The fourth test of the Rugby Championship between the Wallabies v Springboks will take place on September 3 at 7:00 pm AEST, live on Nine and Stan Sport. The match can be seen on 9GEM in Sydney and Brisbane, Channel Nine in Melbourne and Adelaide, and 9Go in Perth.
The game will be played at the new Allianz Stadium in Sydney’s Moore Park, with this game being the first international event at the new Sydney ground.
The Wallabies will be looking to repeat their previous round victory against the Springboks, having taken the win in round three 25–17.
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie isn’t counting his chickens before they hatch, though.
“The interesting thing is when you win people think it’s relief, and really my thoughts five minutes after the game are how do we win next week,” Rennie said ahead of the round four clash.
“The preparation and thinking is going into what our week looks like, how we make sure that we create edge after a win rather than being satisfied with that.
“We’ve had a really good week of preparation, it’s nice to be working with the same group of guys – and as a group of coaches, we’ve made sure that we’ve bought edge and the leaders have done a great job around driving expectations.
“We know we’re going to need to be better because we gave away a lot of penalties last week.
“They are too good a side for us to give them as many opportunities again.”
TEAM LISTS
WALLABIES: Reece Hodge, Tom Wright, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Marika Koroibete, Noah Lolesio, Nic White, Rob Valetini, Fraser McReight, Jed Holloway, Matt Philip, Rory Arnold, Allan Alaalatoa, Folau Fainga’a, James Slipper (c).
Reserves: Dave Porecki, Scott Sio, Taniela Tupou, Darcy Swain, Rob Leota, Pete Samu, Tate McDermott, Andrew Kellaway.
SOUTH AFRICA: Willie le Roux, Canan Moodie, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Makazole Mapimpi, Damian Willemse, Jaden Hendrikse, Jasper Wiese, Franco Mostert, Siya Kolisi (capt), Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Steven Kitshoff
Reserves: Deon Fourie, Ox Nche, Trevor Nyakane, Kwagga Smith, Duane Vermeulen, Cobus Reinach, Frans Steyn, Warrick Gelant.