South Africa look to bounce back from their loss last week when they scrum down with Australia in round four of the Rugby Championship at the Suncorp Stadium on Saturday. The Wallabies thoroughly deserved their two-point win last week, however Dave Rennie's team will be on red alert knowing a a wounded Bok team is a dangerous one. Check out our preview and predictions for the game and if playing online slots and live table games is your choice of entertainment, then head over to Genting Casino where we have over 3000 online games available to play anywhere and on any device. 

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Cooper Masterclass

We certainly didn’t see Australia running out victors against the world number one side South Africa last weekend. 

It was a master class from the returning Quade Cooper that proved to be the difference, and in the process ended their losing run. 

The Springboks struggled with their playmaker Handre Pollard being off the pace and we’d expect someone of his ability to bounce back strongly this weekend. 

The most worrying part of their performance was that they had a fully fit starting team other than Cheslin Kolbe being replaced by Sbu Nkosi on the wing, and Jacques Nienaber has put their defeat down to ill-discipline. 

Losing Run Ended

That win for the Aussies ends a run of three defeats in the space of a month against New Zealand, but they’ll know their opponents are going to come back even stronger in this rematch. 

They’ll take positives from finally sorting out their fly-half option for the short term, while in the midfield, Samu Kerevi looked back to his best and Michael Hooper continues to impress. 

There are certainly multiple areas they can still improve on through and if they aren’t at their very best against this Boks outfit who will be out for revenge, they could be in for a surprise. 

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Either Team To Win By Less Than Six Points

That defeat in the Gold Coast only adds to what has been an abysmal record in Australia for the visitors though. 

They’ve lost 14 of their 18 matches on these shores since 2004, and you have to feel like this one is going down to the wire again. 

The last defeat came after the final hooter and with three of their last four matches against elite opposition (Australia and the British and Irish Lions) seeing fewer than six points separate the sides, we wouldn’t be surprised to see a repeat of that.

Nienaber will be without lock Janse van Rensburg, but with all of Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth and Franco Mostert in their ranks still, it’s hardly going to be too big a loss. 

They’ll need to put that result at the weekend behind them and start to build into this competition, with New Zealand fixtures coming up on the horizon. 

For Dave Rennies’ men, it only gets easier as they face a doubleheader against Argentina after this next round of fixtures. 

Another win over the World Cup winners would put them in a very favourable position, as should the South Africans manage to overturn the Kiwis, they could be in with a chance of lifting the Rugby Championship title.

PREDICTION:

EITHER TEAM TO WIN BY LESS THAN SIX POINTS

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It was another dominant New Zealand display as they ran out 39-0 victors against Argentina at the weekend. That result keeps them at the top of the table, unbeaten having earned three bonus-points wins heading into the next round of fixtures and seemingly cruising to another Rugby Championship title. Check out our preview and predictions for the game and if playing online slots and live table games is your choice of entertainment, then head over to Genting Casino where we have over 3000 online games available to play anywhere and on any device. 

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Tough Times For The Pumas

It has been a tough month in the Pumas camp, as they’ve lost all three matches so far this Rugby Championship. 

Those games have all come against the top two sides in the World Rankings – New Zealand and South Africa (x2), but given a 19-point deficit is the closest they’ve come to any side, it doesn’t exactly look promising for their hopes in this next one. 

All Blacks Favourites For The Title

This tournament looked to be building towards a showdown between the two top sides in the world, but following South Africa’s defeat to Australia in the last round, you have to think the Kiwis are the most fancied to go on and lift the 2021 title. 

The All Blacks unsurprisingly have the best record in this tournament, winning six of the eight titles, while they also won the Tri-Nations competition last year when South Africa withdrew from the Rugby Championship due to Covid-19. 

The South American outfit will still have fond memories of beating the Kiwis for the first time in their history just 10 months ago. 

However, in their two head-to-head matches since, they’ve failed to get a single point on the scoreboard while conceding as many as 38 points in each. 

Moreover, they’ve now lost 18 of the 19 meetings between the two over the last decade, with 16 of them by more than 14 points. 

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Argentina +12 Point First Half Handicap

New Zealand’s record in this competition now reads W36-D2-L4 from their 42 outings since it started in 2012. By comparison, Argentina are an almost exact opposite W5-D1-L36, and this has got the makings of yet another one-sided affair. 

That poor record includes back-to-back heavy defeats against the Springboks in the opening two rounds, and their next opponents just look far too good for them to compete with. 

It should be noted though, that ill-discipline did let down the Pumas for large parts in the opening game with Pablo Matera and Carloe Muzzio both receiving yellow cards. 

That meant they struggled to gain any sort of foothold in the game and against a team like the All Blacks you just can’t afford to do that. 

However, we do feel like they have more to give than yet another thrashing and that is likely going to have to include a solid start in their next game. 

Dating back to the Tri-Nations in November last year, the Pumas have only once trailed by more than 12 points at halftime from their 10 matches, and having only played one non-Tier One nation over that period in Romania, they look capable of keeping things relatively close after 40 minutes. 

PREDICTION:

ARGENTINA +12 FIRST HALF HANDICAP

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Defending Champions South Africa face a step up in class when they take on the Wallabies in the second of the double header Rugby Championship action from the Robina Stadium on Saturday. The Boks kicked-off their defence with comfortable wins over the Pumas, however despite being whitewashed by New Zealand, the Wallabies are expected to be a much strerner test. Check out our preview and predictions for what should be another physical encounter, and if playing online casino is your thing then head over to Genting Casino and check out over 3000 online slots and live casino table games available to play anywhere and on any device!

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It looks as if the two teams to beat in this years’ Rugby Championship are New Zealand and South Africa. 

The Kiwis produced a clean sweep of the Australians in the 2021 Bledisloe Cup for the 18th time and their ninth in the competition since regaining the Cup in 2003. 

The final two Tests of that head-to-head came in this years’ Rugby Championship, as the Aussies currently sit bottom of the table behind Argentina on points difference. 

Jacques Nienaber’s men look the other powerhouse in the tournament after defeating Argentina by 20 and 19 points in their opening two Tests respectively. 

Those home victories come after winning the British and Irish Lions series too, and it seems as if they’ve continued on from their spectacular 2019 form. 

Dave Rennies’ men failed to score a single point in the first half against the All Blacks last weekend, and when you consider the visitors were down to 14-men after Jordie Barret was given his marching orders in the 27th minute, it seems as if they’ve reached rock bottom in their quest for success. 

To make matters worse, they’re now set to play this Springboks outfit that have looked very solid this year after a 19-month break without any international rugby since winning the 2019 World Cup. 

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South Africa 1-12 Point Winning Margin

One factor that will be with the hosts is South Africa’s relatively poor record in Australia. Indeed, they’ve played 17 times since 2004 here, winning just three and losing as many as 13. 

We’re, however, expecting a very different result this time around given the direction these two outfits are heading in, with the Aussies now down to seventh in the world rankings, while the Boks are high and flying at the top. 

If we look at how the visitors have performed against the tier one nations and the British and Irish Lions (excluding Italy and Japan) dating back to September 2018, they’ve gone W13-D1-L6 over that period. 

A substantial 70% of those matches saw fewer than 13 points separate the two teams, and given their reasonably poor record on these shores and the absence of their star man Cheslin Kolbe on the wing, that looks the most likely way this encounter will turn out. 

PREDICTION:

SOUTH AFRICA 1-12 POINT WINNING MARGIN

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The All Blacks continue their bid to reclaim the Rugby Championship title when they take on Argentina in round three at the Robina Stadium on Saturday. New Zealand have been in ominous form racking up two convincing wins over rivals Australia and will be expecting more of the same against an Argentinian side that has only ever registered one win over the Kiwis. Check out our preview and predictions for what should be another physical encounter, and if playing online casino is your thing then head over to Genting Casino and check out over 3000 online slots and live casino table games available to play anywhere and on any device!

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After a delay in New Zealand’s trip to Perth to play Australia in round two of the Rugby Championship, they eventually battled it out last weekend after nearly a month’s break. 

The Kiwis ran out 38-21 champions despite Jordie Barret receiving a red card in the 28th minute. 

Australia’s problems were undoubtedly down to their first half performance as they went into the break 18-0 down and having had a one-man advantage for 12 of those minutes that does cause serious cause for concern for their chances this tournament. 

Argentina haven’t had it easy either. They’ve lost back-to-back fixtures against South Africa by at least 19 point margins in each, and although those matches did both come in Port Elizabeth, it isn’t going to get any easier in this next one even if they’re at a neutral venue this time around. 

However, they will take confidence in the fact they beat their next opponents for the first time ever last year in Australia, but they did get a 38-0 hammering in the rematch a fortnight later. 

New Zealand -14 Point Handicap

The All Blacks look to be ticking along very nicely as although they’ve only played the likes of Tonga, Fiji (x2) and Australia (x3) this year, they can still only beat what is put in front of them and that last performance when down to 14-men for the vast majority of the game against Dave Rennies’ men proved their quality. 

The head-to-head between these two nations has been completely one-sided over the last decade. 

New Zealand have won 17 of the 18 meetings over that period, with 15 of them by more than 14 points and we’d be very surprised if they didn’t manage to add to that dominant record. 

Will Jordan Anytime Tryscorer

We also very much like the chances of Will Jordan to set the game alight should he get a starting birth. 

The winger has scored in all four matches he’s participated in this year, while he has 10 tries from his last five outings for his country dating back to November last year, scoring in each and he looks a shoo-in to get over the whitewash yet again. 

PREDICTIONS:

NEW ZEALAND -14 POINT HANDICAP

WILL JORDAN ANYTIME TRYSCORER

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