We have our Wallabies vs Japan prediction for the 2nd test on Saturday, August 15, at 3:15 PM.
Queensland Country Bank Stadium hosts the 2nd test of the series, where Australia has a 1-0 lead after scoring a tight win last week in Japan.
Our Wallabies vs Japan tips look at who will prevail, and punters can find the best value when betting on rugby at Ladbrokes.
We backed Australia -15.5 last week, but we didn’t give enough credit to how well Japan plays at home. However, with this game being played in Queensland, we expect Australia to fire back with a dominant performance.
Australia showed how good they can be when smashing Italy in their final Nations Championship game before the break, and they could post a similar result against Japan on Saturday.
We’re not overlooking how improved Japan is, and pushing Australia to within three points last week (35-32) was a good effort. However, conditions and the home crowd play a big part in rugby, and the Wallabies have a lot of attacking players who will want to produce the goods.
There is a lot of work to be done defensively, and allowing Japan to score 32 points wouldn’t have pleased coach Les Kiss. However, improvement is expected in that department, and we expect Australia to knuckle down defensively and force Japan inside their own 22 for most of the match.
The -16.5 can be daunting, but we’re not dropping the Wallabies after failing to cover the spread last week. Our Wallabies vs Japan tips include Wallabies -16.5, and that line could move higher during the week.
They scored 67 points in the 1st test last week, but it’s unlikely that Japan will score close to 32 points in North Queensland.
We expect Japan to score around 20 points, and our rugby predictions have Australia scoring 40. That’s enough to include under 63.5 points in Wallabies vs Japan tips, and it should be a comfortable watch for punters.
We’ll even go as far as saying Japan could struggle to score more than two tries. Their attack has improved recently, but playing away from home is difficult, and it’s a completely different task for them this week.
Australia can pile on the points quickly, especially in the second half, but we expect them to focus more on defence, so include under 63.5 points in selections.
A much stronger start to the game is expected from the Wallabies, who could score the opening try in the first 10 minutes.
They should come out with more energy than last week, and although they got the job done narrowly, winning by three points isn’t going to please any Australian rugby fans or punters.
Covering a -8.5 halftime line shouldn’t be too difficult for the Wallabies. Most of their damage should be done in the opening 40 minutes before relying on their defence to suffocate Japan in the second 40.
There is enough value in the current halftime line to include it in rugby tips this week.
Our Japan vs Wallabies prediction features a same game multi, which pays $7.90 with Ladbrokes.
We include all three of our game predictions, and we also include the first half highest scoring half. We expect most of the points to come early in the contest, which could see the Wallabies lead 20-7 at halftime.
That should be enough to see this option win for punters, and we’re confident with the Wallabies -16.5 full game and -8.5 for halftime.