With four rounds played and two remaining, the Rugby Championship 2024 has an unfamiliar feel. While it’s no surprise to see the World Cup-winning Springboks topping the table with four victories from four, the reigning champion All Blacks find themselves in third place, with just one win to date.

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The battle to find the number one team in the southern hemisphere continues on Saturday 21 September. New Zealand and Australia will both be desperate for a win in their bottom-of-the-table Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney, while South Africa face a tricky trip to Santiago del Estero to face Argentina. The Springboks are strong favourites for the title but the Pumas could still cause an upset.

Check out our TV guide to find out how to watch Rugby Championship 2024 live streams wherever you are in the world, and scroll down for fixtures, results, squads and more.

Rugby Championship 2024: Overview

Rugby Championship 2024: upcoming fixtures

Each team will play each other twice during the Rugby Championship. The winner will be the team that tops the table at the end of the tournament.

Due to the distances between each nation, the teams don’t generally play each other home and away. Instead, as in the Six Nations, the sides alternate hosting duties each year, with the crucial difference being that they’ll play two tests against each team rather than one – for example, the All Blacks played two matches against the Springboks in South Africa on consecutive weekends in what was effectively a mini-tour. However, the two Bledisloe Cup games between Australia and New Zealand will be played home and away, as will the South Africa v Argentina games.

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Live streams of each game from the Rugby Championship are available. We have information on how to access those here. For the fixture list, see below:

Saturday 21 September

• Australia v New Zealand (kick-off: 6.45am BST / 7.45am SAST / 3.45pm AEST / 5.45pm NZST / 1.45am ET / 10.45pm PT (Friday))
• Argentina v South Africa (kick-off: 10.00pm BST / 11.00pm SAST / 7.00am AEST (Sunday) / 8.00am NZST (Sunday) / 5.00pm ET / 2.00pm PT)

Saturday 28 September

• New Zealand v Australia (kick-off: 8.05am BST / 9.05am SAST / 5.05pm AEST / 7.05pm NZST / 3.05am ET / 12.05am PT)
• South Africa v Argentina (kick-off: 4.00pm BST / 5.00pm SAST / 1.00am AEST (Sunday) / 3.00am NZST (Sunday) / 11.00am ET / 8.00am PT)

Rugby Championship 2024: results

Saturday 10 August

• Australia 7-33 South Africa
• New Zealand 30-38 Argentina

Saturday 17 August

• New Zealand 42-10 Argentina
• Australia 12-30 South Africa

Saturday 31 August

• South Africa 31-27 New Zealand
• Argentina 19-20 Australia

Saturday 7 September

• South Africa 18-12 New Zealand
• Argentina 67-27 Australia

Rugby Championship 2024: squads

All four nations updated their squads for the third and fourth rounds of matches, and we’d expect them to do so again ahead of the final weekends of matches. They’re permitted to replace squad members due to injury or illness.

Argentina

• Forwards: Luciano Asevedo, Juan Bautista Pedemonte, Eduardo Bello, Agustin Creevy, Thomas Gallo, Juan Gonzalez, Santiago Grondona, Marcos Kremer, Tomas Lavanini, Pablo Matera, Franco Molina, Julian Montoya, Joaquin Oviedo, Guido Petti, Pedro Rubiolo, Ignacio Ruiz, Joel Sclavi, Lucio Sordoni, Mayco Vivas
• Backs: Tomas Albornoz, Lautaro Velez, Gonzalo Bertranou, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Carreras, Santiago Chocobares, Lucio Cinti, Santiago Cordero, Bautista Delguy, Gonzalo Garcia, Rodrigo Isgro,  Juan Cruz Mallia, Ignacio Mendy, Matias Orlando, Justo Piccardo

Australia

• Forwards: Allan Alaalatoa, Angus Bell, Angus Blyth, Josh Canham, Matt Faessler, Nick Frost, Langi Gleeson, Tom Hooper, Isaac Kailea, Josh Nasser, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Tom Robertson, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, James Slipper, Carlo Tizzano, Taniela Tupou, Rob Valetini, Jeremy Williams, Harry Wilson
• Backs:Ben Donaldson, David Feliuai, Josh Flook, Jake Gordon, Len Ikitau, Max Jorgensen, Andrew Kellaway, Marika Koroibete, Noah Lolesio, Tom Lynagh, Tate McDermott, Dylan Pietsch, Hamish Stewart, Corey Toole, Nic White, Tom Wright

New Zealand

• Forwards: Asafo Aumua, Scott Barrett (captain), George Bell, Ethan Blackadder, Sam Cane, Sam Darry, Ethan De Groot, Samipeni Finau, Luke Jacobson, Tyrel Lomax, Josh Lord, Fletcher Newell, Dalton Papali’i, Ardie Savea, Wallace Sititi, Codie Taylor, Pasilio Tosi, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Tupou Vaa’i, Tamaiti Williams
• Backs: Beauden Barrett, Jordie Barrett, Caleb Clarke, David Havili, Noah Hotham, Rieko Ioane, Will Jordan, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ruben Love, Damian McKenzie, TJ Perenara, Harry Plummer, Billy Proctor, Cortez Ratima, Sevu Reece, Mark Tele’a

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South Africa

• Forwards: Ben-Jason Dixon, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Thomas du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Steven Kitshoff, Vincent Koch, Siya Kolisi (captain), Elrigh Louw, Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Bongi Mbonambi, Salmaan Moerat, Ox Nche, Ruan Nortje, Kwagga Smith, RG Snyman, Gerhard Steenekamp, Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, Marco van Staden, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Jasper Wiese
• Backs: Lukhanyo Am, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Damian de Allende, Andre Esterhuizen, Aphelele Fassi, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Jaden Hendrikse, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Willie le Roux, Manie Libbok, Makazole Mapimpi, Canan Moodie, Handre Pollard, Cobus Reinach, Grant Williams

Rugby Championship: Previous winners

Players of South Africa lift the Rugby Championship 2019 (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)

In 2012, Argentina were added to the Tri Nations to create the Rugby Championship. The four team competition has run annually since with New Zealand winning 10 of 12 titles. Australia and South Africa have one title each while Argentina are yet to be crowned champions.

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