{"id":182447,"date":"2025-10-01T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/182447\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:52:20","slug":"rugby-championship-r6-preview-lineups-team-news-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/182447\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Championship R6 preview: Lineups, team news, predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the most competitive Rugby Championship to date we’ve entered the final week with three sides all within touching distance of the title.<\/p>\n

While the Springboks currently lead the table and look unlikely to relinquish the trophy, both the All Blacks and Wallabies are possibilities to be named the southern hemisphere’s best team.<\/p>\n

Kicking off the action the Wallabies will host the All Blacks in Bledisloe II in Perth, before the Springboks and Pumas will face-off at Twickenham in London to round out the series.<\/p>\n

Read on as we bring you the latest team news below and look ahead to the Round 5 clashes.<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 4<\/p>\n

Australia vs. New Zealand, Optus Stadium Perth, 7:45pm AEST [5:45pm AWST, 10:05pm NZST, RSA, ARG]<\/p>\n

Wallabies: <\/p>\n

Replacements: <\/p>\n

All Blacks: <\/p>\n

Replacements: <\/p>\n

Team news: <\/p>\n

Prediction: <\/p>\n

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored three tries against Argentina, and totalled a new South African Test record of 37 individual points in a match.\u00a0PHILL MAGAKOE\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

South Africa vs. Argentina, Twickenham Stadium, London, 11pm AEST [2am NZST, 2pm BST, 3pm RSA, 10am ARG]<\/p>\n

Springboks: Damian Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe, Canan Moodie, Damian de Allende, Ethan Hooker, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu , Cobus Reinac, Jasper Wiese, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi, Ruan Nortje, Eben Etzebeth, Thomas du Toit, Malcolm Marx, Ox Nche.<\/p>\n

Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Wilco Louw, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Grant Williams, Manie Libbok, Jesse Kriel<\/p>\n

Pumas: <\/p>\n

Replacements: <\/p>\n

Teams news: <\/p>\n

Predictions: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the most competitive Rugby Championship to date we’ve entered the final week with three sides all within…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-182447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}