Rugby Championship 2023: South Africa v Australia, Kick-off Time, H2H Records, Squad, how to watch, TV Channel.

Fast Facts, Records on Saturday’s Rugby Championship test between South Africa and Australia:

When: July 8, 5.05 p.m. (15:05 p.m. GMT -- 11:05 a.m. ET)

Where: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria (capacity: 51,762)

TV Channel: Sky Sports

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Andrea Piardi (Italy)

TMO: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

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SOUTH AFRICA

World ranking: 4

Coach: Jacques Nienaber

Captain: Duane Vermeulen

Team: 15-Willie le Roux, 14-Canan Moodie, 13-Lukhanyo Am, 12-Andre Esterhuizen, 11-Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10-Manie Libbok, 9-Cobus Reinach, 8-Duane Vermeulen, 7-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6-Marco van Staden, 5-Marvin Orie, 4-Jean Kleyn, 3-Frans Malherbe, 2-Bongi Mbonambi, 1-Steven Kitshoff

Replacements: 16-Joseph Dweba, 17-Thomas du Toit, 18-Vincent Koch, 19-RG Snyman, 20-Evan Roos, 21-Deon Fourie, 22-Grant Williams, 23-Damian Willemse.

AUSTRALIA

World ranking: 7

Coach: Eddie Jones

Co-Captains: James Slipper & Michael Hooper

Team: 15-Tom Wright, 14-Suliasi Vunivalu, 13-Len Ikitau, 12-Reece Hodge, 11-Marika Koroibete, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Nic White, 8-Rob Valetini, 7-Michael Hooper, 6-Tom Hooper, 5-Will Skelton, 4-Nick Frost, 3-Allan Alaalatoa, 2-David Porecki, 1-James Slipper

Replacements: 16-Jordan Uelese, 17-Matt Gibbon, 18-Zane Nonggorr, 19-Richie Arnold, 20-Pete Samu, 21-Tate McDermott, 22-Samu Kerevi, 23-Carter Gordon.

Australia vs South Africa Head to Head, Overall Record.

Played: 93

South Africa wins: 50

Draws: 3

Australia wins: 40

RECORD IN SOUTH AFRICA

Played: 48

South Africa wins: 37

Draws: 1

Australia wins: 10

LAST FIVE MEETINGS

2023 —

2023 — South Africa 43-12 Australia, Pretoria

2022 — Australia 8-24 South Africa, Sydney

2022 — Australia 25-17 South Africa, Adelaide

2021 — Australia 30-17 South Africa, Brisbane

2021 — Australia 28-26 South Africa, Gold Coast

2019 — South Africa 35-17 Australia, Johannesburg

Springboks steamroll Australia 43-12 in Rugby Championship as Arendse scores hat trick in Round 1 game.

Kurt-Lee Arendse scored a hat trick among South Africa’s six straight tries as the world champions steamrolled Australia 43-12 in the opening round of the Rugby Championship on Saturday.

Australia scored the first and last tries at Loftus Versfeld but conceded 43 points in between to underline the task new coach Eddie Jones faces at the start of his second spell in charge of the Wallabies with a Rugby World Cup looming in September.

Winger Arendse improved his free-scoring start to international rugby with his eighth, ninth and 10th tries in his eighth test for the Boks.

Australia has lost all eight of its tests against the Boks in Pretoria since the first in 1963.

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by Nick Said, Reuters sports