The Springboks proved far too sturdy for Argentina of their Rugby Championship title decider on the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday.
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Rassie Erasmus’s world champions received 48-7 after main 27-7 at half-time.
The match marked a brand new Springbok caps file of 128 Checks for lock Eben Etzebeth.
Etzebeth additionally grew to become the winningest Springbok of all time together with his eightieth victory, breaking out of a tie with Victor Matfield and Bryan Habana.
| Victor Matfield | Eben Etzebeth | Bryan Habana | |
| Springbok # | 705 | 833 | 766 |
| Place | Lock | Lock | Wing |
| Checks performed | 127 | 128 | 124 |
| First Take a look at | v Italy, Port Elizabeth, 2001 | v England, Durban, 2012 | v England, London, 2004 |
| Age on debut | 24 | 20 | 21 |
| Final Take a look at | v Argentina, London, 2015 | v Argentina, Nelspruit, 2024 | v Italy, Florence, 2016 |
| Age in closing Take a look at | 38 | 32 * | 33 |
| Take a look at factors | 35 | 30 | 335 |
| Checks received | 79 | 80 | 79 |
| Checks misplaced | 46 | 43 | 42 |
| Checks drawn | 2 | 5 | 3 |
* Denotes nonetheless energetic
Argentina had wanted to win with a bonus level and deny the Springboks any log factors, however as a substitute it was the house aspect who picked up a full-house of 5 factors to win solely their second Rugby Championship title for the reason that first match was performed in 2012.
The Springboks completed with 24 log factors, with the All Blacks in second (16), Argentina (14) in third and Australia (5) carry up the rear.
South Africa scored seven tries by way of Aphelele Fassi (2), Cheslin Kolbe, Pieter-Steph du Toit (2), Malcolm Marx and Jesse Kriel.
Jaden Hendrikse added a penalty and two conversions, whereas Handre Pollard was on course with three conversions.
Argentina replied with a attempt to a conversion by Tomas Albornoz.
Argentina, who entered the match as the one crew to not have acquired a yellow – or crimson – card, the place badly harm by three yellows, certainly one of which was upgraded to a crimson.
TEAMS
South Africa
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Elrigh Louw, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Handre Pollard, 23 Lukhanyo Am
Argentina
15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julian Montoya (captain), 1 Thomas Gallo
Substitutes: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Ignacio Calles, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22 Lucio Cinti, 23 Juan Cruz Mallia
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: James Doleman (New Zealand), Craig Evans (Wales)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
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