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The Rugby Championship sides have wrapped up one more competition of the annual tournament.

South Africa beat the Pumas at the London venue on the weekend to earn successive trophies for the very first instance.

It was a thrilling competition where every nation had dual successes from the initial four matches.

What insights have we gained about all four teams before they head to the European nations in the autumn?

Argentina Displays Potential but Cannot Advance Further

Two victories from six fixtures will be viewed as a setback for an Argentina side who defeated every one of their three opponents for the very first instance in the previous year's tournament.

This campaign, the Pumas, who joined the championship in 2012, ended up bottom of the table for the first time since 2022.

A pioneering success on home soil over New Zealand in round two was the pinnacle for the Argentine team.

However, wasting a 14-point advantage against the Wallabies in match three – which they corrected the next week – will come as the primary letdown as an additional success would have enabled them to escape ending up last.

Deciding to stage their concluding domestic match at the London venue will bring financial benefits, but the substantial expatriate South African community handed the South African team an advantage.

Dropping a dual Test matches against England in the summer had already put pressure on achieving victories this tournament.

And following up a big result to have a creditable trophy pursuit still persists as the subsequent phase for the Pumas, who play an thrilling and speedy brand of rugby union.

With a fixture list of Wales, Scotland and England in the autumn this could still prove to be a productive campaign.

Coach Departs with Australia Improving

Might the British Isles team Australian tour be closely contested? That question has aged nicely for the developing Australia side.

The Australian mentor took over the Wallabies at their most difficult period after their failure to qualify for the playoff rounds of a World Cup for the first time in 2023.

They had a significantly improved performance at this season's competition with wins over the Springboks and Argentina permitting them to secure third place – an improvement on dual bottom placements in consecutively.

Their campaign progressed toward a historic push to regain the prestigious trophy for the first time since 2002, with the All Blacks coming into the last two matches against the Australian team after a historic loss by the Springboks.

However, Schmidt's tenure concluded with back-to-back losses and he was could not wrest the trophy from the New Zealand team.

Nonetheless, he hands an exciting squad to Les Kiss who is assuming control as team manager.

"I do think there's growth in the squad and I can't guarantee that's going to be linear but I can pretty much guarantee the commitment's going to be evident," he stated.

Back-three star the emerging player, 21, and inside back the young star, 22, are match winners and deadly scoring threats given space.

The availability of forwards the experienced lock and Rob Valetini could be decisive in difficult fall matches that feature England, Ireland and the French.

Coach Relies On Seasoned Number Ten Barrett

Earlier than Scott Robertson assumed the All Blacks managerial position, the New Zealand team had secured half a dozen of the previous seven competitions.

For the consecutive year in a sequence, his team fell short to South Africa.

A encouraging is that Robertson has deployed forty-three athletes this year and still has games to come against the four home nations in the autumn.

the young talent registered points in his opening three matches on the outside, with back rower Peter Lakai, 22, also earning a first start in the black jersey.

Robertson has started building significant reserves for the World Cup in 2027, while still defeating the Pumas, the Springboks and the Wallabies.

However, a historic defeat in the South American nation and a surprising heavy loss by the Springboks proved costly for the New Zealand's title hopes and generate cause for concern.

The veteran fly-half, 34, began the majority of the six fixtures at playmaker as Robertson changed from the previous season's primary playmaker the previous incumbent.

The skilled number ten began the global championship decider at playmaker in the past and his reappearance to the All Blacks will offer an additional choice.

Not many would have had the veteran, who has 142 caps, in prime position to play at the future world championship, but he is demonstrating no evidence of slowing down at present.

And he will have an electric half-back partner – if number nine Cam Roigard, twenty-four, who appears prepared to secure a regular position, can avoid injury.

Erasmus Develops Talents and Continues Succeeding

South Africa were selected the international team of the year at the World Rugby awards in the prior season.

Having picked up consecutive competition victories, the leading international squad could be receiving the honor once more.

But what causes the accomplishment more impressive is the number of athletes head coach the Springbok leader has used.

"I believe we deployed close to numerous squad members and I'd love to have given further appearances," he said.

Setbacks by Australia and the All Blacks over the first three games created demands for Erasmus – but later results confirmed the "calculated chance" to develop talent was justified.

Three wins from three games followed to secure the title, with young the talented player featuring in all of them.

A Springbok record {37 points|