A brisk start awaits UK viewers as the Rugby Championship rolls into Sydney’s Allianz Stadium for a 5.05am kick-off on Saturday. Australia are back on home turf after snatching a 28-24 result in Townsville, while Argentina arrive with the bit between their teeth following that last-play heartbreaker. Read on to find a detailed preview and top betting recommendations.
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Rugby betting tips: Australia v Argentina Predictions for Rugby Championship
Could Sydney’s set-piece squeeze and breakdown pressure rewrite the script?
- Australia are 4/9 for the win, with Argentina offered at 19/10 in the match market.
- The Pumas’ maul platform is reinforced by Petti, Rubiolo and Oviedo behind Montoya.
- Kick-off at Allianz Stadium is 5.05am for UK audiences.
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Reasoning England’s strike shapes funnel early ball to Jess Breach, especially with Rowland linking from 15 and Aitchison flattening the gainline. Set-piece dominance creates scripted peel plays in wet weather. Against a stretched Scottish edge, the first clean break often finishes wide, making 7/1 for the opener a value-laden angle.
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The contest is laced with selection intrigue. The Wallabies reshuffle their backline and halves, with Tane Edmed steering from fly-half alongside Nic White and a midfield built around Hunter Paisami and Joseph Sua’alii, while Max Jorgensen and Corey Toole supply speed on the edges and Andrew Kellaway marshals the backfield. Up front, James Slipper anchors a front row with Billy Pollard and Taniela Tupou, behind which Jeremy Williams and Tom Hooper patrol the lineout, and a back row of Rob Valetini, Fraser McReight and captain Harry Wilson promises heavy traffic at the gain line.
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Felipe Contepomi’s Pumas respond with tweaks of their own. Mayco Vivas, Julián Montoya and Joel Sclavi form a gnarly scrummaging unit, Guido Petti’s return bolsters the second row alongside Pedro Rubiolo, and the loose trio of Juan Martín González, Marcos Kremer and Joaquín Oviedo is engineered for defensive collisions and breakdown shocks. Gonzalo García links to Santiago Carreras at ten, with Santiago Chocobares and Lucio Cinti in the centres, while Rodrigo Isgro and Mateo Carreras flank Juan Cruz Mallía in a back three that can both chase and counter. The narrative is simple enough: Australia are building under Joe Schmidt with fresh combinations; Argentina are convinced they left points behind last weekend and intend to correct that in Sydney’s warmer, fast-track conditions.
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Here at bettingtips4you we only provide a single prediction rather than many different ones, as we believe in quality and not quantity and only give out the best tip per event. This will also make it easier for readers that don’t have to worry about what selection to go for and also it is more accountable as we can easily evaluate our tips profitability as we only give out a clear best bet for event: Julian Montoya To Score A Try & Argentina To Win at 11/2.
The case for this double fuses set-piece leverage with match-state realism. Argentina’s captain, Julián Montoya, operates at the heart of a maul that habitually turns territory into points, and the Pumas have doubled down on that blueprint by recalling Guido Petti to tighten the lineout spine and pairing him with Pedro Rubiolo for aerial stability.
With Marcos Kremer and Juan Martín González driving the latch and Joaquín Oviedo providing ballast at the tail, Argentina can funnel penalties into five-metre platforms where Montoya’s timing is routinely decisive. The visitors’ backline shape also helps the disguise: Santiago Carreras sells width, Santiago Chocobares and Lucio Cinti threaten the seam, and those midfield pictures hold defenders long enough to prevent instant sack attempts, buying the extra step Montoya needs to peel or plunge.
The second leg leans on contest profile rather than romance. The Pumas were a whisker from closing out Townsville, are unbeaten in their last two Sydney visits, and they will aim traffic at Tane Edmed early to stress the Wallabies’ exits. If the breakdown tilts Argentina’s way, Nic White’s tempo becomes reactive, kicking becomes more contestable than constructive, and Australia are pushed into their own half where discipline gets tested. With Andrew Kellaway tasked with repeat clearances and Max Jorgensen under high-ball heat from Rodrigo Isgro and Mateo Carreras, Argentina’s chase line can compress the field and feed that maul again. Marry the maul-try pathway with a scoreboard shaped by pressure rather than chaos, and the 11/2 about Montoya crossing in a Pumas win lands on the right side of value.
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