A quick overview of our fantasy rugby tips and recommendations of the players expected to go well as we enter Round 4 of The Rugby Championship 2025.
A reminder that this season we have two games running for The Rugby Championship. The Official Game made by the makers of of the Super Rugby game is live for the first time, and SuperBru is also live again, so sign up and get picking!
Potential mismatches
Here are the match predictions courtesy of Rugby4Cast’s predictor algorithm…
- Australia v Argentina
- Leaning Australia
- Predicted Score: Australia 27 Argentina 22
- New Zealand v South Africa
- Leaning New Zealand
- Predicted Score: New Zealand 25 South Africa 21
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position on Superbru (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Thomas Du Toit (South Africa)
- Taniela Tupou (Australia)
- Ethan De Groot (New Zealand)
HOOKERS
- Samisoni Taukei’aho (New Zealand)
- Julian Montoya (Argentina)
LOCKS
- Tupou Vaa’i (New Zealand)
- Jeremy Williams (Australia)
- Tom Hooper (Australia)
BACK ROW
- Ardie Savea (New Zealand)
- Juan Martin Gonzalez (Argentina)
- Harry Wilson (Australia)
- Jasper Wiese (South Africa)
SCRUM-HALF
- Cobus Reinach (South Africa)
- Noah Hotham (New Zealand)
FLY HALF
- Damian McKenzie (New Zealand)* – Captain Pick for the Official Game
- Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (South Africa)
CENTRES
- Santiago Chocobares (Argentina)
- Joseph Sua’ali’i (Australia)
- Ethan Hooker (South Africa)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Will Jordan (New Zealand)
- Corey Toole (Australia)
- Max Jorgensen (Australia)
- Mateo Carreras (Argentina)
Value Picks on the Official Game
On the official game, not only is budget tight, but you must select a minimum of 3 players from every country. Below are a list of good value options to allow you to spend big elsewhere, but also from this list you should find some options from the underdogs to bring in…
- Mayco Vivas (Argentina) – Prop – $3.5m
- Taniela Tupou (Australia) – Prop – $3.5m
- Samisoni Taukei’aho (New Zealand) – Hooker – $5.5m
- Billy Pollard (Australia) – Hooker – $5.5m
- Tom Hooper (Australia) – Lock – $3.5m
- Jeremy Williams (Australia) – Lock – $3.5m
- Pedro Rubiolo (Argentina) – Lock – $3.5m
- Joaquin Ovideo (Argentina) – Loose Forward – $5m
- Simon Parker (New Zealand) – Loose Forward – $5m
- Noah Hotham (New Zealand) – Scrum Half – $5m
- Ethan Hooker (South Africa) – Centre* – $6.0m
- Mateo Carreras (Argentina) – Back Three – $7.0m
- Leroy Carter (New Zealand) – Back Three – $6.5m
- Aphelele Fassi (South Africa) – Back Three – $6.5m
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