All Blacks feel Argentina are a pretty good threat

The All Blacks are wary of the threat when they will come face-to-face with coach Daniel Hourcade's Los Pumas during the 2016 Rugby Championship clash on Saturday at the José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires.

The South American side is presently deep-seated to the bottom of the Rugby Championship points table after accumulating five points from four games which comprises of a 26-24 win against the Springboks at Salta.

During the previous encounter between the two sides at the FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton, Agustín Creevy and his men were trailing by just five points at the half-time whistle before the All Blacks ran five tries in the second-half to complete a resounding 57-22 victory.

All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster believes the Pumas might have acquired valuable insights from the Hamilton match which can prove valuable to the hosts ahead of Saturday's clash.

"I guess you can talk about their 50 minutes, and we did pretty well in that last 30 but we've got to be careful," Foster said.

"They would've learned a lot about us in that last 30."

Either Elliot Dixon or Liam Squire will fill in for the crocked Jerome Kaino at blindside, while others including prop Wyatt Crockett could start.

Crockett, 33, has acknowledged the treat the Pumas can prove, especially in scrumming, and has confessed putting in extra efforts in training with his teammates to avoid embarrassment.

"There's a pretty good threat, you could be embarrassed scrumming Argentina," the Crusaders veteran said.