Argentina will be without first-choice flyhalf Tomas Albornoz for their two Rugby Championship clashes against Australia next month after he dislocated a finger at the weekend, the Argentine Rugby Union said on Sunday.

Argentina won a first-ever home Test over New Zealand as they beat the All Blacks 29-23 on Saturday to throw this year’s Rugby Championship wide open.

Argentina, semi-finalists at the 2023 World Cup, beat the All Blacks at home for the first time in 16 attempts stretching back 40 years, with a 29-23 triumph at Estadio Jose Amalfitani in Buenos Aires. The boot of replacement Santiago Carreras proved the difference as he kicked over three second-half penalties.