The Argentina fly-half has the chance to make amends for his earlier miss just seconds ago, and this time he makes no mistake.

The Pumas make valuable yards after a break from Guido Petti Pagadizaval before winning a penalty in front of the posts for an offside Frenchman in the defensive line.

Nicolas Sanchez does the rest.

The normally reliable Nicolas Sanchez has the opportunity to score the first points of the match but he just nudges his penalty wide.

On we go...

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When a winger runs at a hooker, there is normally only one outcome.

Damian Penaud decides to take Agustin Creevy on and the Argentinean front-row responds with a crunching tackle.

Argentina have the scrum and they win another penalty against a French pack that are normally so assured in the set-piece.

Wallop!

That's what the fans have come to see.

Gael Fickou is quick off the line to crunch his opposite man before Argentina concede possession with a knock on.

France move the ball right, and then left, but they too knock on.

I'm not sure how much training with wet balls has helped in the early stages of this one.

Now it's France's turn to concede the line-out and Argentina will have the throw just inside the French half.

The blue and white hooped shirts go through the phases but Nicolas Sanchez kicks straight into touch.

Let's just put that one down to some early nerves.

The Pumas lay down an early marker as they win a penalty in the first scrum.

The ball is prodded to touch and Argentina will have the line-out.

Can they launch an early attack?

Argentina win their own line-out but the blue shirts are quick off their line and Charles Ollivon intercepts the ball.

France break clear but a knock on gives Argentina the scrum.

France retrieve the ball from the kick-off as the French fans breakout into a chorus of "Allez Les Blues".

The ball is recycled to fly-half Romain Ntamack, who finds touch deep inside the Argentina half.

Romain Ntamack gets us under way as he hoists the ball high into the Japanese sky.

The pre-match formalities are over, the tracksuits have been stripped and we're all set for kick off.

Right then, both sets of players have followed the officials out onto the pitch.

The Argentina players were literally bouncing off the walls as they made their way to the field.

Something tells me the Pumas are up for this one, and if they weren't pumped already, it's time for the anthems.

The beauty of the World Cup is that fans travel from far and wide to support their fellow countrymen.

There are lots of French supporters inside the Tokyo Stadium and they are definitely making themselves heard as we tick towards kick-off...

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The Argentinians are also here in force but I think one of them might have got the wrong sport...

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• France have won four of their last six Test matches against Argentina
• Argentina have lost their last nine Test matches in succession
• Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina) was the top point-scorer (97) at Rugby World Cup 2015

History favours the French then..?

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So France have opted for 20-year-old Romain Ntamack to steer the ship from fly-half against the Pumas.

And France coach Jacques Brunel says he has "no doubt" about 20-year-old Ntamack's quality.

"He's shown that this role doesn't scare him," he said.

You can read more from Brunel here.

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Just in case you missed the team news in the week, here is a quick reminder...

France: Medard; Penaud, Fickou, Vakatawa, Huget; Ntamack, Dupont; Poirot, Guirado, Slimani, Iturria, Vahaamahina, Lauret, Ollivon, Alldritt

Replacements: Chat, Baille, Bamba, Le Roux, Picamoles, Machenaud, Lopez, Ramos

Argentina: Boffelli; Moroni, Orlando, De la Fuente, Moyano; Sanchez, Cubelli; Tetaz Chaparro, Creevy, Figallo, Petti, Lavanini, Matera (c), Kremer, Ortega Desio,

Replacements: Montoya, Vivas, Medrano, Alemanno, Lezana, Ezcurra, Urdapilleta, Carreras