2021 Rugby Championship – Australia vs Argentina Preview & Prediction

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THE FACTS

When is Australia vs Argentina taking place? Australia vs Argentina will take place on Saturday 25^th September, 2021 at 11:05 (UK)

Where is Australia vs Argentina taking place? Australia vs Argentina will take place at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville

Where can I get tickets for Australia vs Argentina? Ticket information for Australia vs Argentina can be found on each country’s official rugby union website

What TV channel is Australia vs Argentina on in the UK? Sky Sports will be showing Australia vs Argentina live

Where can I stream Australia vs Argentina in the UK? Sky Sports subscribers can stream Australia vs Argentina live on Sky Go

THE TEAM NEWS

Australia: 15 Reece Hodge, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Samu Kerevi, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Nic White; 1 James Slipper, 2 Folau Fainga'a, 3 Taniela Tupou, 4 Izack Rodda, 5 Matt Philip, 6 Rob Leota, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 8 Rob Valetini

Replacements: 16 Feleti Kaitu'u, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Tom Robertson, 19 Darcy Swain, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 James O'Connor, 23 Jordan Petaia

Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallía, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou; 1 Facundo Gigena, 2 Julián Montoya (c), 3 Santiago Medrano, 4 Matías Alemanno, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 6 Juan Martín González, 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Pablo Matera

Replacements: 16 Santiago Socino, 17 Rodrigo Martínez, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Joaquín Oviedo, 21 Gonzalo García, 22 Domingo Miotti, 23 Mateo Carreras

THE PREDICTION

Argentina are yet to claim a win in this year’s Rugby Championship after losing back-to-back matches with New Zealand. Those losses came after successive defeats to South Africa and they face another tough task here against an Australian side that were able to beat the world champions in their last two outings. The Wallabies were very impressive in last week’s win in particular and they can build on that performance by winning this contest by at least ten points with the Pumas losing all four games by at least a 19-point margin so far.