{"id":135151,"date":"2025-09-11T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135151\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:07:09","slug":"2025-rugby-championship-australia-vs-argentina-game-2-arn-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135151\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Rugby Championship – Australia vs Argentina Game 2 – ARN Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia play host to Argentina in round four of the 2025 Rugby Championship on Saturday. The early afternoon kick-off time converts into 1am live viewing in Argentina. Game one was also an afternoon clash and was a thriller in Townsville<\/a>. Game two will be played at a traditional rugby city as a Sold Out Sydney Football Stadium awaits the Wallabies and Los Pumas.<\/p>\n

Game one was decided six minutes beyond regulation game time. The outcome marked the latest chapter in an increasingly competitive rugby test match rivalry between Australia and Argentina. The teams split two match series\u2019 in 2024 and in 2022 and Argentina won the one fixture between the sides in Sydney in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Game two in Sydney on Saturday proves the Wallabies with a prime opportunity to come away with more competition points and compete for the title. On the flip side, if Los Pumas can level the series then the Rugby Championship may well remain wide-open until the last matches of the competition.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Rugby Championship has been highly competitive. Australia defeat South Africa in Johannesburg and Argentina defeated world no. 1 New Zealand in Buenos Aires<\/a>. Notwithstanding, South Africa and New Zealand decided to contest \u201cThe Greatest Rugby Rivalry\u201d in 2026<\/a>. This means that the Rugby Championship will be played on a biennial rather than an annual basis after 2025.<\/p>\n

Australia enter as 6th in the world and Argentina 7th. Securing a win is vital for World Rankings security for the Rugby World Cup 2027 draw,<\/a> in December. If Los Pumas can win in Sydney then Argentina will overtake Australia in the World Rankings. This would place Argentina in the top bracket (ranked 1-6) for the Rugby World Cup 2027 draw.<\/p>\n

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\"\" Current World Ranking: 6<\/a> (85.40\u00a0points)
2025-08-23 \u2013 Australia 28-24 Argentina<\/a> (Townsville, AU)
2025-08-23 \u2013 South Africa 30-22 Australia (Cape Town, ZA)
2025-08-16 \u2013 South Africa 22-38 Australia (Johannesburg, ZA)
2025-08-02 \u2013 Australia 22-12 British & Irish Lions (Sydney, AU)
2025-07-26 \u2013 Australia 26-29 British & Irish Lions (Melbourne, AU)
2025-07-19 \u2013 Australia 19-27 British & Irish Lions (Brisbane, AU)
2025-07-06 \u2013 Australia 21-18 Fiji (Newcastle, AU)<\/p>\n

\"\" Current World Ranking: 7<\/a> (82.84 points)
2025-08-23 \u2013 Australia 28-24 Argentina<\/a> (Townsville, AU)
2025-08-23 \u2013 Argentina 29-23 New Zealand<\/a> (Buenos Aires, AR)
2025-08-16 \u2013 Argentina 24-41 New Zealand<\/a> (C\u00f3rdoba, AR)
2025-07-19 \u2013 Argentina 52-17 Uruguay<\/a> (Salta, AR)
2025-07-12 \u2013 Argentina 17-22 England<\/a> (San Juan, AR)
2025-07-05 \u2013 Argentina 12-35 England<\/a> (La Plata, AR)
2025-06-20 \u2013 British & Irish Lions 24-28 Argentina<\/a> (Dublin, IE)<\/p>\n

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\"\"
\nIN
\nOUT<\/p>\n

1
\nJames Slipper
\nTom Robertson<\/p>\n

4
\nJeremy Williams
\nNick Frost<\/p>\n

10
\nTane Edmed
\nTom Lynagh<\/p>\n

12
\nHunter Paisami
\nLen Ikitau<\/p>\n

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\nIN
\nOUT<\/p>\n

4
\nGuido Petti
\nFranco Molina<\/p>\n

8
\nJoaquin Oviedo
\nPablo Matera<\/p>\n

14
\nRodrigo Isgr\u00f3
\nBautista Delguy<\/p>\n

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\"\" \u2013 J Slipper (148), N White (76), T Tupou (62), R Valetini (55), J O\u2019Connor (67), T McDermott (48)<\/p>\n

\"\" \u2013 \u00a0P Matera (115), J Montoya (111), G Petti (92), M Kremer (76), S Carreras (58), JM Gonz\u00e1lez (45), JC Mall\u00eda (45)<\/p>\n

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\"\" \u2013 T Edmed (2), C Toole (2), J Nasser (6), C Tizzano (9), JA Suaalii (11), F Daugunu (12), B Pollard (13)<\/p>\n

\"\" \u2013 B Wenger (1), I Mendy (3), A Moyano (3), F Coria Marchetti (4), J Piccardo (6), R Isgr\u00f3 (10)<\/p>\n

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\"\" \u2013 Will Skelton (LO), Noah Lolesio (FH), Tom Wright (FB)<\/p>\n

\"\" \u2013 Thomas Gallo (LO), Eduardo Bello (TH), Tom\u00e1s Albornoz (FH)<\/p>\n

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\"\" Joe Schmidt<\/a> (Head Coach)
\u201cWhile managing injuries is always a challenge, we\u2019re excited to have some fresh bodies who have been training hard with the group for a number of weeks and are keen to contribute. Argentina led for the whole game in Townsville until the very end and we\u2019re very aware of the threat they\u2019ll pose on Saturday afternoon. We\u2019ll need to be better than we were last week.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\" Felipe Contepomi<\/a> (Head Coach)
\u201cFive matches in the past two years have been decided in the final 2 or 3 minutes and in all five there were controversial rulings in the final minutes. Unfortunately those rulings went against us. So, it leaves a bit of bitterness, actually frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The match is game 2 between the Wallabies and Pumas in Australia in the 2025 Rugby Championship.
\nIt is an important fixture in terms of World Rugby rankings ahead of the World Cup draw in December.
\nThe most recent match between the teams in Sydney saw Argentina winning 34-31<\/a> in 2023.
\nJames Slipper returns for an Australian record 149th test cap.
\nJeremy Williams is elevated to start. He comes in for Nick Frost who is out with back pain.
\nTane Edmet earns his first start for Australia. He is the fourth starting Wallabies\u2019 fly half in 2025.
\nHunter Paisami earns his first cap of 2025. He replaces Len Ikitau who had 3 try assists in Townsville.
\nReplacements Josh Nasser (hooker) and Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (second-row) earn their first caps of 2025.
\nThe Wallabies\u2019 five line-breaks in Townsville was more than the combined total from New Zealand in their two matches against Argentina this year.
\nMarcos Kremer made 31 tackles in game one in Townsville<\/a>.
\nJuli\u00e1n Montoya leads Argentina for the 50th time. He recently overtook Lisandro Arbizu. Agust\u00edn Creevy holds the Pumas captaincy record with 51 caps as captain.
\nMayco Vivas, Juli\u00e1n Montoya, Pedro Rubiolo and Pablo Matera have played in all 7 Pumas\u2019 matches in 2025.
\nArgentina\u2019s 23 players are all homegrown.
\nFilipo Daugunu, Hunter Paisami and Taniela Tupou are not homegrown<\/a> Wallabies.
\nArgentina will play in their alternate colors of dark blue.<\/p>\n

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Unforgiving heat from the tropics asked questions of the players in Townsville. Despite being cooler, the match will again be in the early afternoon and Sydney with warm and sunny conditions forecast. Australia\u2019s remarkable comeback caught the imagination of the locals as tickets to the game in Sydney have officially sold out. A frustrated Argentina aim to overturn the Townsville result and find a way to successfully close out the contest in Sydney. Australia are slight favorites to win in Sydney.<\/p>\n

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\"\"
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 (capt.), 9 Nic White, 10 Tane Edmed, 11 Corey Toole, 12 Hunter Paisami, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 14 Max Jorgensen, 15 Andrew Kellaway<\/p>\n

Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Zane Nonggorr, 19 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 20 Carlo Tizzano, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 James O\u2019Connor, 23 Filipo Daugunu<\/p>\n

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ARGENTINA
1 Mayco Vivas, 2 Juli\u00e1n Montoya (capt.), 3 Joel Sclavi, 4 Guido Petti, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 6 Juan Mart\u00edn Gonz\u00e1lez, 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Joaqu\u00edn Oviedo, 9 Gonzalo Garc\u00eda, 10 Santiago Carreras, 11 Mateo Carreras, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 13 Lucio Cinti, 14 Rodrigo Isgr\u00f3, 15 Juan Cruz Mall\u00eda (vice-capt.)<\/p>\n

Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ru\u00edz, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Pablo Matera (vice-capt.), 21 Agust\u00edn Moyano, 22 Justo Piccardo, 23 Ignacio Mendy<\/p>\n

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Date: Saturday, September 13
Kickoff: 2:00pm (Australian EST); 1:00am (Argentina)
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium (Sydney, AU)
Broadcasts: ESPN, Disney + (Argentina)
Weather Forecast: Sunny, 19\u00b0C, wind 14 km\/h<\/p>\n

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Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant Referees: Sam Grove-White (Scotland); Paul Williams (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
FPRO: Mike Adamson (Scotland)<\/p>\n

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COMPLETE RESULTS \u2013 \"\"vs \"\" (1979-2024)<\/p>\n

2025\/09\/06 \u2013 Australia 28-24 Argentina<\/a> (Townsville, AU)
2024\/09\/07 \u2013 Argentina 67-27 Australia<\/a> (Santa Fe, AR)
2024\/08\/31 \u2013 Argentina 19-20 Australia<\/a> (La Plata, AR)
2023\/07\/15 \u2013 Australia 31-34 Argentina<\/a> (Sydney, AU)
2022\/08\/13 \u2013 Argentina 48-17 Australia<\/a> (San Juan, AR)
2022\/08\/06 \u2013 Argentina 26-41 Australia<\/a> (Mendoza, AR)
2021\/10\/02 \u2013 Australia 32-17 Argentina<\/a> (Gold Coast, AU)
2021\/09\/25 \u2013\u00a0Australia 27-08 Argentina<\/a> (Townsville, AU)
2020\/12\/05 \u2013\u00a0Australia 16-16 Argentina<\/a> (Sydney, AU)
2020\/11\/21 \u2013\u00a0Australia 15-15 Argentina <\/a>(Newcastle, AU)
2019\/07\/27 \u2013\u00a0Australia 19-10 Argentina<\/a> (Brisbane, AU)
2018\/10\/06 \u2013\u00a0Argentina 34-45 Australia<\/a> (Salta, AR)
2018\/09\/15 \u2013\u00a0Australia 19-23 Argentina<\/a> (Gold Coast, AU)
2017\/10\/07 \u2013\u00a0Argentina 20-37 Australia<\/a> (Mendoza, AR)
2017\/09\/16 \u2013\u00a0Australia 45-20 Argentina<\/a> (Canberra, AU)
2016\/10\/08 \u2013\u00a0Argentina 21-33 Australia<\/a>\u00a0(London, UK)
2016\/09\/17 \u2013\u00a0Australia 36-20 Argentina<\/a> (Perth, AU)
2015\/10\/25 \u2013\u00a0Australia 29-15 Argentina<\/a>\u00a0(London, UK)
2015\/07\/25 \u2013\u00a0Argentina 9-34 Australia<\/a> (Mendoza, AR)
2014\/10\/04 \u2013 Argentina 21-17 Australia (Mendoza, AR)
2014\/09\/13 \u2013 Australia 32-25 Argentina (Gold Coast, AU)
2013\/10\/05 \u2013 Argentina 17-54 Australia (Rosario, AR)
2013\/09\/14 \u2013 Australia 14-13 Argentina (Perth, AU)
2012\/10\/06 \u2013 Argentina 19-25 Australia (Rosario, AR)
2012\/09\/15 \u2013 Australia 23-19 Argentina (Gold Coast, AU)
2003\/10\/10 \u2013 Australia 24-8 Argentina (Sydney, AU)
2002\/11\/02 \u2013 Argentina 06-17 Australia (Buenos Aires, AR)
2000\/06\/24 \u2013 Australia 32-25 Argentina (Canberra, AU)
2000\/06\/17 \u2013 Australia 53-06 Argentina (Brisbane, AU)
1983\/11\/08 \u2013 Argentina 18-16 Australia (Buenos Aires, AR)
1997\/11\/01 \u2013 Argentina 15-23 Australia (Buenos Aires, AR)
1995\/05\/06 \u2013 Australia 30-13 Argentina (Sydney, AU)
1995\/04\/30 \u2013 Australia 53-07 Argentina (Brisbane, AU)
1991\/10\/04 \u2013 Australia 32-19 Argentina (Llanelli, UK)
1987\/11\/07 \u2013 Argentina 27-19 Australia (Buenos Aires, AR)
1987\/10\/31 \u2013 Argentina 19-19 Australia (Buenos Aires, AR)
1986\/07\/12 \u2013 Australia 26-0 Argentina (Sydney, AU)
1986\/07\/06 \u2013 Australia 39-19 Argentina (Brisbane, AU)
1983\/08\/07 \u2013 Australia 29-13 Argentina (Sydney, AU)
1983\/07\/31 \u2013 Australia 03-18 Argentina (Brisbane, AU)
1979\/11\/03 \u2013 Argentina 12-27 Australia (Buenos Aires (AR)
1979\/10\/27 \u2013 Argentina 24-13 Australia (Buenos Aires, AR)<\/p>\n

HEAD TO HEAD \u2013\"\"vs\"\" (1979-2025)<\/p>\n

\"\" Wins 30
\"\" Wins 9
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