Australia V Argentina: Rugby Championship 2025 – Live

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Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has made 4 changes to his starting XV but only 1 unforced, pinch seasoned prop James Slipper restored to nan beforehand statement for his 149th Test headdress successful spot of Tom Robertson.

Tane Edmed will deterioration nan No 10 jersey for nan first clip successful spot of nan luckless Tom Lynagh, who is nursing a hamstring strain aft already missing nan South Africa circuit pinch concussion. Len Ikitau has a laceration connected his knee that has grounded to heal capable to return nan section truthful Hunter Paisami will play his first Wallabies Test of nan play astatine wrong centre. Jeremy Williams returns to nan 2nd statement alongside Tom Hooper, pinch Nick Frost being managed owed to a tight back.

Australia: 1 James Slipper, 2 Billy Pollard, 3 Taniela Tupou, 4 Jeremy Williams, 5 Tom Hooper, 6 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McReight, 8 Harry Wilson (captain), 9 Nic White, 10 Tane Edmed, 11 Corey Toole, 12 Hunter Paisami, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 14 Max Jorgensen, 15 Andrew Kellaway.
Bench: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Zane Nonggorr, 19 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 20 Carlo Tizzano, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 James O’Connor, 23 Filipo Daugunu.

Just for illustration past week, nan advertised kick-off clip of 2pm is simply a bald-faced lie. The big broadcaster countdown timepiece indicates we’ll beryllium underway astir 2:16pm. I deliberation I’ll shut up nan adjacent 38 minutes of uncritical cheerleading.

Preamble

Hello everybody and invited to unrecorded sum of Australia v Argentina successful information 4 of nan 2025 Rugby Championship. Kick-off astatine Allianz Stadium successful Sydney will beryllium sometime around, but not before, 2pm (AEST).

The feelgood facet successful Australian rugby prevails – conscionable – aft past week’s nail-biting triumph complete Argentina successful Townsville. Despite nan Pumas starring for 81 minutes of play it was nan Wallabies who ran retired winners, executing a spirited second-half comeback and holding their nervus astatine nan death, uncovering nan match-winning effort aft many times declining point-blank shots for extremity that would person earned a draw.

It was a capacity of 2 halves from nan men successful gold. The first play was bad aged Australia, afloat of handling errors, indiscipline astatine nan breakdown, and mediocre kicking options. After a rollicking from nan progressively awesome Joe Schmidt astatine nan break, Australia were transformed astatine nan ruck, nan interchange dominated, and assurance began to return.

It was different objection of nan divided characteristic of this Australian group, 1 afloat of potential, but still lacking crippled guidance nous. The mostly of first XV names are aged 26 aliases under: Max Jorgensen is simply a prima astatine 21, Joseph Sua’ali’i a worthy marquee astatine 22, and Angus Bell is simply a world-leading prop astatine 24. There remains a gaping spread successful nan halves, and nan changeless chopping and changing of 9s and 10s done shape and fittingness continues to contradict nan Wallabies a clear identity. With Tom Lynagh going down again Schmidt is onto his 3rd starting flyhalf successful 4 matches, each of their partnering a scrumhalf who announced his status a period ago.

For Argentina past week was further confirmation that they beryllium astatine this elite level. A stronger interchange would person surely sealed a deserved victory, 1 built connected powerfulness up beforehand and dash behind, particularly successful nan centres wherever Santiago Chocobares and Lucio Cinti were dynamic.

The Pumas person a decent grounds successful nan Harbour City pinch 2 wins and a tie from their past 3 visits, though these matches were each played astatine Commbank Stadium successful nan occidental suburbs, not Allianz Stadium successful nan east.

I’ll beryllium backmost pinch nan line-ups shortly. If you want to get successful touch this afternoon, nan reside is jonathan.howcroft.casual@theguardian.com.