When you’ve played 300 first class games, I think experience counts when you come intothese big games. “They’re great athletes and professionals.” Meanwhile, the Highlanders have also received a massive boost with  All Blacks star BenSmith cleared to return from a long- term hamstring  injury. Co-captain Smith has been out for six weeks but will start at fullback in a Highlanders sidefeaturing three changes to the starting  side. Smith replaces Josh McKay, Patelesio Tomkinson comes in for Tevita Li  on the left wingwhile Daniel Lienert-Brown gets the