AUSTRALIA
Australia will be without the services of Tui after an altercation with an obnoxious "fan" lead to him withdrawing from the remainder of the season. This will be a tremendous blow to the Aussies as he was one of their standout performers. Whiteley and Mostert can show you his tread marks imprinted on their faces as proof. A further blow to Australia's hopes is the loss of Samu for the remainder of the Rugby Championship to a hyper-extended knee. Their back row resources are being stretched. The Wallaroos will field two debutants against the Boks: Cottrell and Gordon. Hooper is expected to be fit for the Boks.
Forwards:
Allan Alaalatoa, Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman, Angus Cottrell, Folau Fainga’a, Ned Hanigan, Michael Hooper, Sekope Kepu, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, David Pocock, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Tom Robertson, Izack Rodda, Rob Simmons, Scott Sio, Caleb Timu, Taniela Tupou
Backs:
Tom Banks, Kurtley Beale, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Jake Gordon, Dane Haylett-Petty, Reece Hodge, Marika Koroibete, Jack Maddock, Sefa Naivalu, Nick Phipps, Matt Toomua
ARGENTINA
Argentina have lost the services of the excellent Moyano to a rib injury he suffered in the win over Australia.
Forwards:
Forwards: Matias Alemanno, Diego Fortuny, Santiago Garcia Botta, Agustin Creevy (c), Ramiro Herrera, Marcos Kremer, Tomas Lavanini, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Tomas Lezana, Pablo Matera, Santiago Medrano, Julian Montoya, Javier Ortega Desio, Guido Petti, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Juan Zeiss
Backs:
Gonzalo Bertranou, Emiliano Boffelli, Sebastian Cancelliere, Tomas Cubelli, Santiago Alvarez Fourcade, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Bautista Delguy, Bautista Ezcurra, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Martin Landajo, Juan Cruz Mallia, Matias Moroni, Matias Orlando, Nicolas Sanchez
SOUTH AFRICA
As we already learned the past week, the Boks will be without De Allende, Am and Mapimpi. The latter two will be sorely missed for their strong defence.
Forwards:
Schalk Brits, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Steven Kitshoff, Vincent Koch, Wilco Louw, Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Bongi Mbonambi, Franco Mostert, Tendai Mtawarira, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, RG Snyman, Marco van Staden, Warren Whiteley
Backs:
Faf de Klerk, Aphiwe Dyantyi, André Esterhuizen, Elton Jantjies, Willie le Roux, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Lionel Mapoe, Ruhan Nel, Sibusiso Nkosi, Embrose Papier, Handré Pollard, Ivan van Zyl, Damian Willemse
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand have opted to rest captain Kieren Read ahead of their trip to Argentina, which means a start for the versatile Hurricane Fifita. Laumape has not been named in the squad due to the return to fitness of Crotty and Williams.
Forwards:
Liam Coltman, Nathan Harris, Codie Taylor, Owen Franks, Tim Perry, Angus Ta'avao, Karl Tu'inukuafe, Ofa Tuungafasi, Scott Barrett, Patrick Tuipulotu, Sam Whitelock, Sam Cane, Vaea Fifita (Argentina test), Shannon Frizell, Jackson Hemopo, Kieran Read (South Africa test), Ardie Savea, Luke Whitelock.
Backs:
TJ Perenara, Aaron Smith, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Beauden Barrett, Damian McKenzie, Richie Mo'unga, Ryan Crotty, Jack Goodhue, Anton Lienert-Brown, Sonny Bill Williams, Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Waisake Naholo, Ben Smith.
