Argentina clash with South Africa in the final action of the 2025 Rugby Championship on Saturday, Twickenham is the venue and by kick off time the Boks will know what is required to seal the title.

Argentina v South Africa, Saturday 4^th October, Twickenham, KO 15:00 (South African time)

Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU), Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)

Weather Forecast – Twickenham

Argentina:

Argentina lost 67-30 to South Africa in Durban in Round 5 and are no longer in contention for the title. They are bottom of the standings with 9 points, 2 shy of Australia, 5 adrift of New Zealand and 6 behind the Boks.

Los Pumas were given around 15.5 points start at Kings Park and at half time there was only 2 points in it as the Boks led 25-23. However they went on to ship 9 tries in total as South Africa ran riot in the second 40 minutes. Chocobares and Albornoz scored 5 pointers and Argentina were also awarded a penalty try.

In Round 4 Argentina held on for a 28-26 victory over the Wallabies in Sydney whilst their first clash with Australia in Townsville saw them concede a try well after the siren to go down 28-24. .

In the early rounds Argentina hosted the All Blacks twice. In Cordoba in Round 1 they slipped to a 41-24 defeat but Round 2 was a different story as Argentina made history, beating the All Blacks 29-23 in Buenos Aires, their first ever home win over the New Zealanders.

South Africa:

The Springboks 67-30 win over Argentina in Durban saw them take control of the race to land the title. They are 1 point clear of New Zealand and 4 better off than Australia and given those 2 sides clash in Perth earlier on Saturday South Africa will have knowledge of what is required to be crowned champions. South Africa are now 2/9 favourites with Hollywoodbets to win the tournament.

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was responsible for 37 of the Boks 67 points against Los Pumas at Kings Park with 3 tries, 8 conversions and 2 pens. Other tries came from Marx, Kolbe, Van den Berg, Libbok and a brace from Pieter-Steph du Toit.

In Round 4 an awesome second half performance saw South Africa inflict a record margin home defeat on the All Blacksin Wellington. The Boks ran in 6 tries in total, 5 of which came in the second 40 minutes as they turned a 10-7 half time deficit into an emphatic 43-10 victory. That outcome was in some contrast to a 24-17 Round 3 defeat to New Zealand in Auckland.

South Africa hosted Australia in the first 2 rounds of this tournament. In Round 1 in Johannesburg they they came unstuck as the Wallabies put in a sterling second half display to come back from 22-0 down early on to win 38-22. In Cape Town in Round 2 the Boks came out on top 30-22.

Recent Head to Head

2025 RC Durban South Africa 67–30 Argentina

2024 RC Nelspruit South Africa 48-7 Argentina

2024 RC Santiago Argentina 29–28 South Africa

2023 RC Johannesburg South Africa 22-21 Argentina

2022 RC Duban South Africa 38-21 Argentina

2022 RCBuenos Aires Argentina 20–36 South Africa

Team News

Argentina: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Justo Piccardo, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Juan Cruz Mallia, 10 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 9 Simon Cruz Benitez, 8 Santiago Grondona, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julián Montoya (captain), 1 Mayco Vivas.
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Juan Gonzalez, 21 Joaquín Oviedo, 22 Agustin Moyano, 23 Rodrigo Isgro

South Africa: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Jesse Kriel

The Betting

Average early show, subject to change

Argentina +12.5 points at 9/10

South Africa -12.5 points at 9/10

Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.

This Weeks Bets

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