Week one today August 6th
South Africa v New Zealand
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Saturday, 6 August, 2022 Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Pearce (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Christophe Ridley (RFU)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)

Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Time: 4.05pm (BST)
TV channel: Sky Sports Action

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Argentina v Australia
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
Saturday, 6 August, 2022 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)
Assistant Referee 1: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Chris Busby (IRFU)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)
Sky Sports 2010

TEAMS AND MATCH INFO

All Blacks match-day 23:

1. George Bower (14)

2. Samison Taukei’aho (11)

3. Angus Ta’avao (22)

4. Sam Whitelock (134)

5. Scott Barrett (50)

6. Akira Ioane (14)

7. Sam Cane © (80)

8. Ardie Savea (62)

9. Aaron Smith (105)

10. Beauden Barrett (104)

11. Caleb Clarke (5)

12. David Havili (16)

13. Rieko Ioane (50)

14. Will Jordan (15)

15. Jordie Barrett (39)

16. Dane Coles (81)

17. Ethan de Groot (4)

18. Tyrel Lomax (14)

19. Tupou Vaa’i (12)

20. Shannon Frizell (17)

21. Finlay Christie (6)

22. Richie Mo’unga (35)

23. Quinn Tupaea (9)

All Blacks Sam Cane South Africa vs New Zealand
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New Zealand coach Ian Foster has resisted calls to drop Sam Cane as captain for the Rugby Championship after a home series defeat to ireland.

15 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 18 caps, 12 pts (1t, 2c, 1p)

14 – Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) – 1 cap, 0 pts

13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 28 caps, 25 pts (5t)

12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 60 caps, 35 pts (7t)

11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 27 caps, 100 pts (20t)

10 – Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers) – 62 caps, 633 pts (7t, 86c, 138p, 4d)

9 – Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles) – 38 caps, 25pts (5t)

8 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 13 caps, 0 pts

7 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 60 caps, 25 pts (5t)

6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 65 caps, 35 pts (7t)

5 – Lood de Jager (Wild Knights) – 58 caps, 25 pts (5t)

4 – Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks) – 100 caps, 15 pts (3t)

3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 48 caps, 5pts (1t)

2 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 49 caps, 55 pts (11t)

1 – Trevor Nyakane (Racing 92) – 56 caps, 5pts (1t)

Replacements:

16 – Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks) – 50 caps, 55 pts (11t)

17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 61 caps, 5pts (1t)

18 – Vincent Koch (Wasps) – 34 caps, 0 pts

19 – Salmaan Moerat (DHL Stormers) – 1 cap, 0 pts

20 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 53 caps, 5pts (1t)

21 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 21 caps, 5 pts (1t)

22 – Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks) – 4 caps, 5 pts (1t)

23 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 74 caps, 60 pts (12t)

Springbok vs New Zealand record:

Played 101; Won 37; Lost 60; Drawn 4; Points for: 1625; Points against: 2098, Tries scored 156; Tries conceded 229; Highest score 46-40 in Johannesburg (2000); Biggest win 17-0 in Durban, 1928. Win % 36%.

Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallía; Santiago Cordero, Matias Orlando, Jerónimo de la Fuente, Emiliano Boffelli; Santiago Carreras, Tomas Cubelli; Nahuel Tetaz, Julian Montoya (capt), Francisco Gómez Kodela; Matías Alemanno, Tomás Lavanini; Juan Martín González, Marcos Kremer, Pablo Matera.

Replacements: Agustin Creevy, Thomas Gallo, Joel Sclavi, Santiago Grondona, Rodrigo Bruni, Lautaro Bazán Vélez, Tomas Albornoz, Matias Moroni.

Australia: Tom Wright; Jordan Petaia, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Marika Koroibete; Quade Cooper, Nic White; James Slipper, Foloau Fainga’a, Allan Alaalatoa; Darcy Swain, Matt Philip; Jed holloway, Michael Hooper (capt), Rob Valetini.

Replacements: Lachlan Lonergan, Matt Gibbon, Taniela Tupou, Nick Frost, Rob Leota, Pete Samu, Jake Gordon, Reece Hodge
201O UK time,
Sky sports

Week one highlights
SA v NZ

Week one
ARG vAus
ARG v Aus

Week 2
Second test teams
SPRINGBOKS (15-1): Damian Willemse, Jesse Kriel, Lukhanyo Am, Damian de Allende, Makazole Mapimpi, Handre Pollard, Jaden Hendrikse, Duane Vermeulen, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (c), Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Joseph Dweba, Ox Nche
Reserves: Malcolm Marx, Steven Kitshoff, Vincent Koch, Franco Mostert, Jasper Wiese, Kwagga Smith, Hershel Jantjies, Willie le Roux
ALL BLACKS (15-1): Jordie Barrett, Will Jordan, Rieko Ioane, David Havili, Caleb Clarke, Richie Mo'unga, Aaron Smith, Ardie Savea, Sam Cane (c), Shannon Frizell, Scott Barrett, Sam Whitelock, Tyrel Lomax, Samisoni Taukei'aho, Ethan de Groot
Reserves: Codie Taylor, George Bower, Fletcher Newell, Tupou Vaa'i, Akira Ioane, Finlay Christie, Beauden Barrett, Quinn Tupaea
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Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallia, Emiliano Boffelli, Matias Moroni, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Juan Imhoff, Santiago Carreras, Gonzalo Bertranou; Pablo Matera, Marcos Kremer, Juan Martin Gonzalez Samso, Tomas Lavanini, Matias Alemanno, Francisco Gomez Kodela, Julian Montoya (captain), Thomas Gallo. Reserves: Agustin Creevy, Nahuel Tetaz-Chaparro, Joel Sclavi, Facundo Isa, Rodrigo Bruni, Tomas Cubelli, Tomas Albornoz, Lucio Cinto.

Australia: Tom Wright, Jordan Petaia, Len Ikitau, Lalakai Foketi, Marika Koroibete, James O’Connor, Nic White; Rob Valetini, Fraser McReight, Jed Holloway, Darcy Swain, Rory Arnold, Taniela Tupou, Folau Fainga’a, James Slipper (captain). Reserves: Lachlan Lonergan, Matt Gibbon, Pone Fa’amausili, Nick Frost, Pete Samu, Tate McDermott, Irae Simone, Reece Hodge

Week 2
NZ v SA
SA v NZ
Great game