England's rugby team have switched hotels in Buenos Aires ahead of their flight home, seeking to avoid a repeat of the raucous World Cup celebrations that disrupted their stay after Argentina's football team beat them in Wednesday's semi-final. Argentina face Spain in Sunday's World Cup final, and with England due back in the capital that same evening before flying home on Monday, the squad has moved from their central hotel to one near the airport to reduce the risk of a sleepless night if the hosts win again.

England play the Pumas in Santiago del Estero on Saturday in their final match of the summer tour, the same starting XV that thrashed Fiji 73-8 last weekend. Their previous hotel, near the Obelisk landmark that drew an estimated five million celebrating fans after Argentina's 2022 World Cup win, saw fireworks and crowds well into the early hours on Wednesday night. Coach Steve Borthwick praised the "spectacle" despite the disrupted sleep, while flanker Henry Pollock drew attention for taunting local fans from the team bus before the football match, prompting an angry response including a fan punching the vehicle's windows.