Argentina will host the Wallabies in the final round of the Rugby Championship. The match will be played at 5:30am on Sunday 9 October (AEDT).
Where: Twickenham, London
When: 5:30am (AEDT)
Date: Sunday 9 October (AEDT)
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
AR1: JP Doyle
AR2: Matthew Carley
TMO: Rowan Kitt
TV: Fox Sports 2, live, Channel Ten, live
Betting: Argentina $3.75, Australia $1.28Wallabies
15 Israel Folau, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Bernard Foley, 11Reece Hodge, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Lopeti Timani, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Dean Mumm, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Rory Arnold, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Stephen Moore C, 1 Scott Sio.Bench: James Hanson, Tom Robertson, Allan Alaalatoa, Kane Douglas, Scott Fardy, Leroy Houston, Nick Phipps, Tevita Kuridrani, Sefanaia Naivalu (one to be omitted).
Argentina
15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Matías Moroni, 13 Matías Orlando, 12 Santiago González Iglesias, 11 Manuel Montero*, 10 Nicolás Sánchez*, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matías Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Lucas Noguera.Bench: Julian Montoya, Santiago García Botta, Enrique Pieretto, Marcos Kremer, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Tomás Cubelli, Jerónimo De la Fuente/Gabriel Ascarate, Ramiro Moyano/Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino.
*undergoing late fitness tests
The match will give Australia a chance to end their Rugby Championship campaign on a winning note, and bounce back from last week’s disappointing defeat against the Springboks at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
The match will not be played on the home soil of either nation, instead, it will take place at Twickenham in London, on neutral ground – though Argentina are techincally considered the ‘home’ team in the fixture.
Australia are considered the favourites going into the match, having defeated Argentina at home several weeks ago. They’re priced at $1.28 with betting markets to get the win, while Argentina are out to $3.75.
While New Zealand already have this year’s Rugby Championship title wrapped up, a win would give the Wallabies the chance to go into the final Bledisloe Cup match and their tour of Europe to follow in a winning mood.
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