South Africa vs Argentina Preview & Prediction | 2024 Rugby Championship | Round 6
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It all comes down to this as South Africa and Argentina lock horns for the right to be crowned the 2024 Rugby Championship winner.
START DATE/TIME: Saturday 28th September, 2024: UK – 4:00pm / US ET – 11:00am / US PT – 8:00am
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Not televised
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Sky Go / US – FloRugby
SOUTH AFRICA FORM: ON THE BRINK OF THE TITLE
South Africa were all set to claim the Rugby Championship for the first time since 2019 last week but an inspired Argentina side pipped them to the post in South America. However, they now have a opportunity to secure the title on home turf with Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit playing host to the return fixture.
The Boks need just one point to finish top of the table, and can welcome back six players who did not make the trip last week.
LAST FIVE: WWWWL
ARGENTINA FORM: HISTORY-MAKERS
It had already proven to be an excellent Rugby Championship for this Argentina team but it became a great one with victory over the world champions last week, and it would turn into an historic one should they pull off the unthinkable and win the whole tournament.
Victory against the Springboks last week saw meant that it was the first time in their history that Argentina had beaten New Zealand, Australia and South Africa in the same calendar year.
LAST FIVE: WLLWW
SOUTH AFRICA TEAM NEWS: SIX RETURN TO THE LINE-UP
SQUAD: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
REPLACEMENTS: 6 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Handre Pollard, 23 Lukhanyo Am
ARGENTINA TEAM NEWS: ISGRO IN AGAIN
SQUAD: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Matais Moroni, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Juan Martín Gonzalez, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julian Montoya, 1 Thomas Gallo
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Ignacio Calles, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22 Lucio Cinti, 23 Juan Cruz Mallia
SOUTH AFRICA VS ARGENTINA PREDICTION
After New Zealand’s four year-dominance of this event, it has been a refreshing Rugby Championship and it will conclude with one of these two hugely impressive sides lifting the trophy. It was Argentina who came out on top on home turf last week in a thrilling encounter and it has given them a slim chance of winning the tournament for the first time in their history.
However, South Africa have been the standout team across the whole tournament, and with six players coming back into their side to freshen them up for this climax, they are likely to win this return fixture and add the Rugby Championship to their World Cup victory last year.
SOUTH AFRICA VS ARGENTINA TIP: SOUTH AFRICA TO WIN
