While England kicked off their Autumn Internationals last week with a win against Australia, it is this weekend which sees all the top teams in rugby in action.
For their second game England welcome Argentina to Twickenham, while Australia head over to Rome. A repeat of the 2011 World Cup sees France hosting the All Blacks while Wales host South Africa at the Millennium Stadium.
Ireland v Samoa, Scotland v Japan, Romania v Tonga, Portugal v Fiji and Georgia v Canada and USA v New Zealand Maori complete the fixtures list.
Argentina are always a tough team to beat but England should be able to maintain their winning streak. The home side make four changes to last week’s team that beat Australia. Stuart Lancaster has made four changes to last week’s winning team. While Argentina are without their motivational back-row Captain Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe.
The World Champions head back to Paris with one of their most experienced starting teams ever. It is sure to be one of the games of the weekend with the All Blacks looking as formidable as ever. The French haven’t had a great run in 2013 but they still have the ability to upset.
The red dragons welcome South Africa to Cardiff, a team they have only beaten once in their 26 meetings. However with South Africa's winning margin having been five or less points in the last four meetings it is set to be a close match for the current Six Nations Champions.
Wales have named an incredibly strong side packed full of British and Irish Lions but they will have their work cut out for them with the Springboks in top form this season.
For the rugby union world this weekend is set to be a thriller.
Fixtures:
Georgia v Canada 9 Nov 14:00
Italy v Australia 9 Nov 14:00
England v Argentina 9 Nov 14:30
Scotland v Japan 9 Nov 14:30
Wales v South Africa 9 Nov 17:30
Ireland v Samoa 9 Nov 17:45
France v New Zealand 9 Nov 20:00
Portugal v Fiji 9 Nov 15:00
Romania v Tonga 9 Nov 18:30
USA v New Zealand Maori Nov 19:30
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