South Africa v Argentina LIVE: Result and reaction as Springboks thrash Pumas to seal Rugby Championship title in style

A little bit of a scrap within the in-goal space to finish the sport – a disgrace actually. Nevertheless it’s throughout now! A elegant efficiency by South Africa, as they obliterate Argentina to seal the Rugby Championship title in model.

It’s been a constructive event for the Pumas as they beat South Africa, New Zealand and Australia in the identical championship for he first time however that is the Springboks’s day. The celebrations will go lengthy into the night time.

And it’s one other attempt for the Boks. Penalty benefit coming, so Pollard chips via and Jesse Kriel grabs the bouncing ball earlier than sprinting over the road. The centre has labored exhausting right this moment and deserves that attempt.

Was beneath the posts, so easy conversion added and South Africa have 50 factors of their sights

Reinach spots a niche and darts via as Argentina are on the again foot once more. Good offload to Louw who makes additional yards and the Boks are threatening once more.

No TMO test this time! Arendse weaves out and in of tacklers down the left. The ball is popped out of the breakdown, Pieter-Steph du Toit catches it and blasts his means via two defenders for the rating. Energy from the large man.

That is now formally a rout, as Pollard provides the difficult conversion.

The Springboks taking part in champagne rugby now! They flood proper, Am races down the flank after a shocking dummy, feed Kriel to make extra metres. Ball recycled, Fassi launches a cross-kick over to the left wing and Kurt-Lee Arendse dives to dot down the free ball.

TMO test for the grounding and it reveals that Arendse dived excessive of the ball. No clear grounding earlier than it squirts into contact, so the attempt is chalked off

5-metre lineout for South Africa and there’s just one end result from there. The inexorable driving maul heads in direction of the road, with Marx and Reinach directing visitors from the again.

And Malcolm Marx is the person who dots down – too sturdy from the Boks pack. A fifth attempt and so they’re cruising to the title. Pollard provides the conversion for good measure

South Africa win the scrum in their very own 22 and now counter-attack, making 30 metres off first-phase ball. Huge carries from Nortje and Louw then take them in direction of the 22.

Pollard tries a grubber via, it’s charged down however the Boks get well after which Lukhanyo Am tries to dump to Du Toit nevertheless it’s knocked down by an Argentine hand. TMO test for a deliberate knock-on…

And Santiago Carreras solely goes with one hand, that means it’s a deliberate knock-on, a penalty and a yellow card. Argentina now all the way down to 13 males for the following whereas.

Argentina inside 5 metres after which simply inches from the road. However they lose the ball ahead on the breakdown! Deary me, they haven’t been medical right this moment.

Additionally, information on Pablo Matera, who was sin-binned for that harmful clearout on Koch. The bunker overview has upgraded it to a pink card, though it’s value remembering that within the Rugby Championship, there are 20-minute pink playing cards. So it’ll simply be a further 10 minutes on his sin bin successfully earlier than one other Pumas participant can come again on and restore the staff to fifteen males. However Matera’s day is over, clearly

Cinti pokes a kick via for a few the Puma speedsters to chase however the ball juuuust bounces out of play earlier than Mateo Carreras can get there. Defensive lineout for the Boks, which they declare, and Cobus Reinach, on for Hendrikse, field kicks clear.

Higher from the Pumas as Carreras weaves between defenders earlier than Ruiz offloads for Oviedo to make first rate floor and so they’ll have a penalty, which is kicked to the nook.

Beautiful little bit of enterprise by Fassi, that. The Springboks full again brilliantly stops an Argentina penalty from reaching contact as he leaps from off the pitch into the sector of play to catch the ball within the air and get his toes down inside the road. Nice athleticism from the person who has already scored two tries.

One other stoppage as a participant receives remedy nevertheless it does enable Siya Kolisi to get a standing ovation as he exits his 89th Take a look at match, to get replaced by Elrigh Louw