New Zealand vs South Africa Prediction & Betting Tips - The Rugby Championship

Prediction published on 04/09/2025, 08:05  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 05/09/2025 at 02:41 in The Rugby Championship Predictions

New Zealand lead the Rugby Championship after two of the six matches to play. It's close though and this weekend, they host South Africa who are third in the table. Can the All-Blacks stay at the top of the table? Time for our match prediction.

The All-Blacks lead the table by a point from Australia who host bottom-of-the-table Argentina this weekend. Just two points separate the four competing teams in this tournament.

New Zealand's first two games were away against Argentina. The opening game was won 41-24 and that took New Zealand back to the top of the world rankings. On August 23 though, they lost to the Pumas 29-23 after leading in the first half.

They now have two home games against South Africa, They have won 33 of their 46 home games against the Springboks, last losing to them in 2018.

South Africa have won their last four games against New Zealand but all were played away from New Zealand. The world champions have so far lost at home to Australia but won the return match against the Wallabies in Cape Town.

This is likely to be a close match but with home advantage we tip New Zealand to get the win and stay top of the table.