The Springboks secured a 67-30 win over Argentina after a brilliant display of attacking rugby in the second half to take a one-point lead in the Rugby Championship league with only one match left in London against Argentina.
Santiago Carreras and SachaFeinberg-Mngomezulu traded penalties, and Argentina led 09-06 after adding three converted penalties to the two of the Springboks. Argentina led 09-06 after twenty minutes of play in the first half.
Ten minutes later, Malcolm Marx scored the first try of the match to retake the lead for the Springboks 11-09 with eight minutes still to play in the first half.
An absolutely stupid mistake by Kolbe in his own in-goal area led to a converted try by Santiago Chocobares to extend Argentina’s lead to 16-11.
The Springboks hit back almost immediately with a brilliant individual try by Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who also converted to retake the lead at 18-16.
With time almost up in the first half, Malcolm Marx collapsed a maul, which led to a yellow card and a penalty try to edge Argentina 23-18 into the lead.
Sacha scored his second try with time up on the clock to retake the lead for the Springboks 25-23 which was also the halftime score.
Cheslin Kolbe collects a cross-kick by Sacha and scores in the right-hand corner. Sacha converted to extend the Springboks' lead to 32-23.
After ten minutes of play in the second half, and the Springboks setting up camp in Argentina’s red zone, Sacha slides past a ruck to score his third try. He also added the extra two points to extend the Springboks' lead to 39-23
Moments later, Argentina attacks down the middle, and Tomás Albornoz scored Argentina’s third try, which was converted by Carreras to cut the Springboks’ lead to 39-30.
Thereafter, Morne van den Berg, Pieter-Steph du Toit (2) and Manie Libbok added their names to the try scorers to secure a 67-30 win.
Teams:
Springboks: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Boan Venter. Replacements: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Andre Esterhuizen.
Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallía, 14 Rodrigo Isgró, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo García, 8 Joaquín Oviedo, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julián Montoya (captain), 1 Mayco Vivas. Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Pedro Rubiolo, 21 Juan Martín González, 22 Simón Benítez Cruz, 23 Tomás Albornoz.