South AfricaArgentinaLos Pumas (13) 31 / 33 (16) Springboks (Final Score)

The South African Springboks and Argentinian Pumas did battle in The Rugby Championship at

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta at 21:40 SA Time (16:40 ARG Time, 19:40 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Los Pumas:

  • Penalties – Nicholas Sanchez (2), Marcelo Bosch (1)
  • Drop Goals – Juan Martin Hernandez (1)
  • Tries – Manuel Montero (1), Thomas Cubelli (1), JoaquinTuculet (1)
  • Conversions – Nicholas Sanchez (2)

Springboks:

  • Penalties – Handré Pollard (3), Morné Steyn (1)
  • Drop Goals – 0 
  • Tries – Bryan Habana (1), Cornal Hendricks (1), Marcell Coetzee (1)
  • Conversions – Handré Pollard (1), Morne Steyn (2)

Teams:

Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Lucas González Amorosino, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Juan Martín Hernández, 11 Manuel Montero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Mariano Galarza, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy (Captain), 1 Marcos Ayerza
Replacements: 16 Matías Cortese, 17 Bruno Postiglioni, 18 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 19 Matías Alemanno, 20 Leonardo Senatore, 21 Tomás Cubelli, 22 Jerónimo De la Fuente, 23 Horacio Agulla.

South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Damian de Allende, 12 Jean de Villiers (Captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Lodewyk de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Bakkies Botha, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Morné Steyn, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.

Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant Referees: John Lacey (Ireland), Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TMO: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)

379 Responses to The Rugby Championship: Argentina vs South Africa – Live Game Article

  • 271

    What a lucky escape. Wait for the cliche’s now. Such as good teams win when they are playing bad.

  • 272

    That was too close for comfort.
    Sorry NZinChina
    You could almost gloat, but don’t light the cigar

  • 273

    sounds like a fantastic performance by walsh

  • 274

    Dankie tog.

  • 275

    Tussen swak en paties was dit vrot vrot. Aussies lek hul lippe af, AB lag hulle gatte af, eish.

  • 276

    HM predictable response: ‘proud of the boys, they showed real character today’.

  • 277

    Also a poor preforms by us… hope arg can keep competing

  • 278

    We need to take a hard look at our front row…

  • 279

    Oh well…Argies can put two good efforts out on the park In consecutive weeks..Bok looking lost for ideas at uttimes bUT definitely will play better v Aussies

  • 280

    McLook wrote:

    What a lucky escape. Wait for the cliche’s now. Such as good teams win when they are playing bad.

    HM will claim that this was an AWESOME win and has surpassed the Wales win as the best test of character etc etc
    Same old same old

  • 281

    McLook wrote:

    HM predictable response: ‘proud of the boys, they showed real character today’.

    Aag dis kuk wat hy praat man! En hy SAL dit se…

  • 282

    Now I can relax…long day and I look forward to reading the comments made during the game

  • 283

    Ons weet NZ gaan 10 punte kry met so 60 punte verskil kry teen Arg. So hulle sit op 17 punte. Ons sit op 8 puntjies teen swakste span in die kompetisie.

    Hoekom is die wedstryde elke keer in dieselfde volgorde, almal weet die Argies is kompeterend in die eerste 2 weke, daarna beteken hulle niks.

    Hoekom verander die volgorde van die games nie elke jaar nie ?

  • 284

    MacroBok wrote:

    Also a poor preforms by us… hope arg can keep competing

    AB’s will take them apart

  • 285

    @ nortierd:
    Thx for keeping the shop open today, cheers.

  • 286

    Pietman wrote:

    We need to take a hard look at our front row…

    Strauss line out inputs far better than Bismarck.
    Tighthead ….. we do not have any.

  • 287

    ABs put 50 past the Wallabies?
    On this performance how many would they have put past the Bokke …
    Really a pathetic Bok performance (AWESOMEly pathetic)

    Malherbe off injured, WHAT NOW for tighthead vs. Aus?

    $hyte!

  • 288

    @ Angostura:
    At least we have a 2 week break

  • 289

    Pollard not ready for the big time. He could not dictate at all. We lost the tactical kicking game.

    Juan Smit was a passenger. De Ellendige was poor; should go back to CC rugby.

    Our scrum is in need of serious mending.

    We have no starter moves and we show no speed onto the ball. We struggled to string more than 3 phases when carrying the ball.

    Against the Aussies and the Argies you need to stay on your feet in the contact because if you go to ground you’ll loose the ball. That the coaches and senior players did not pick up on that (need to stay on your feet in the tackle) is hard to fathom.

    Overall very poor performance by the boks.

  • 290

    Street fighter De Allende does not look the part …

  • 291

    Nuwe voorry
    Vic en Bakkies moet begin, Eben van die bank
    Marcel in Juan se plek, as Alberts nie reg is nie
    Hougies in Ruan se plek, Reinach op bank
    Morne in Pollard se plek
    Jan op binnesenter, jdv buitesenter

  • 292

    @ McLook:
    What is concerning is that 3 of the last 4 tests we got “character building” wins, and 3 of them were at home

  • 293

    @ Pietman:
    Hi Pietman. Couldn,t agree more.Bizzie ineffectual,Jannie a walking penalty.
    And walking is an inspired word here
    Then Lood provides no real power behind front row.
    Being provocative here,not provincial.Marcel Coetzee made a huge impact
    when he replaced Flo.

  • 294

    Marcel Coetzee, Morne Steyn and Strauss made a difference.

  • 295

    @ ryecatcher:
    Coetzee was huge when he came on

  • 296

    Classic deur Naas, oor die skrums, het my gat nou afgelag, het julle gehoor ?

  • 297

    Morne may have kicked that one ball out directly, but he saved our bacon with the touch line conversion.
    Pollard also kicked all his goals, but that 1 conversion was huge

  • 298

    nortierd wrote:

    @ McLook:
    What is concerning is that 3 of the last 4 tests we got “character building” wins, and 3 of them were at home

    Agree. When are we moving on and start to show real character by totally out playing the opposition like the AB did against the Aussies yesterday?

  • 299

    bdb wrote:

    Classic deur Naas, oor die skrums, het my gat nou afgelag, het julle gehoor ?

    Nee wat seg Naas?

  • 300

    Behind a demolished pack,Pienaar was OK.
    Pollard not the answer.Did HM really make the dumb comment that he had
    settled on him for world cup?

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