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Rugby-Australia v Argentina - Rugby Championship test

SYDNEY, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Factbox on Saturday's Rugby Championship test between Australia and Argentina: When: Sept. 17, 6.05 pm local (1005 GMT) Where: Perth Oval (Capacity 20,500) Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) Assistants: Nigel Owens (Wales), Nick Briant (New Zealand) TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) AUSTRALIA World ranking: 3 Coach: Michael Cheika Captain: Stephen Moore Team: 15-Israel Folau, 14-Dane Haylett-Petty, 13-Samu Kerevi, 12-Bernard Foley, 11-Reece Hodge, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Will Genia, 8-David Pocock, 7-Michael Hooper, 6-Dean Mumm, 5-Adam Coleman, 4-Rob Simmons, 3-Sekope Kepu, 2-Stephen Moore (captain), 1-Scott Sio Replacements (one to be omitted): Tatafu Polota-Nau, James Slipper, Tom Robertson, Rory Arnold, Lopeti Timani, Sean McMahon, Nick Phipps, Tevita Kuridrani, Henry Speight ARGENTINA World ranking: 7 Coach: Daniel Hourcade Captain: Agustin Creevy Team: 15-Joaquin Tuculet, 14-Santiago Cordero, 13-Matias Moroni, 12-Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 11-Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, 10-Nicolas Sanchez, 9-Tomas Cubelli, 8-Facundo Isa, 7-Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6-Pablo Matera, 5-Matias Alemanno, 4-Javier Ortega Desio, 3-Ramiro Herrera, 2-Agustin Creevy, 1-Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro. Replacements: 16-Julian Montoya, 17-Lucas Noguera, 18-Enrique Pieretto, 19-Marcos Kremer, 20-Leonardo Senatore, 21-Martin Landajo, 22-Gabriel Ascarate, 23-Matias Orlando. OVERALL RECORD Played: 25 Australia wins: 19 Argentina wins: 5 Draws: 1 IN PERTH 2013 Australia 14-13 Argentina LAST FIVE MEETINGS 2015 Australia 29-15 Argentina (Twickenham)* 2015 Australia 34-9 Argentina (Mendoza) 2014 Argentina 21-17 Australia (Mendoza) 2014 Australia 32-25 Argentina (Gold Coast) 2013 Australia 54-17 Argentina (Rosario) *Denotes Rugby World Cup match (Compiled by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Amlan Chakraborty)