Reward for Argentina with a penalty. They point to the sticks - a wise choice.

A strong start from Argentina but they kick the ball away. That black brick wall is back.

Not a great clearance kick however.

The first semi-final in Paris is under way.

Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Stade de France

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Haka watch.

Argentina pointedly stood their ground at the end of the haka, ensuring that the All Blacks turned their backs first.

No stand-off, but a point made.

Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Stade de France

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A good pair of anthems in the Stade de France tonight. Easy to spot the Argentine fans who were bouncing along to every brassy note of their national tune.

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Sara Orchard, Paul Grayson and former All Blacks captain Justin Marshall are in Paris bringing you live match commentary.

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Here comes the haka.

Aaron Smith as always looking very angry! The All Blacks look pumped.

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With Damian Penaud's France being knocked out to a formidable performance from the Springboks.

Will Jordan and his All Blacks team-mates will be eyeing up Penaud at the top of the try-scoring leaderboard.

Replacement Damian McKenzie is also in with a chance, every World Cup performance in this campaign McKenzie has backed it up with a try. A true weapon for the All Blacks.

Try-scoring leaderboard

• Damian Penaud, France - six tries
• Will Jordan, New Zealand - five tries
• Damian McKenzie, New Zealand - five tries
• Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand - five tries
• Henry Arundell, England - five tries
• Bundee Aki, Ireland - five tries
• Darcy Graham, Scotland - five tries
• Louis Rees-Zammit, Wales - five tries

Justin Marshall
Former New Zealand scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

There is no doubt, that any team is capable if they are desperate and Argentina will be desperate. Reality is, if you do not put that jersey on and try to achieve a result you will be on a plane home.

Argentina will not die wondering tonight. I feel that Argentina would be the side that the All Blacks will want to face, but they are capable on their day.

The man who destroyed Ireland's dream with the final turnover of the game.

Lock Sam Whitelock played in his first Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Argentina in 2011.

He starts 12 years on, aiming to become the first man to win three World Cups.

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Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Stade de France

England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Neil Back is interviewed in the matchday programme, describing how three tournaments were major landmarks in his career.

But, who's that pictured over his shoulder?

Only 5 Live's own Paul Grayson who is in the commentary booth tonight...

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The star performer among the Newcastle Falcons quartet in France has been Mateo Carreras, whose hat-trick against Japan sent the Pumas into the knockout stage.

The speedy winger joined Newcastle in 2021 and initially struggled for game time, but remained one of the hardest workers.

"He did a lot of extra work leading into that World Cup over the past few years," former Falcons lock Greg Peterson said.

"He is the one bloke when I was on the pitch with him and he got the ball, I thought 'he is going to make something happen'.

"As soon as he got a chance in terms of that Pumas jersey, I knew he would hold on to it and not let it go. He is an absolute menace but extremely diligent."

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When George Ford scored 27 points in England's opening game against Argentina, not many had the Pumas being 80 minutes away from a first Rugby World Cup final.

But Michael Cheika knows how to make sure a team peaks when it matters.

In 2015, he guided Australia to Rugby Championship victory, knocked England out of their home World Cup and helped the Wallabies to their first World Cup final since 2003.

Eight years on, he is at the helm of Argentina's run to the last four in France and next up is Friday's semi-final against New Zealand - who are coming off the back of one of the great All Black wins in their epic quarter-final against Ireland.

"I don't think there has been some radical turnaround," said Cheika, after the Pumas reached their third semi-final in five World Cups. "I think we have built from what we have learned, and try to be a bit better at it the next game.

Read more on Cheika here.

Mike Henson
BBC Sport in Paris

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This week, New Zealand returned to their team bus only to find it boxed in by a badly-parked 4x4.

The training-ready All Blacks disembarked, grabbed a bumper and wheel arch each and started bouncing the offending vehicle. A couple of minutes' muscle later and a couple of tonnes of metal were out of the way., external

If the odds are correct, they will expend little more effort in clearing their path to the final.

Argentina are 10-1 outsiders in a two-horse race.

The two teams have played each other 36 times and New Zealand have won 33, including all three World Cup encounters.

The history leans one way. But the pricing of that bet is slanted even more by New Zealand's recent form.

Since their opening-day defeat by France - a game they led until the 55th minute - they have stealthily, steadily built formidable momentum.

But Argentina's coach Michael Cheika is not one to be awed by All Black magic.

In his first coaching meeting with New Zealand, he masterminded a 27-19 victory for an unfancied Australia side to take them to their first Rugby Championship title in four years.

Read more here.

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From Marseille to Saint-Etienne and then to Nantes, the South American nation's supporters have been present in large numbers.

They appear to have arrived in force again in Paris.

The best supporters in rugby?

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Does England's performance in 2019 help the All Blacks today?

Or show Argentina it can be done?

Let us know your thoughts.

Bryan Habana
Former South Africa winger on Rugby Union Daily

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England versus New Zealand in the 2019 semi-final as commanding performances go, I don’t think I have ever seen as a commanding performance against the All Blacks, at a World Cup as what I saw in that semi-final in 2019.

Something no one has seen…

Listen to the podcast here.

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One step at a time.

But Saturday will see the second semi-final between South Africa and England again at Stade de France.

If the Pumas were to shock the rugby world, does it make the winner of that game the favourites?

Long way to go before any of that chat..

Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on Rugby Union Daily

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This team are developing belief that winning rugby matches doesn't always need to come by passion or being an underdog

But they are not going to be short of either as they are massive underdogs for this game. That is the beauty of it as we will see the Argentinians completely empty themselves of all available energy and emotion.

The rain could impact the ability for the All Blacks to play perhaps and it will play into Argentina’s hands.