The first test between Argentina and Australia takes place in San Salvador on Saturday night and in the early betting the home side are slight favourites with the bookmakers
Argentina vs Australia, Saturday 29th August, San Salvador, KO 20:00 (South African time)
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (NZR)
Assistant Referees: James Doleman (NZR), Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
TMO: Richard Kelly (NZR)
Weather Forecast – San Salvador
Argentina:
Argentina took on South Africa in Buenos Aires on 8th August and they went down 17-10. The Boks scored 2 tries to Argentina’s 1 and late pressure from Los Pumas threatened to tie things up but they came up a touch short.
Argentina’s campaign in the recently launched Nations Championship began on a losing note when they were beaten 47-38 by Scotland in Cordoba. They did beat Wales 35-21 in Round 2, doing all the damage in the first half but next time out they went down 31-24 to England in Santiago. Los Pumas picked up 7 log points from those 3 matches which makes them fourth best in the South and already 8 points adrift of the Boks and All Blacks.
Australia:
The Wallabies most recent action came in two tests against Japan. The opening test in Osaka was the first for new Wallabies coach Les Kiss and his side came through with a 35-32 victory in humid conditions. The teams then moved on to Townsville, Australia for the second test which was a much more one sided affair with the Wallabies scoring 7 tries in cruising to a 56-17 victory.
After the first 3 rounds of Nations Championship matches the Wallabies are in third place on the Southern log with 8 points, already 7 shy of South Africa and New Zealand. Australia were edged out 33–31 by Ireland in Sydney in their first match where they earned two bonus points whilst in Round 2 they went down 42-26 to France, salvaging a bonus point with a late try. The Wallabies coughed up what looked like match winning leads in both those matches but Round 3 saw them thrash Italy 57-10 in what was Joe Schmidt’s final game in charge.
Recent Head to Head
Sep 2025 RC Australia 26-28 Argentina
Sep 2025 RC Australia 26-28 Argentina
Sep 2024 RC Argentina 67-27 Australia
Sep 2024 RC Argentina 19-20 Australia
Team News
Argentina: tbc
Australia: tbc
The Betting
Average early show, subject to change
Argentina -3.5 points at 9/10
Australia +3.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.