Paris (AFP)

In the All Blacks, we change a winning team.

The New Zealanders, largely overhauled, expect to stir the knife in the wound of Argentinian Pumas, "wounded beast", with a new success on Saturday, during the 4th day of the Rugby Championship.

With three wins in three matches, the All Blacks (1st, 15 points) seem well on their way to winning their eighth title since 2012 in the competition.

A victory against Argentina (4th, 0 pts), swallowed 39-0 last week, could therefore allow them to consolidate their domination even more.

Especially since the South Africans (2nd, 10 pts) find their surprise executioner, Australia (3rd, 4 pts), which had imposed itself on the wire (28-26) on a drop of the returning Quade Cooper.

For this decisive match, New Zealand coach Ian Foster decided to change his starting XV in large widths, keeping only three players victorious Sunday of the Pumas, the scrum half TJ Perenara, the back Jordie Barrett and the winger George Bridge.

"We expect a strong response from Argentina and we have to make sure we are prepared for it because we know what a wounded beast is," said Foster.

"If we come into this test match thinking it's just going to work out for us like last week, effortlessly and without keeping the score, then we're going to have problems," he added suspiciously.

- Cooper does it again -

The Boks, too, are on their guard.

A week after falling against the Wallabies, where veteran Cooper will once again be the starter, the world champions will continue to rely on their strengths: strength, impact and an indestructible melee.

"I found us very unruly and our kicking game was not at its usual level," complained South African coach Jacques Nienaber.

"We only conceded one try but four of the penalties conceded were for offside. I've never known that ... We weren't under pressure, it should never have happened" , he further explained.

From Makazole Mapimpi to Lukhanyo Am, via Faf de Klerk or Siya Kolisi, and even without the injured Toulonnais Cheslin Kolbe, the Springboks have arguments to make up for it.

"We know what we are capable of as a team: we created enough chances to win last week but we did not materialize them", assured Nienaber, "ready for the challenge".

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Program of the 4th day of the Rugby Championship:

Saturday September 18 (in Paris hours)

(9:05 am) Australia - South Africa

(12:05 p.m.) Argentina - New Zealand

Classification: Pts JGNP pp pc dif Good

1. New Zealand 15 3 3 0 0 134 43 91 3

2.South Africa 10 3 2 0 1 87 50 37 2

3. Australia 4 3 1 0 2 71 121 -50 0

4. Argentina 0 3 0 0 3 22 100 -78 0

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