{"id":855197,"date":"2026-08-14T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/855197\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:26:10","slug":"rugbys-greatest-rivalry-and-internationals-predictions-team-news-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/855197\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry and internationals: Predictions, team news, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry tour continues on Saturday and the Bulls<\/a> v All Blacks clash is bolstered by the Wallabies v Japan and USA XV v Argentina XV.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the team news, predictions, referees and how to watch information for the games as New Zealand play their last game before a four-Test series with the Springboks.<\/p>\n

Australia v Japan<\/p>\n

Prediction: Australia by 8<\/p>\n

Wallabies<\/a>: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Max Jorgensen, 13 Isaac Henry, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Carter Gordon, 9 Ryan Lonergan, 8 Harry Wilson (c), 7 Carlo Tizzano, 6 Charlie Cale, 5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 4 Lachlan Shaw, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Josh Nasser, 1 Angus Bell
Replacements: 16 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17 Aidan Ross, 18 Massimo De Lutiis, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Fraser McReight, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Filipo Daugunu<\/p>\n

Japan: 15 Takuro Matsunaga, 14 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Shunsuke Uenobo, 11 Haruto Kida, 10 Ryunosuke Ito, 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Faulua Makisi, 7 Tiennan Costley, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Warner Dearns (c), 4 Harry Hockings, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Hayate Era, 1 Takato Okabe
Replacements: 16 Mamoru Harada, 17 Sojiro Otsuka, 18 Izi Sword, 19 Jack Cornelsen, 20 Michael Leitch, 21 Itsuki Kamimura, 22 Samisoni Tua, 23 Kazuma Ueda<\/p>\n

Venue: Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Kick-off: 15:00 (local), 14:00 (Japan), 17:00 (New Zealand), 06:00 (UK\/Ireland), 07:00 (France), 07:00 (South Africa), 02:00 (Argentina)
Referee: Paul Williams (NZR)
Assistant referees: Angus Mabey (NZR), Marcus Playle (NZR)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZR)
FPRO: Richard Kelly (NZR)
How to watch: Sky Sports (UK and Ireland), Channel 9 and Stand Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), SuperSport (South Africa), WOWOW (Japan), FloSports\/RugbyPass or ESPN (USA), Premier Sports (Asia)<\/p>\n

Bulls v New Zealand<\/p>\n

Prediction: New Zealand by 20<\/p>\n

Bulls<\/a>: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Thaakir Abrahams, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Jeandre Rudolph, 7 Hanro Liebenberg, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Juann Else, 1 Alu Tshakweni
Replacements: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Khuta Mchunu, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Katlego Letebele, 23 Hakeem Kunene<\/p>\n

Top 10 hookers in rugby: Springboks stalwart tops chart from Ireland\u2019s carrying king and a French bruiser<\/a><\/p>\n

All Blacks<\/a>: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Leroy Carter, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown, 11 Josh Moorby, 10 Josh Jacomb, 9 Cortez Ratima, 8 Peter Lakai, 7 Anton Segner, 6 Simon Parker, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 4 Fabian Holland, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor (c), 1 Xavier Numia
Replacements: Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, 17 George Bower, 18 Siale Lauaki, 19 Josh Lord, 20 Wallace Sititi, 21 Kyle Preston, 22 Timoci Tavatavanawai, 23 Emoni Narawa<\/p>\n

Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 19:10 (local SAST), 18:10 (UK), 19:10 (France), 19:10 (South Africa), 03:10 (16 August, AEST), 05:10 (16 August, New Zealand), 14:10 (Argentina), 02:10 (16 August, JST), 13:10 (EDT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (RFU) and Matthew Carley (RFU)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
FPRO: Mike Adamson (SRU)
How to watch: Sky Sports (UK and Ireland), Sky Sport \/ Sky Sport Now (New Zealand), SuperSport (South Africa), Stan Sport \/ Nine Sport (Australia), RugbyPass TV (USA), Premier Sports (Canada), WOWOW (Japan), ESPN Sur (Central\/South America and Caribbean)<\/p>\n

USA XV v Argentina XV<\/p>\n

Prediction: USA XV by 5<\/p>\n

USA XV: 15 Julian Roberts, 14 Mark O\u2019Keeffe, 13 Tavite Lopeti, 12 Dominic Besag, 11 Joe Mano, 10 Luke Carty, 9 Ruben de Haas, 8 Makeen Alikhan, 7 Paddy Ryan, 6 Marno Redelinghuys, 5 Nathan Den Hoedt, 4 Jason Damm (c), 3 Charlie Abel, 2 Shilo Klein, 1 Payton Telea-Ilalio
Replacements: 16 Alex Maughan, 17 Fakaosifolau Pifeleti, 18 Ma\u2019ake Muti, 19 Tevita Naqali, 20 Brandon Harvey, 21 Lance Williams, 22 Ethan McVeigh, 23 David Coetzer<\/p>\n

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Argentina XV: 15 Franco Rossetto, 14 Bautista Lescano, 13 Tom\u00e1s Elizalde, 12 Bautista Estell\u00e9s, 11 Mateo Pasquini, 10 Ignacio Dogliani, 9 Nicol\u00e1s Viola, 8 Thiago Sbrocco, 7 Agust\u00edn Sarelli, 6 Nicol\u00e1s D\u2019Amorim (c), 5 Francisco Sluga, 4 Rodrigo Fern\u00e1ndez Criado, 3 Marcos Camerlinckx, 2 Mart\u00edn Vaca, 1 Nicol\u00e1s Revol Pitt
Replacements: 16 Juan Ignacio Greising Revol, 17 Diego Correa, 18 Enzo Avaca, 19 Joaqu\u00edn Dom\u00ednguez, 20 Felipe Villagr\u00e1n, 21 Alejo Sugasti, 22 Federico Serpa, 23 Facundo Pueyrred\u00f3n<\/p>\n

Venue: Inter Miami CF Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Kick-off: 19:30 (local), 20:30 (Argentina), 00:30 Sunday (UK\/Ireland), 01:30 Sunday (South Africa), 08:30 Sunday (Japan), 11:30 Sunday (New Zealand)
Referee: J\u00e9r\u00e9my Rozier (FFR)
Assistant Referees: Robin Kaluzniak (RC), Pete Pender (RC)
TMO: Cam Russell (RC)
How to watch: Paramount+ (USA), ESPN3 \/ Disney+ (Argentina), RugbyPass TV (Rest of the world including UK, Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand)<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Top 10 props in rugby: Springboks sensation tops chart from team-mate while England stalwart leads the chasing pack<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry tour continues on Saturday and the Bulls v All Blacks clash is bolstered by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[12910,64,63,36177,818,1182,941,1736,760,85],"class_list":["post-855197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-argentina","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bulls","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-japan","tag-new-zealand","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855197","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=855197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}