Argentina vs Australia Preview & Prediction | 2024 Rugby Championship | Round 3
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We have an absolute blockbuster in store at the Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg in what is a repeat of the 2023 Rugby World Cup final between Argentina and Australia
START DATE/TIME: Saturday, August 31st, UK – 11pm / US ET – 6pm / US PT – 3pm
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Not televised
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Sky Go / US – FloRugby
ARGENTINA FORM: CREEVY AIMS TO SIGN OFF ON HOME SOIL WITH A VICTORY
Argentina come into this leg of the Rugby Championship having won one and lost one in their battles with the All Blacks so they will be confident as they return to Buenos Aires to welcome the Wallabies here. Their form since the World Cup has been solid including a win and a loss against France too, so they have shown they are in good shape this summer.
LAST FIVE: LWWWL
AUSTRALIA FORM: WALLABIES LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK FROM CONSECUTIVE LOSSES
The Wallabies come into this match having lost successive matches against world champions South Africa so they will be looking to regain some form and confidence against the Pumas. They were outplayed in both of those matches and while they are clearly transitioning under their new head coach Joe Schmidt. They are very much a work in progress but that also means there is pressure on them every match especially after losses.
LAST FIVE: LLWWW
ARGENTINA TEAM NEWS: ONE FINAL TIME FOR PUMAS LEGEND AGUSTIN CREEVY
SQUAD: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julian Montoya, 1 Thomas Gallo
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Tomas Lavanini, 21 Joaquin Oviedo, 22 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 23 Tomas Albornoz
AUSTRALIA TEAM NEWS: HAMISH STEWART FINALLY MAKES WALLABIES TEST DEBUT
SQUAD: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hamish Stewart, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Harry Wilson (c), 7 Carlo Tizzano, 6 Rob Valetini, 5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 Angus Bell
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Isaac Kailea, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Max Jorgensen
ARGENTINA VS AUSTRALIA PREDICTION
The Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi in Buenos Aires will be absolutely rocking for the farewell match of Agustin Creevy and they will also be fired up to provide a hostile welcome to the Wallabies.
Both teams need to respond after heavy losses last time out but it is the Pumas who will have the greater confidence with more factors in their favour.
The schedule has not overly been kind to Joe Schmidt and he tries to rebuild the Wallabies but that is the hand he has been dealt. It is hard to make a case for them getting a win but being competitive and keeping this close would probably be deemed as something of a success for them.
Expect the hosts to win but this is a tough one to judge on the handicap.
ARGENTINA VS AUSTRALIA TIP: ARGENTINA TO WIN
