2025 Rugby Championship

Date16 August – 4 October 2025

Countries

Argentina

Australia

New Zealand

South Africa

Champions

South Africa (6th title)

Bledisloe Cup

New Zealand

2025 Rugby Championship
Final positions

Date	16 August – 4 October 2025
Countries	Argentina Australia New Zealand South Africa
Champions	South Africa (6th title)
Bledisloe Cup	New Zealand
Freedom Cup	South Africa
Mandela Challenge Plate	South Africa
Puma Trophy	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Tries scored	83 (6.92 per match)
Attendance	581,093 (48,424 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Santiago Carreras (72)
Most tries	Malcolm Marx (4) Joseph Sua'ali'i (4)
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The 2025 Rugby Championship^[a] was the fourteenth edition of the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition, organised by SANZAAR, featuring the men's national teams of Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

South Africa entered the competition as the defending champions,^[3] and kicked off the tournament against Australia on 16 August.^[4]^[5] The three traditional unions, also known as the Tri-Nations, announced their 2025 home fixtures in November and December 2024. A notable fixture is set to be played between Argentina and South Africa in the final round at Twickenham Stadium in London, exactly one week after the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final.^[6]^[7] It is the second time a Rugby Championship match has been played at Twickenham Stadium, after Argentina played Australia during the 2016 Rugby Championship.^[8] It was also the last Rugby Championship before the beginning of the Nations Championship,^[9] and its last before its 2026 hiatus.^[10]

South Africa won the competition in the final round of the tournament, defeating Argentina 29–27 in London on 4 October, securing their sixth Rugby Championship title.^[11]^[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	South Africa	6	4	2	208	151	+57	27	19	2	1	19
2	New Zealand	6	4	2	159	151	+8	21	17	2	1	19
3	Australia	6	2	4	152	165	−13	21	17	2	1	11
4	Argentina	6	2	4	162	214	−52	14	30	0	2	10

Source: SANZAAR^[13]

Fixtures

Round 1

16 August 2025
17:10 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	22–38	Australia (1 BP)
Try: Arendse 1' c Esterhuizen 12' m Kolisi 17' c Con: Libbok (2/3) 2', 18' Pen: Libbok (1/1) 8'	Report	Try: Pietsch 28' m Wilson (2) 42' c, 63' c Sua'ali'i 57' c Jorgensen 65' c Wright 75' m Con: O'Connor (4/6) 43', 58', 64', 66'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg^[4]^[5]
Attendance: 51,327
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)


FB	15	Aphelele Fassi	51'
RW	14	Edwill van der Merwe	58'
OC	13	Jesse Kriel
IC	12	André Esterhuizen
LW	11	Kurt-Lee Arendse	67'
FH	10	Manie Libbok
SH	9	Grant Williams
N8	8	Siya Kolisi (c)			45'
BF	7	Pieter-Steph du Toit
OF	6	Marco van Staden	18'	30'
RL	5	Lood de Jager	45'
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth
TP	3	Wilco Louw	58'
HK	2	Malcolm Marx	58'
LP	1	Ox Nché	58'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Bongi Mbonambi	58'
PR	17	Boan Venter	58'
PR	18	Asenathi Ntlabakanye	58'
LK	19	Franco Mostert	45'
FL	20	Kwagga Smith	18'	30'	45'
SH	21	Cobus Reinach	67'
WG	22	Canan Moodie	58'
FH	23	Damian Willemse	51'
Coach:
Rassie Erasmus


FB	15	Tom Wright
RW	14	Max Jorgensen
OC	13	Joseph Sua'ali'i
IC	12	Len Ikitau	48'	67'
LW	11	Dylan Pietsch	31'
FH	10	James O'Connor
SH	9	Nic White		67'
N8	8	Harry Wilson (c)	64'
OF	7	Fraser McReight
BF	6	Tom Hooper
RL	5	Will Skelton	56'
LL	4	Nick Frost
TP	3	Taniela Tupou	40'
HK	2	Billy Pollard	66'
LP	1	James Slipper	40'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Brandon Paenga-Amosa	66'
PR	17	Angus Bell	40'
PR	18	Zane Nonggorr	40'
LK	19	Jeremy Williams	56'
FL	20	Langi Gleeson	64'
SH	21	Tate McDermott	48'
FH	22	Tane Edmed
WG	23	Andrew Kellaway	31'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Player of the Match:
Fraser McReight (Australia)

Assistant referees:
James Doleman (New Zealand)
Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Television match official:
Tual Trainini (France)
Foul play review officer:
Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Notes:

Australia won their first test on South African home soil for the first time since their 14–9 victory in the 2011 Tri Nations, and win at Ellis Park for the first time since 1963.
This was South Africa's first loss at home in The Rugby Championship since losing to New Zealand in 2022.

16 August 2025
18:10 ART (UTC−03)

Argentina	24–41	New Zealand (1 BP)
Try: Isgró 15' c Albornoz 50' c Oviedo 63' c Con: Albornoz (3/3) 16', 50', 64' Pen: Albornoz (1/2) 29'	Report	Try: Reece (2) 8' c, 40+2' c Ratima 23' c Savea 36' c Taukei'aho (2) 68' m, 73' m Con: B. Barrett (4/6) 9', 24', 37', 40+3' Pen: B. Barrett (1/1) 3'

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba^[6]
Attendance: 55,740^[14]
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Rodrigo Isgró		50'
OC	13	Lucio Cinti
IC	12	Santiago Chocobares		74'
LW	11	Bautista Delguy		18'	27'
FH	10	Tomás Albornoz
SH	9	Gonzalo García		63'
N8	8	Joaquín Oviedo
OF	7	Marcos Kremer		50'
BF	6	Pablo Matera
RL	5	Pedro Rubiolo
LL	4	Franco Molina		50'
TP	3	Pedro Delgado		46'
HK	2	Julián Montoya (c)		63'
LP	1	Mayco Vivas	17'			46'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Ignacio Ruiz		63'
PR	17	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro		18'	27'	46'
PR	18	Joel Sclavi		46'
LK	19	Guido Petti		50'
FL	20	Juan Martín González		50'
SH	21	Simón Benítez Cruz		63'
FH	22	Santiago Carreras		50'
CE	23	Justo Piccardo		74'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Will Jordan
RW	14	Sevu Reece		55'
OC	13	Billy Proctor	58'	68'
IC	12	Jordie Barrett
LW	11	Rieko Ioane
FH	10	Beauden Barrett
SH	9	Cortez Ratima		49'
N8	8	Ardie Savea
OF	7	Du'Plessis Kirifi
BF	6	Tupou Vaa'i
RL	5	Fabian Holland		71'
LL	4	Scott Barrett (c)		55'
TP	3	Fletcher Newell		49'
HK	2	Codie Taylor		49'
LP	1	Ethan de Groot		49'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Samisoni Taukei'aho		49'
PR	17	Ollie Norris		49'
PR	18	Pasilio Tosi		49'
LK	19	Patrick Tuipulotu		55'
FL	20	Samipeni Finau		71'
SH	21	Finlay Christie		49'
CE	22	Anton Lienert-Brown	77'	68'
FH	23	Damian McKenzie		55'
Coach:
Scott Robertson

Player of the Match:
Sevu Reece (New Zealand)

Assistant referees:
Nic Berry (Australia)
Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
Television match official:
Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Foul play review officer:
Damon Murphy (Australia)

Notes:

Argentina's score (24) was the most points they have scored at home against New Zealand, and surpassed their previous high of 21 set in 1985.
With this win, and the loss for South Africa, New Zealand moved to 1st place on the World Rugby Rankings for the first time since November 2021.

Round 2

23 August 2025
17:10 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	30–22	Australia
Try: Moodie 10' c Smith 34' c Etzebeth 73' c Con: Pollard (3/3) 11', 35', 74' Pen: Pollard (3/3) 1', 5', 56'	Report	Try: Toole 7' c Jorgensen 46' c Paenga-Amosa 67' m Con: O'Connor (2/3) 8', 47' Pen: O'Connor (1/3) 40'

DHL Stadium, Cape Town^[4]^[5]
Attendance: 56,350
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)


FB	15	Aphelele Fassi	79'
RW	14	Canan Moodie		54'
OC	13	Jesse Kriel (c)
IC	12	Damian de Allende
LW	11	Cheslin Kolbe
FH	10	Handré Pollard
SH	9	Grant Williams		60'
N8	8	Kwagga Smith
BF	7	Franco Mostert		66'
OF	6	Marco van Staden
RL	5	Ruan Nortjé		44'
LL	4	RG Snyman		44'
TP	3	Thomas du Toit		63'
HK	2	Malcolm Marx		78'
LP	1	Ox Nché		70'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Marnus van der Merwe		78'
PR	17	Boan Venter		70'
PR	18	Wilco Louw		63'
LK	19	Eben Etzebeth		44'
LK	20	Lood de Jager		44'
CE	21	André Esterhuizen		66'
SH	22	Cobus Reinach		60'
FH	23	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu		54'
Coach:
Rassie Erasmus


FB	15	Tom Wright	3'
RW	14	Max Jorgensen
OC	13	Joseph Sua'ali'i	40'
IC	12	Len Ikitau
LW	11	Corey Toole
FH	10	James O'Connor
SH	9	Nic White	12'
N8	8	Rob Valetini
OF	7	Fraser McReight (c)
BF	6	Tom Hooper	74'
RL	5	Will Skelton	47'
LL	4	Nick Frost
TP	3	Taniela Tupou	52'
HK	2	Billy Pollard	63'
LP	1	Tom Robertson	48'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Brandon Paenga-Amosa	63'
PR	17	Angus Bell	48'
PR	18	Zane Nonggorr	52'
LK	19	Jeremy Williams	47'
FL	20	Nick Champion de Crespigny	74'
SH	21	Tate McDermott	12'
FH	22	Tane Edmed	40'
WG	23	Andrew Kellaway	3'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Player of the Match:
Handré Pollard (South Africa)

Assistant referees:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Television match official:
Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
Foul play review officer:
Tual Trainini (France)

Notes:

Corey Toole (Australia) made his international debut.
South Africa retained the Mandela Challenge Plate.

23 August 2025
18:10 ART (UTC−03)

Argentina	29–23	New Zealand (1 BP)
Try: González 32' c García 58' c Con: S. Carreras (2/2) 33', 59' Pen: Albornoz (1/2) 2' Mallía (1/1) 14' S. Carreras (3/3) 51', 55', 74'	Report	Try: Proctor 19' m Newell 25' m Taukei'aho 68'c Con: B. Barrett (0/2) McKenzie (1/1) 69' Pen: B. Barrett (1/2) 11' McKenzie (1/1) 80+1'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires^[6]
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Bautista Delguy
OC	13	Lucio Cinti
IC	12	Santiago Chocobares	20'	31'	79'
LW	11	Mateo Carreras
FH	10	Tomás Albornoz	13'
SH	9	Gonzalo García	61'
N8	8	Joaquín Oviedo	45'
OF	7	Juan Martín González
BF	6	Pablo Matera
RL	5	Pedro Rubiolo
LL	4	Franco Molina	45'
TP	3	Pedro Delgado	45'
HK	2	Julián Montoya (c)	74'
LP	1	Mayco Vivas	45'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Ignacio Ruiz	74'
PR	17	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	45'
PR	18	Joel Sclavi	45'
LK	19	Guido Petti	45'
FL	20	Marcos Kremer	45'
SH	21	Simón Benítez Cruz	61'
FH	22	Santiago Carreras	13'
CE	23	Justo Piccardo	20'	31'	79'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Will Jordan	30'
RW	14	Sevu Reece	73'
OC	13	Billy Proctor		59'
IC	12	Jordie Barrett
LW	11	Rieko Ioane
FH	10	Beauden Barrett		56'
SH	9	Cortez Ratima		18'
N8	8	Simon Parker		51'
OF	7	Ardie Savea
BF	6	Tupou Vaa'i	32'
RL	5	Fabian Holland		69'
LL	4	Scott Barrett (c)
TP	3	Fletcher Newell		56'
HK	2	Codie Taylor		51'
LP	1	Ethan de Groot		40'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Samisoni Taukei'aho		51'
PR	17	Tamaiti Williams		40'
PR	18	Pasilio Tosi		56'
LK	19	Josh Lord		69'
FL	20	Wallace Sititi		51'
SH	21	Finlay Christie		18'
CE	22	Quinn Tupaea		59'
FH	23	Damian McKenzie		56'
Coach:
Scott Robertson

Player of the Match:
Pablo Matera (Argentina)

Assistant referees:
Pierre Brousset (France)
Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
Television match official:
Marius van der Westhuizen ((South Africa)
Foul play review officer:
Damon Murphy (Australia)

Notes:

Simon Parker (New Zealand) made his international debut.
Codie Taylor (New Zealand) earnt his 100th test cap, and became the fourteenth male New Zealand player to do so.
This was Argentina's first home win over New Zealand, completing the treble of beating New Zealand on neutral ground and in New Zealand. This was New Zealand's first loss to Argentina outside of New Zealand, since their 15–25 loss at Sydney's Western Sydney Stadium in 2020.^[15]^[16]
Argentina's score (29) was the most points they have scored at home against New Zealand, and surpassed their previous high of 24 set just a week earlier in the first round of the 2025 Rugby Championship.

Round 3

6 September 2025
14:30 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	28–24	Argentina (1 BP)
Try: White 22' c Sua'ali'i (2) 46' c, 62' c Bell 80+5' c Con: Lynagh (2/2) 25', 47' O'Connor (2/2) 67', 80+6'	Report	Try: Delguy 28' m M. Carreras 32' c Con: S. Carreras (1/2) 32' Pen: S. Carreras (3/3) 4', 11', 35' Mallía (1/1) 78'

North Queensland Stadium, Townsville^[17]
Attendance: 20,163
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)


FB	15	Andrew Kellaway
RW	14	Max Jorgensen
OC	13	Joseph Sua'ali'i
IC	12	Len Ikitau
LW	11	Corey Toole
FH	10	Tom Lynagh	56'
SH	9	Nic White	47'
N8	8	Harry Wilson (c)
OF	7	Fraser McReight
BF	6	Rob Valetini	60'
RL	5	Tom Hooper
LL	4	Nick Frost	60'
TP	3	Taniela Tupou	40'
HK	2	Billy Pollard	59'
LP	1	Tom Robertson	40'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Brandon Paenga-Amosa	59'
PR	17	Angus Bell	40'
PR	18	Zane Nonggorr	40'
LK	19	Jeremy Williams	60'
FL	20	Carlo Tizzano	60'
SH	21	Tate McDermott	47'
FH	22	James O'Connor	56'
WG	23	Filipo Daugunu
Coach:
Joe Schmidt


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Bautista Delguy
OC	13	Lucio Cinti		49'
IC	12	Santiago Chocobares
LW	11	Mateo Carreras	61'
FH	10	Santiago Carreras		73'
SH	9	Gonzalo García		63'
N8	8	Pablo Matera		49'
OF	7	Marcos Kremer
BF	6	Juan Martín González
RL	5	Pedro Rubiolo
LL	4	Franco Molina		18'	29'	49'
TP	3	Joel Sclavi		49'
HK	2	Julián Montoya (c)		73'
LP	1	Mayco Vivas		62'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Ignacio Ruiz		73'
PR	17	Boris Wenger		62'
PR	18	Francisco Coria Marchetti		49'
LK	19	Guido Petti		18'	29'	49'
FL	20	Joaquín Oviedo		49'
SH	21	Agustín Moyano		63'
FH	22	Gerónimo Prisciantelli		73'
FB	23	Benjamín Elizalde		49'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Player of the Match:
Angus Bell (Australia)

Assistant referees:
Christophe Ridley (England)
Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Television match official:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Foul play review officer:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Gerónimo Prisciantelli (Argentina) made his international debut.

6 September 2025
19:05 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	24–17	South Africa (1 BP)
Try: Narawa 2' c Jordan 17' c Tupaea 67' c Con: J. Barrett (1/1) 3' McKenzie (2/2) 18', 68' Pen: McKenzie (1/1) 51'	Report	Try: Marx 62' c Reinach 74' c Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (2/2) 63', 75' Pen: Pollard (1/2) 23'

Eden Park, Auckland^[18]^[19]
Attendance: 48,312
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)


FB	15	Will Jordan
RW	14	Emoni Narawa	7'
OC	13	Billy Proctor	72'
IC	12	Jordie Barrett	60'	72'
LW	11	Rieko Ioane
FH	10	Beauden Barrett
SH	9	Finlay Christie	68'
N8	8	Wallace Sititi	46'	59'	73'
OF	7	Ardie Savea
BF	6	Simon Parker	68'
RL	5	Tupou Vaa'i
LL	4	Scott Barrett (c)
TP	3	Fletcher Newell	46'
HK	2	Codie Taylor	32'
LP	1	Ethan de Groot	40'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Samisoni Taukei'aho	32'
PR	17	Tamaiti Williams	40'
PR	18	Tyrel Lomax	46'
LK	19	Fabian Holland	68'
FL	20	Du'Plessis Kirifi	46'	59'	73'
SH	21	Kyle Preston	68'
CE	22	Quinn Tupaea	60'
FH	23	Damian McKenzie	7'
Coach:
Scott Robertson


FB	15	Willie le Roux		48'
RW	14	Cheslin Kolbe
OC	13	Jesse Kriel (c)
IC	12	Damian de Allende			75'
LW	11	Canan Moodie
FH	10	Handré Pollard		59'	75'
SH	9	Grant Williams		48'
N8	8	Siya Kolisi		52'
BF	7	Pieter-Steph du Toit
OF	6	Marco van Staden		71'
RL	5	Ruan Nortjé		51'
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth
TP	3	Thomas du Toit		62'
HK	2	Malcolm Marx		68'
LP	1	Ox Nché		68'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Jan-Hendrik Wessels		68'
PR	17	Boan Venter		68'
PR	18	Wilco Louw		62'
LK	19	Lood de Jager		51'
FL	20	Kwagga Smith	65'	52'
SH	21	Cobus Reinach		48'
FH	22	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu		48'
CE	23	Ethan Hooker		59'
Coach:
Rassie Erasmus

Player of the Match:
Ardie Savea (New Zealand)

Assistant referees:
Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Jordan Way (Australia)
Television match official:
Brett Cronan (Australia)
Foul play review officer:
Eric Gauzins (France)

Notes:

Kyle Preston (New Zealand) made his international debut.
Ardie Savea (New Zealand) became the 15th New Zealand men's player to earn 100 test caps.

Round 4

13 September 2025
14:00 AEST (UTC+10)

(2 BP) Australia	26–28	Argentina
Try: Sua'ali'i 4' c Kellaway 66' c Daugunu (2) 67' m, 78' c Con: Edmed (1/1) 6' O'Connor (2/3) 66', 79'	Report	Try: Montoya 7' c Con: Carreras (1/1) 8' Pen: Carreras (7/7) 3', 13', 25', 37', 43', 52', 63'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney^[17]
Attendance: 41,912
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)


FB	15	Andrew Kellaway
RW	14	Max Jorgensen	17'
OC	13	Joseph Sua'ali'i
IC	12	Hunter Paisami		63'
LW	11	Corey Toole		59'
FH	10	Tane Edmed		54'
SH	9	Nic White		40'
N8	8	Harry Wilson (c)
OF	7	Fraser McReight
BF	6	Rob Valetini
RL	5	Tom Hooper		52'
LL	4	Jeremy Williams
TP	3	Taniela Tupou		40'
HK	2	Billy Pollard		52'
LP	1	James Slipper		40'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Josh Nasser		52'
PR	17	Angus Bell		40'
PR	18	Zane Nonggorr		40'
LK	19	Lukhan Salakaia-Loto		52'
FL	20	Carlo Tizzano		64'
SH	21	Tate McDermott		40'
FH	22	James O'Connor		54'
WG	23	Filipo Daugunu		59'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Rodrigo Isgró		59'
OC	13	Lucio Cinti
IC	12	Santiago Chocobares		71'
LW	11	Mateo Carreras
FH	10	Santiago Carreras	64'
SH	9	Gonzalo García		50'
N8	8	Joaquín Oviedo
OF	7	Marcos Kremer
BF	6	Juan Martín González		50'
RL	5	Pedro Rubiolo
LL	4	Guido Petti		50'
TP	3	Joel Sclavi		50'
HK	2	Julián Montoya (c)		71'
LP	1	Mayco Vivas		59'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Ignacio Ruiz		71'
PR	17	Boris Wenger		59'
PR	18	Francisco Coria Marchetti		50'
LK	19	Franco Molina		50'
FL	20	Pablo Matera		50'
SH	21	Agustín Moyano		50'
CE	22	Justo Piccardo		71'
WG	23	Ignacio Mendy		59'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Player of the Match:
Santiago Carreras (Argentina)

Assistant referees:
Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Foul play review officer:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Notes:

Argentina retained the Puma Trophy.

13 September 2025
19:05 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	10–43	South Africa (1 BP)
Try: Carter 17' c Con: McKenzie (1/1) 18' Pen: McKenzie (1/1) 28'	Report	Try: Kolbe (2) 24' c, 42' c Willemse 60' c Smith 68' m Snyman 72' c Esterhuizen 78' c Con: Libbok (5/6) 25', 43', 61', 73', 79' Pen: Libbok (1/1) 46'

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington^[18]^[19]
Attendance: 34,068
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)


FB	15	Damian McKenzie
RW	14	Will Jordan
OC	13	Billy Proctor	60'
IC	12	Jordie Barrett
LW	11	Leroy Carter	65'
FH	10	Beauden Barrett
SH	9	Noah Hotham	9'
N8	8	Wallace Sititi	65'
OF	7	Ardie Savea
BF	6	Simon Parker	62'	74'
RL	5	Tupou Vaa'i		74'
LL	4	Scott Barrett (c)
TP	3	Tyrel Lomax	43'
HK	2	Samisoni Taukei'aho	54'
LP	1	Ethan de Groot	43'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Brodie McAlister	54'
PR	17	Tamaiti Williams	43'
PR	18	Fletcher Newell	43'
LK	19	Fabian Holland	62'
FL	20	Du'Plessis Kirifi	65'
SH	21	Finlay Christie	9'
CE	22	Quinn Tupaea	60'
FB	23	Ruben Love	65'
Coach:
Scott Robertson


FB	15	Aphelele Fassi	37'
RW	14	Cheslin Kolbe			46'
OC	13	Canan Moodie
IC	12	Damian Willemse
LW	11	Ethan Hooker
FH	10	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	18'
SH	9	Cobus Reinach	32'	40'
N8	8	Jasper Wiese
BF	7	Pieter-Steph du Toit
OF	6	Siya Kolisi (c)	58'
RL	5	Ruan Nortjé
LL	4	Lood de Jager	9'
TP	3	Thomas du Toit	41'
HK	2	Malcolm Marx	62'
LP	1	Ox Nché	41'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Marnus van der Merwe	62'
PR	17	Jan-Hendrik Wessels	41'
PR	18	Wilco Louw	41'
LK	19	RG Snyman	9'
FL	20	Kwagga Smith	58'
SH	21	Grant Williams	32'	40'	46'
FH	22	Manie Libbok	18'
CE	23	André Esterhuizen	37'
Coach:
Rassie Erasmus

Player of the Match:
Damian Willemse (South Africa)

Assistant referees:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Jordan Way (Australia)
Television match official:
Eric Gauzins (France)
Foul play review officer:
Brett Cronan (Australia)

Notes:

Leroy Carter (New Zealand) made his international debut.
This was New Zealand's heaviest defeat (33 points), surpassing South Africa's 28-point victory set during the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches.^[20]
The 43 points scored by the Springboks were the most scored by an away team in New Zealand, surpassing the 38 points scored by Argentina in 2024.
South Africa retained the Freedom Cup for the first time in its 21-year history and won it for only the fourth time in history.

Round 5

27 September 2025
17:05 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	33–24	Australia
Try: Clarke 3' m Carter 13' m Roigard (2) 23' c, 74' c Con: B. Barrett (1/3) 24' McKenzie (1/1) 75' Pen: B. Barrett (1/1) 9' McKenzie (2/2) 47', 54'	Report	Try: Pollard 29' c Potter 37' c Tizzano 68' c Con: O'Connor (3/3) 30', 38', 69' Pen: O'Connor (1/1) 7'

Eden Park, Auckland^[18]^[19]
Attendance: 46,437
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)


FB	15	Will Jordan
RW	14	Leroy Carter
OC	13	Billy Proctor
IC	12	Jordie Barrett
LW	11	Caleb Clarke	45'
FH	10	Beauden Barrett	26'
SH	9	Cam Roigard	76'
N8	8	Wallace Sititi	61'
OF	7	Ardie Savea (c)
BF	6	Simon Parker
RL	5	Tupou Vaa'i	51'
LL	4	Fabian Holland
TP	3	Tyrel Lomax	51'
HK	2	Codie Taylor	64'
LP	1	Ethan de Groot	30'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Samisoni Taukei'aho	64'
PR	17	Tamaiti Williams	30'
PR	18	Fletcher Newell	51'
LK	19	Patrick Tuipulotu	51'
FL	20	Peter Lakai	61'
SH	21	Cortez Ratima	76'
CE	22	Quinn Tupaea	45'
FH	23	Damian McKenzie	26'
Coach:
Scott Robertson


FB	15	Max Jorgensen
RW	14	Harry Potter	72'
OC	13	Joseph Sua'ali'i
IC	12	Len Ikitau		61'
LW	11	Corey Toole
FH	10	James O'Connor
SH	9	Tate McDermott		18'
N8	8	Harry Wilson (c)
OF	7	Fraser McReight		62'	71'
BF	6	Tom Hooper			71'
RL	5	Lukhan Salakaia-Loto		61'
LL	4	Nick Frost
TP	3	Taniela Tupou		40'
HK	2	Billy Pollard		62'
LP	1	James Slipper		40'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Brandon Paenga-Amosa		62'
PR	17	Angus Bell		40'
PR	18	Allan Alaalatoa		40'
LK	19	Jeremy Williams		61'
FL	20	Carlo Tizzano		62'
SH	21	Ryan Lonergan		18'
FH	22	Tane Edmed
WG	23	Filipo Daugunu		61'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Player of the Match:
Cam Roigard (New Zealand)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Foul play review officer:
Andrew Jackson (England)

Notes:

Ryan Lonergan (Australia) made his international debut.
James Slipper (Australia) earned his 150th test cap, and became the third male and first Australian rugby player to achieve the milestone.
Tate McDermott (Australia) earned his 50th test cap.
New Zealand retained the Bledisloe Cup and equalled their longest win streak against Australia (10 matches).^[21]

27 September 2025
17:10 SAST (UTC+02)

(1 BP) South Africa	67–30	Argentina
Try: Marx 30' m Feinberg-Mngomezulu (3) 37' c, 40+3' c, 50' c Kolbe 42' c van den Berg 59' c P. du Toit (2) 65' c, 79' c Libbok 74' c Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (8/9) 37', 40+4', 43', 51', 60', 66', 74', 80' Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (2/2) 4', 19'	Report	Try: Chocobares 35' c Penalty try 40' Albornoz 52' c Con: S. Carreras (2/2) 36', 53' Pen: S. Carreras (3/4) 8', 14', 25'

Kings Park Stadium, Durban^[4]^[5]
Attendance: 45,158
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)


FB	15	Damian Willemse		61'
RW	14	Cheslin Kolbe		56'
OC	13	Canan Moodie
IC	12	Damian de Allende
LW	11	Ethan Hooker
FH	10	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
SH	9	Cobus Reinach		56'
N8	8	Jasper Wiese		72'
BF	7	Pieter-Steph du Toit
OF	6	Siya Kolisi (c)		45'	47'	61'
RL	5	Ruan Nortjé
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth		47'
TP	3	Thomas du Toit		45'
HK	2	Malcolm Marx	40'
LP	1	Boan Venter				53'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Marco van Staden		72'
PR	17	Jan-Hendrik Wessels		45'	47'	53'
PR	18	Wilco Louw		45'
LK	19	RG Snyman		47'
FL	20	Kwagga Smith				61'
SH	21	Morné van den Berg		56'
FH	22	Manie Libbok		61'
CE	23	André Esterhuizen		56'
Coach:
Rassie Erasmus


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Rodrigo Isgró	44'	75'
OC	13	Lucio Cinti
IC	12	Santiago Chocobares
LW	11	Mateo Carreras
FH	10	Santiago Carreras	64'
SH	9	Gonzalo García		75'
N8	8	Joaquín Oviedo
OF	7	Marcos Kremer
BF	6	Pablo Matera	56'
RL	5	Lucas Paulos	40'
LL	4	Franco Molina	46'
TP	3	Joel Sclavi	46'
HK	2	Julián Montoya (c)	64'
LP	1	Mayco Vivas	51'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Ignacio Ruiz	64'
PR	17	Boris Wenger	51'
PR	18	Francisco Coria Marchetti	46'
LK	19	Guido Petti	46'
LK	20	Pedro Rubiolo	40'
FL	21	Juan Martín González	56'
SH	22	Simon Benitez Cruz	64'
FH	23	Tomás Albornoz	44'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Player of the Match:
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (South Africa)

Assistant referees:
Pierre Brousset (France)
Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Brett Cronan (Australia)
Foul play review officer:
Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

Notes:

The combined scored of 97 was the highest between the two teams, and set a new The Rugby Championship record. The total surpassed the two teams' previous high of 86 (73–13) that was achieved in 2013 (which was also a Rugby Championship record),^[22] and broke the previous Rugby Championship record of 94 achieved in 2024 between Argentina and Australia.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu's 37 points was a South African test record for points scored in a match by a player,^[23]^[24] surpassing Percy Montgomery's 35 points scored against Namibia in 2007.^[25]

Round 6

4 October 2025
17:45 AWST (UTC+08)

Australia	14–28	New Zealand (1 BP)
Try: Ikitau 66' m Pen: Edmed (3/3) 6', 11', 17'	Report	Try: Carter 8' c Tupaea (2) 33' m, 36' c Bower 80' m Con: McKenzie (1/4) 9' Pen: McKenzie (2/3) 62', 70'

Perth Stadium, Perth^[17]^[26]
Attendance: 61,266
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


FB	15	Max Jorgensen
RW	14	Harry Potter		71'
OC	13	Joseph Sua'ali'i
IC	12	Len Ikitau	44'
LW	11	Filipo Daugunu
FH	10	Tane Edmed
SH	9	Jake Gordon		57'
N8	8	Harry Wilson (c)
OF	7	Fraser McReight		72'
BF	6	Tom Hooper	11'
RL	5	Will Skelton		15'
LL	4	Nick Frost		52'	79'
TP	3	Allan Alaalatoa		40'
HK	2	Billy Pollard		62'
LP	1	James Slipper		45'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Josh Nasser		62'
PR	17	Tom Robertson		45'
PR	18	Taniela Tupou		40'
LK	19	Jeremy Williams		15'
FL	20	Rob Valetini		52'
SH	21	Ryan Lonergan		57'
FH	22	James O'Connor		71'
CE	23	Josh Flook		72'	79'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt


FB	15	Will Jordan
RW	14	Leroy Carter
OC	13	Quinn Tupaea	56'
IC	12	Jordie Barrett
LW	11	Leicester Faingaʻanuku	73'
FH	10	Damian McKenzie
SH	9	Cam Roigard	73'
N8	8	Peter Lakai	62'
OF	7	Ardie Savea
BF	6	Simon Parker
RL	5	Fabian Holland	51'
LL	4	Scott Barrett (c)
TP	3	Fletcher Newell	66'
HK	2	Codie Taylor	61'
LP	1	Tamaiti Williams	66'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Samisoni Taukei'aho	61'
PR	17	George Bower	66'
PR	18	Pasilio Tosi	66'
LK	19	Patrick Tuipulotu	51'
N8	20	Wallace Sititi	62'
SH	21	Cortez Ratima	73'
WG	22	Rieko Ioane	56'
FB	23	Ruben Love	73'
Coach:
Scott Robertson

Player of the Match:
Quinn Tupaea (New Zealand)

Assistant referees:
Karl Dickson (England)
Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
Television match official:
Andrew Jackson (England)
Foul play review officer:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

New Zealand set a new record of 11 consecutive wins over Australia, surpassing 10 consecutive wins set between 2008 and 2010.
Will Jordan (New Zealand) earned his 50th test cap.

4 October 2025
14:00 BST (UTC+1)

(1 BP) Argentina	27–29	South Africa
Try: Delguy (2) 4' c, 66' c Isgró 80+2' c Con: Carreras (3/3) 5', 66', 80+3' Pen: Carreras (2/3) 18', 27'	Report	Try: Reinach (2) 38' c, 52' c Marx (2) 44' m, 58' c Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (3/4) 39', 53', 59' Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (1/1) 10'

Twickenham Stadium, London, England^[7]
Attendance: 70,360
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)


FB	15	Santiago Carreras
RW	14	Bautista Delguy
OC	13	Justo Piccardo		47'
IC	12	Santiago Chocobares
LW	11	Juan Cruz Mallía
FH	10	Gerónimo Prisciantelli		66'
SH	9	Simon Benitez Cruz		71'
N8	8	Santiago Grondona		48'
OF	7	Marcos Kremer			71'
BF	6	Pablo Matera		48'	71'
RL	5	Pedro Rubiolo
LL	4	Guido Petti		55'
TP	3	Francisco Coria Marchetti		55'
HK	2	Julián Montoya (c)		73'
LP	1	Mayco Vivas	43'			66'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Ignacio Ruiz		73'
PR	17	Boris Wenger		47'	53'	66'
PR	18	Tomás Rapetti		55'
LK	19	Franco Molina		55'
FL	20	Juan Martín González		48'
N8	21	Joaquín Oviedo		48'
SH	22	Agustín Moyano		71'
WG	23	Rodrigo Isgró		66'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Damian Willemse
RW	14	Cheslin Kolbe
OC	13	Canan Moodie	1'	50'
IC	12	Damian de Allende
LW	11	Ethan Hooker
FH	10	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu		68'
SH	9	Cobus Reinach		68'
N8	8	Jasper Wiese
BF	7	Pieter-Steph du Toit
OF	6	Siya Kolisi (c)		61'
RL	5	Ruan Nortjé
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth		48'
TP	3	Thomas du Toit		50'
HK	2	Malcolm Marx		61'
LP	1	Ox Nché		50'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Bongi Mbonambi		61'
PR	17	Jan-Hendrik Wessels		50'
PR	18	Wilco Louw		50'
LK	19	RG Snyman		48'
FL	20	Kwagga Smith		61'
SH	21	Grant Williams		68'
FH	22	Manie Libbok		68'
CE	23	Jesse Kriel		50'
Coach:
Rassie Erasmus

Player of the Match:
Cobus Reinach (South Africa)

Assistant referees:
Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Television match official:
Ian Tempest (England)
Foul play review officer:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

Notes:

With this win for South Africa, they retained the Rugby Championship title, the first time they have achieved this in either formats of The Rugby Championship or Tri Nations.
Tomas Rapetti (Argentina) made his international debut.

Statistics

Points scorers

Pos.	Name	Team	Pts.
1	Santiago Carreras	Argentina	72
2	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	South Africa	50
3	Damian McKenzie	New Zealand	33
4	James O'Connor	Australia	32
5	Manie Libbok	South Africa	25
6	Tomás Albornoz	Argentina	22
7	Malcolm Marx	South Africa	20
7	Joseph Sua'ali'i	Australia	20
9	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	19
10	Handré Pollard	South Africa	18

Try scorers

Pos.	Name	Team	Tries
1	Malcolm Marx	South Africa	4
1	Joseph Sua'ali'i	Australia	4
3	Leroy Carter	New Zealand	3
	Bautista Delguy	Argentina
	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	South Africa
	Cheslin Kolbe	South Africa
	Cobus Reinach	South Africa
	Samisoni Taukei'aho	New Zealand
	Quinn Tupaea	New Zealand
10	Tomás Albornoz	Argentina	2
	Filipo Daugunu	Australia
	Pieter-Steph du Toit	South Africa
	André Esterhuizen	South Africa
	Rodrigo Isgró	Argentina
	Max Jorgensen	Australia
	Sevu Reece	New Zealand
	Cam Roigard	New Zealand
	Kwagga Smith	South Africa
	Harry Wilson	Australia

Participants

Team	Stadium			Coach	Captain	World Rugby Ranking
Team	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Coach	Captain	Start^[b]	End^[c]
Argentina^[d]	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes	57,000	Córdoba (vs. New Zealand)	Felipe Contepomi	Julián Montoya	7th	6th
	José Amalfitani Stadium	49,540	Buenos Aires (vs. New Zealand)
	Twickenham Stadium^[e]	82,000	London (vs. South Africa)
Australia	North Queensland Stadium	25,000	Townsville (vs. Argentina)	Joe Schmidt	Harry Wilson	6th	7th
	Perth Stadium	61,266	Perth (vs. New Zealand)
	Sydney Football Stadium	42,500	Sydney (vs. Argentina)
New Zealand	Eden Park	50,000	Auckland	Scott Robertson	Scott Barrett	2nd	2nd
New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium	34,500	Wellington (vs. South Africa)	Scott Robertson	Scott Barrett	2nd	2nd
South Africa^[d]	DHL Stadium	58,310	Cape Town (vs. Australia)	Rassie Erasmus	Siya Kolisi	1st	1st
	Ellis Park Stadium	62,357	Johannesburg (vs. Australia)
	Kings Park Stadium	54,000	Durban (vs. Argentina)

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs/franchises are of 16 August 2025, the starting date of the tournament.

Argentina

On 4 August, Argentina named a 34-player squad for the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship.^[28]

On 18 August, Emiliano Boffelli, Benjamín Grondona and Leonel Oviedo were called up to the squad ahead of the second round.

On 25 August, Argentina named a 32-player touring squad for their round 3 and 4 matches against Australia, which saw the call-ups of Ignacio Calles, Tomas Rapetti and Nicolas Roger.^[29]

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Bautista Bernasconi	Hooker	(2001-09-14)14 September 2001 (aged 23)	3	Benetton
Julián Montoya (c)	Hooker	(1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 31)	108	Pau
Leonel Oviedo	Hooker	(1998-02-16)16 February 1998 (aged 27)	0	Dogos
Ignacio Ruiz	Hooker	(2001-01-03)3 January 2001 (aged 24)	17	Perpignan
Ignacio Calles	Prop	(1995-10-24)24 October 1995 (aged 29)	9	Bayonne
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	Prop	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 36)	78	Benetton
Francisco Coria Marchetti	Prop	(2000-10-07)7 October 2000 (aged 24)	3	Brive
Pedro Delgado	Prop	(1997-09-01)1 September 1997 (aged 27)	4	Dogos
Tomas Rapetti	Prop	(2005-03-04)4 March 2005 (aged 20)	0	Toulouse
Joel Sclavi	Prop	(1994-06-25)25 June 1994 (aged 31)	27	La Rochelle
Mayco Vivas	Prop	(1998-06-02)2 June 1998 (aged 27)	30	Oyonnax
Boris Wenger	Prop	(2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 23)	0	Dogos
Franco Molina	Lock	(1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 27)	12	Exeter Chiefs
Pedro Rubiolo	Lock	(2002-12-21)21 December 2002 (aged 22)	23	Bristol Bears
Lucas Paulos	Lock	(1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 27)	17	Bayonne
Guido Petti	Lock	(1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 30)	89	Harlequins
Nicolás D'Amorim	Back row	(2000-10-22)22 October 2000 (aged 24)	1	Pampas
Juan Martín González	Back row	(2000-11-14)14 November 2000 (aged 24)	42	Saracens
Benjamín Grondona	Back row	(2003-10-19)19 October 2003 (aged 21)	2	Bristol Bears
Santiago Grondona	Back row	(1998-07-25)25 July 1998 (aged 27)	21	Bristol Bears
Marcos Kremer	Back row	(1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 28)	73	Clermont Auvergne
Pablo Matera	Back row	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 32)	112	Mie Honda Heat
Joaquín Oviedo	Back row	(2001-07-17)17 July 2001 (aged 24)	12	Perpignan
Simon Benitez Cruz	Scrum-half	(1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 25)	3	Tarucas
Gonzalo García	Scrum-half	(1999-03-05)5 March 1999 (aged 26)	11	Zebre Parma
Agustín Moyano	Scrum-half	(2001-06-12)12 June 2001 (aged 24)	2	Dogos
Tomás Albornoz	Fly-half	(1997-09-17)17 September 1997 (aged 27)	17	Benetton
Gerónimo Prisciantelli	Fly-half	(1999-08-23)23 August 1999 (aged 25)	0	Racing 92
Nicolas Roger	Fly-half	(2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 24)	3	Tarucas
Santiago Chocobares	Centre	(1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 26)	27	Toulouse
Lucio Cinti	Centre	(2000-02-23)23 February 2000 (aged 25)	33	Saracens
Justo Piccardo	Centre	(2002-03-25)25 March 2002 (aged 23)	3	Montpellier
Mateo Carreras	Wing	(1999-12-17)17 December 1999 (aged 25)	27	Bayonne
Bautista Delguy	Wing	(1997-04-22)22 April 1997 (aged 28)	33	Clermont Auvergne
Rodrigo Isgró	Wing	(1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 26)	9	Harlequins
Ignacio Mendy	Wing	(2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 25)	3	Benetton
Emiliano Boffelli	Fullback	(1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 30)	59	Duendes
Santiago Carreras	Fullback	(1998-03-30)30 March 1998 (aged 27)	55	Bath
Benjamín Elizalde	Fullback	(2004-06-14)14 June 2004 (aged 21)	3	Bristol Bears
Juan Cruz Mallía	Fullback	(1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 28)	42	Toulouse

Australia

On 7 August, Australia named a 35-player squad for the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship.^[30]

On 28 August, Australia named a 36-player squad for their round 3 and 4 matches against Argentina, which saw the call-ups of Allan Alaalatoa, Josh Canham, Filipo Daugunu, Tom Lynagh, Harry Potter, Pete Samu and Hamish Stewart.^[31]

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Josh Nasser	Hooker	(1999-06-23)23 June 1999 (aged 26)	6	Reds
Brandon Paenga-Amosa	Hooker	(1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 29)	21	Force
Billy Pollard	Hooker	(2001-12-09)9 December 2001 (aged 23)	10	Brumbies
Allan Alaalatoa	Prop	(1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 31)	83	Waratahs
Angus Bell	Prop	(2000-10-04)4 October 2000 (aged 24)	39	Waratahs
Zane Nonggorr	Prop	(2001-03-30)30 March 2001 (aged 24)	12	Reds
Tom Robertson	Prop	(1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 30)	33	Force
Aidan Ross	Prop	(1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 29)	0	Reds
James Slipper	Prop	(1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 36)	147	Brumbies
Taniela Tupou	Prop	(1996-05-10)10 May 1996 (aged 29)	59	Waratahs
Josh Canham	Lock	(2001-02-01)1 February 2001 (aged 24)	1	Reds
Nick Frost	Lock	(1999-10-10)10 October 1999 (aged 25)	29	Brumbies
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto	Lock	(1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 28)	41	Reds
Will Skelton	Lock	(1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 33)	33	La Rochelle
Jeremy Williams	Lock	(2000-12-02)2 December 2000 (aged 24)	14	Force
Nick Champion de Crespigny	Back row	(1996-06-27)27 June 1996 (aged 29)	1	Force
Langi Gleeson	Back row	(2001-07-21)21 July 2001 (aged 24)	17	Waratahs
Tom Hooper	Back row	(2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 24)	13	Brumbies
Fraser McReight	Back row	(1999-02-19)19 February 1999 (aged 26)	29	Reds
Pete Samu	Back row	(1991-12-17)17 December 1991 (aged 33)	33	Waratahs
Carlo Tizzano	Back row	(2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 25)	8	Force
Rob Valetini	Back row	(1998-09-03)3 September 1998 (aged 26)	53	Brumbies
Harry Wilson (c)	Back row	(1999-11-22)22 November 1999 (aged 25)	26	Reds
Ryan Lonergan	Scrum-half	(1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 27)	0	Brumbies
Tate McDermott	Scrum-half	(1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 26)	45	Reds
Nic White	Scrum-half	(1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 35)	73	Force
Ben Donaldson	Fly-half	(1999-04-05)5 April 1999 (aged 26)	19	Force
Tane Edmed	Fly-half	(2000-08-16)16 August 2000 (aged 25)	1	Waratahs
Tom Lynagh	Fly-half	(2003-04-14)14 April 2003 (aged 22)	6	Reds
James O'Connor	Fly-half	(1990-07-05)5 July 1990 (aged 35)	64	Crusaders
Josh Flook	Centre	(2001-09-22)22 September 2001 (aged 23)	4	Reds
Len Ikitau	Centre	(1998-10-01)1 October 1998 (aged 26)	43	Brumbies
Hunter Paisami	Centre	(1999-04-10)10 April 1999 (aged 26)	31	Reds
Hamish Stewart	Centre	(1998-03-03) 3 March 1998 (age 27)	2	Force
Joseph Sua'ali'i	Centre	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 22)	8	Waratahs
Filipo Daugunu	Wing	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 30)	12	Reds
Max Jorgensen	Wing	(2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 20)	11	Waratahs
Andrew Kellaway	Wing	(1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 29)	41	Waratahs
Dylan Pietsch	Wing	(1998-04-23)23 April 1998 (aged 27)	6	Waratahs
Harry Potter	Wing	(1997-12-15)15 December 1997 (aged 27)	5	Force
Corey Toole	Wing	(2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 25)	0	Brumbies
Tom Wright	Fullback	(1997-07-21)21 July 1997 (aged 28)	41	Brumbies

New Zealand

On 4 August, New Zealand named a 36-player squad for the Rugby Championship.^[32]

George Bower, Tevita Mafileo, Josh Lord, Finlay Christie, Kyle Preston, and Leroy Carter were named as injury cover for the start of the Championship.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Franchise/province
Brodie McAlister	Hooker	(1997-06-17)17 June 1997 (aged 28)	1	Chiefs / Canterbury
Codie Taylor	Hooker	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 34)	98	Crusaders / Canterbury
Samisoni Taukei'aho	Hooker	(1997-08-08)8 August 1997 (aged 28)	33	Chiefs / Waikato
Ethan de Groot	Prop	(1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 27)	32	Highlanders / Southland
Tyrel Lomax	Prop	(1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 29)	45	Hurricanes / Tasman
Fletcher Newell	Prop	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 25)	25	Crusaders / Canterbury
Ollie Norris	Prop	(1999-12-11)11 December 1999 (aged 25)	2	Chiefs / Waikato
Pasilio Tosi	Prop	(1998-07-18)18 July 1998 (aged 27)	9	Hurricanes / Bay of Plenty
Tamaiti Williams	Prop	(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 25)	18	Crusaders / Canterbury
Scott Barrett (c)	Lock	(1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 31)	81	Crusaders / Taranaki
Fabian Holland	Lock	(2002-10-09)9 October 2002 (aged 22)	3	Highlanders / Otago
Patrick Tuipulotu	Lock	(1993-01-23)23 January 1993 (aged 32)	53	Blues / Auckland
Tupou Vaa'i	Lock	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 25)	40	Chiefs / Taranaki
Samipeni Finau	Loose forward	(1999-05-10)10 May 1999 (aged 26)	11	Chiefs / Waikato
Luke Jacobson	Loose forward	(1997-04-20)20 April 1997 (aged 28)	24	Chiefs / Waikato
Du'Plessis Kirifi	Loose forward	(1997-03-03)3 March 1997 (aged 28)	3	Hurricanes / Wellington
Peter Lakai	Loose forward	(2003-03-04)4 March 2003 (aged 22)	3	Hurricanes / Wellington
Simon Parker	Loose forward	(2000-05-06)6 May 2000 (aged 25)	0	Chiefs / Northland
Ardie Savea	Loose forward	(1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 31)	97	Moana Pasifika / Wellington
Wallace Sititi	Loose forward	(2002-09-07)7 September 2002 (aged 22)	10	Chiefs / North Harbour
Noah Hotham	Half-back	(2003-05-23)23 May 2003 (aged 22)	2	Crusaders / Tasman
Cortez Ratima	Half-back	(2001-03-22)22 March 2001 (aged 24)	14	Chiefs / Waikato
Cam Roigard	Half-back	(2000-11-16)16 November 2000 (aged 24)	12	Hurricanes / Counties Manukau
Beauden Barrett	First five-eighth	(1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 34)	136	Blues / Taranaki
Damian McKenzie	First five-eighth	(1995-04-20)20 April 1995 (aged 30)	64	Chiefs / Waikato
Jordie Barrett	Centre	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 28)	71	Hurricanes / Taranaki
Anton Lienert-Brown	Centre	(1995-04-15)15 April 1995 (aged 30)	85	Chiefs / Waikato
Billy Proctor	Centre	(1999-05-14)14 May 1999 (aged 26)	4	Hurricanes / Wellington
Timoci Tavatavanawai	Centre	(1997-02-14)14 February 1997 (aged 28)	2	Highlanders / Tasman
Quinn Tupaea	Centre	(1999-05-10)10 May 1999 (aged 26)	16	Chiefs / Waikato
Caleb Clarke	Wing	(1999-03-29)29 March 1999 (aged 26)	29	Blues / Auckland
Rieko Ioane	Wing	(1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 28)	83	Blues / Auckland
Emoni Narawa	Wing	(1999-07-13)13 July 1999 (aged 26)	3	Chiefs / Bay of Plenty
Sevu Reece	Wing	(1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 28)	34	Crusaders / Southland
Will Jordan	Fullback	(1998-02-24)24 February 1998 (aged 27)	44	Crusaders / Tasman
Ruben Love	Fullback	(2001-04-28)28 April 2001 (aged 24)	2	Hurricanes / Wellington

South Africa

On 23 July, South Africa named a 37-player squad for the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship.^[33]

On 19 August, Thomas du Toit was re-called to the squad ahead of the second round.^[34]

On 25 August, South Africa named a 36-player touring squad for their round 3 and 4 matches against New Zealand, which included the re-call of Jasper Wiese and Makazole Mapimpi.^[35]

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Malcolm Marx	Hooker	(1994-07-13)13 July 1994 (aged 31)	78	Kubota Spears
Bongi Mbonambi	Hooker	(1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 34)	79	Sharks
Marnus van der Merwe	Hooker	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 28)	1	Scarlets
Thomas du Toit	Prop	(1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 30)	25	Sharks
Vincent Koch	Prop	(1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 35)	63	Sharks
Wilco Louw	Prop	(1994-07-20)20 July 1994 (aged 31)	18	Stormers
Ox Nché	Prop	(1995-07-23)23 July 1995 (aged 30)	41	Sharks
Asenathi Ntlabakanye	Prop	(1999-04-15)15 April 1999 (aged 26)	1	Lions
Boan Venter	Prop	(1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 28)	1	Edinburgh
Jan-Hendrik Wessels	Prop	(2001-05-08)8 May 2001 (aged 24)	5	Bulls
Lood de Jager	Lock	(1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 32)	67	Saitama Wild Knights
Eben Etzebeth	Lock	(1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 33)	133	Sharks
Franco Mostert	Lock	(1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 34)	79	Honda Heat
Ruan Nortjé	Lock	(1998-07-25)25 July 1998 (aged 27)	8	Bulls
RG Snyman	Lock	(1995-01-29)29 January 1995 (aged 30)	42	Leinster
Dan du Preez	Loose forward	(1995-08-05)5 August 1995 (aged 30)	6	Sale Sharks
Jean-Luc du Preez	Loose forward	(1995-08-05)5 August 1995 (aged 30)	14	Bordeaux
Pieter-Steph du Toit	Loose forward	(1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 32)	88	Toyota Verblitz
Siya Kolisi (c)	Loose forward	(1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 34)	93	Sharks
Kwagga Smith	Loose forward	(1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 32)	53	Shizuoka Blue Revs
Marco van Staden	Loose forward	(1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 29)	27	Bulls
Cobus Wiese	Loose forward	(1997-06-02)2 June 1997 (aged 28)	2	Bulls
Jasper Wiese	Loose forward	(1995-10-21)21 October 1995 (aged 29)	36	Urayasu D-Rocks
Cobus Reinach	Scrum-half	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 35)	40	Stormers
Morné van den Berg	Scrum-half	(1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 27)	3	Lions
Grant Williams	Scrum-half	(1996-07-02)2 July 1996 (aged 29)	19	Sharks
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	Fly-half	(2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 23)	10	Stormers
Manie Libbok	Fly-half	(1997-07-15)15 July 1997 (aged 28)	20	Hanazono Kintetsu Liners
Handré Pollard	Fly-half	(1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 31)	82	Bulls
Damian de Allende	Centre	(1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (aged 33)	89	Saitama Wild Knights
André Esterhuizen	Centre	(1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 31)	20	Sharks
Ethan Hooker	Centre	(2003-01-20)20 January 2003 (aged 22)	1	Sharks
Jesse Kriel	Centre	(1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 31)	80	Yokohama Canon Eagles
Kurt-Lee Arendse	Wing	(1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 29)	26	Bulls
Cheslin Kolbe	Wing	(1993-11-28)28 November 1993 (aged 31)	41	Tokyo Sungoliath
Makazole Mapimpi	Wing	(1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 35)	47	Sharks
Canan Moodie	Wing	(2002-11-05)5 November 2002 (aged 22)	14	Bulls
Edwill van der Merwe	Wing	(1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 29)	3	Lions
Aphelele Fassi	Fullback	(1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 27)	12	Sharks
Willie le Roux	Fullback	(1989-08-18)18 August 1989 (aged 35)	100	Bulls
Damian Willemse	Fullback	(1998-05-07)7 May 1998 (aged 27)	41	Stormers

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Fixtures

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Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Statistics

Points scorers

Try scorers

Participants

Squads

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See also

Notes

References

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