Argentina's rugby union team, the Pumas, wore replica shirts of the national football team's 1986 World Cup kit for their Nations Championship match against England, evoking the famous game in which Diego Maradona scored his "Hand of God" goal. The gesture came just a week after Argentina's footballers beat England 2-1 in a World Cup quarter-final to reach the 2026 final, a result that has heightened the sporting rivalry between the two countries, alongside a separate controversy over a Falklands-related banner displayed by Argentine players after that match.

The football team wore the dark blue kit during their 2-1 win over England in the 1986 tournament, which they went on to win, while the Pumas normally play in Argentina's traditional white and light blue stripes. Argentina posted on X that the kit revived "memories that span generations." The rugby fixture is being played at the Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero, with Steve Borthwick's England side chasing a sixth consecutive win over Argentina, having beaten Fiji 73-8 last weekend after Argentina defeated Wales 35-21.