Rugby is a very popular game which is known as Rugby Union as well. Rugby is a close combat team sport, the most common format of it has 15 players on each side, this game was invented almost 200 plus years ago, in the early 1800s. Rugby Union or Rugby football is played with an oval-shaped ball. The game is played on a pitch, which is actually a rectangular field, with H-shaped goals on both sides of the pitch. It is a very commonly played sport, you can have an idea about this from the fact that back in 2014, there were 6 million players, playing this sport out of them at least 2.6 million were registered players.
The Rugby Championship is considered to be an international union competition and is one of the most widely followed tournaments of the specific sport. It is played between the 4 Highest Ranking National Teams, i.e. Argentina, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. These are the best teams in Southern Hemisphere. It got initiated basically in 1966, but Argentina was not a part of it and was called The Tri Nations, but in 2012 Argentina joined as well and the series of games got renamed ‘The Rugby Championship’. Because of its growing popularity, people do bet on Rugby Union matches, and Rugby Union is one of the biggest tournaments of sports, so it’s a bigger and better opportunity and platform for those who want to try their luck by bookmaking in this form of sports. With the increasing opportunities of Rugby, people are getting involved in its betting and using different platforms. If you are into bookmaking and want to put a bet on rugby union games, here are a few predictions for The Rugby Championship 2022.
1) New Zealand vs Argentina:
New Zealand is the defending champion, they won the previous season of the Rugby Championship 2021, and not only this, and it was their 19th title for this. Even in this season, they have proven to be amazing in the game. On the other hand, Argentina is also in form and has been performing really well since the beginning of this season. Both sides have their best and star players playing, so the face-off, in the 4th Round is going to be a thrilling match, but obviously, as there is only one winner, we predict that New Zealand is going to take the lead!
2) Australia vs South Africa:
Australia is one of the strongest teams of rugby union, worldwide, but here, the top 4 teams face each other off so it is pretty hard to say who is strong in the team, it is a game of best of 4. Well so in this match the Mighty Team of Australia is going to face The Mightier Side of South Africa. This is going to be a very interesting and nail-biting match. A spine-chilling thriller, but for this game between the two sides in Round 4, we predict that South Africa is going to bag the victory. Anything is possible in sports, but predictions are based on statistics and analysis.
3) Australia vs New Zealand:
Australia’s face-off with New Zealand, what a pleasing treat to the sports fans. Whenever these two neighboring sides are in front of each other in any given sport, i.e. Cricket, Football, or Hockey, it is a rivalry that is followed by millions of fans around the globe so this face-off is as important for Rugby Lovers, as Ashes or India vs Pakistan is to Cricket Fans or El’ Classico for Soccer Fans. Another nail-biter is expected in this match of round 5 of the Rugby Championship 2022. According to our predictions, New Zealand is going to beat Australia and win this much-hyped match.
4) South Africa vs Argentina:
South Africa has proven itself in the previous few seasons to be one of the strongest sides and is one of the favorites for the season 2022. Argentina has been struggling this season but is expected to bounce back. No team would want to be left behind deliberately, so in this match, Argentina would be striving to prove themselves and get their self-esteem back by knocking one of the mightiest and favorite sides, while on the other hand South Africa is going to put whatever it takes to prove that they are the best. Our prediction for this face-off of Round 6, suggests that South Africa will win.
Final Thoughts:
Here we discussed a few important matches and our predictions about those, but in the end, there is a surprise treat for you. But before that, we again want to inform you that these predictions are always on the basis of previous records, analysis, and different conditions and we want our predictions to be accurate, but in sports, all the playing sides are there to win, so anything can happen. So yes, in the end, we have the winner of the tournament prediction for you, there are two favorite sides for this season, New Zealand, the defending champions, and South Africa. Our prediction suggests that this time the winner of The Rugby Championship 2022 is going to be the Mightier Side of South Africa, so just stay tuned and keep following the championship.
