The Rugby championship has finished for 2019 and was won for the first time by South Africa’s Springboks. Australia finished in second place while New Zealand had their worst ever placing in third.
Argentina finished the tournament with three losses and in last place. Altghough the rugby championship has ended there is more rugby involving these teams this weekend as Australia and New Zealand play a Bledisloe Cup clash while Argentina and South Africa have a rugby world cup warm up match.
New Zealand v Australia (Bledisloe)
Match : New Zealand v Australia
Date : Sat 17 Aug 2019
Venue : Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Kick Off local : TBC
Referee : Jaco Peyper (SARU)
Assistant Ref 1 : Matthew Carley (RFU)
Assistant Ref 2 : Shuhei Kubo (JRFU)
TMO : Marius Jonker (SARU)
Teams:
New Zealand
15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 George Bridge, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Ardie Savea, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Joe Moody
Replacements : 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Angus Ta’avao, 19 Jackson Hemopo, 20 Matt Todd, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Ngani Laumape, 23 Jordie Barrett
Australia
15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Reece Hodge, 13 James O’Connor, 12 Samu Kerevi, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Nic White, 8 Isi Naisarani, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements : 16 Folau Fainga’a, 17 James Slipper, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Liam Wright, 21 Will Genia, 22 Matt Toomua, 23 Adam Ashley-Cooper
South Africa and Argentina (RWC Warm Up)
South Africa and Argentina meet on Saturday in a warm up match as part of their preparations for the Rugby World cup. The match is a “friendly” and will be played at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa.
Match : South Africa v Argentina
Date : Sat 17 Aug 2019
Venue : Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa
Kick Off local : TBC
Referee : Luke Pearce (RFU)
Assistant Ref 1 : Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Ref 2 : Pierre Brousset (FFR)
TMO : Simon McDowell (IRFU)
Teams
South Africa
15 Warrick Gelant, 14 S’bu Nkosi, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Dillyn Leyds, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Marcell Coetzee, 7 Rynhardt Elstadt, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Schalk Brits (captain), 1 Thomas du Toit
Replacements : 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Marvin Orie, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Faf de Klerk, 23 Frans Steyn
Argentina
15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 12 Lucas Mensa, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Joaquin Diaz Bonilla, 9 Felipe Ezcurra, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera (captain), 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Santiago Medrano, 2 Julian Montoya, 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements : 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Juan Figallo, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Tomas Lezana, 21 Gonzalo Bertanou, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Santiago Carreras