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South Africa’s captain Siya Kolisi scores a try during a 38-21 win in the Rugby Championship test against Argentina in Durban.
The Springboks have beaten Argentina 38-21 but it wasn’t enough to deny the All Blacks the Rugby Championship title.
South Africa needed to post a swag more points and a bonus point win to edge out the All Blacks on points differential after Ian Foster’s team crushed the Wallabies 40-14 at Eden Park on Saturday night.
But they came up short, failing to get the bonus point and finishing a point below the All Blacks on the log after both teams won four of their six tests in this year’s championship.
Two penalty tries and touchdowns by backrowers Jasper Wiese and Siya Kolisi gave the Springboks a hard-fought victory in rainy Durban on Saturday (Sunday NZ time).
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Wiese and Kolisi’s scores put the Springboks ahead 14-0 and a Francois Steyn penalty extended the margin before Argentina struck back with a try to halfback Gonzalo Bertranou on the cusp of halftime.
The Pumas’ cause was not helped by two first-half yellow cards to loose forwards Juan Martin Gonzalez and Marcos Kremer.
They also lost Jerónimo de la Fuente and Joel Scalvi to the sinbin in the second half for illegally bringing down mauls that led to penalty tries, but the Springboks also had Faf de Klerk and lock Eben Etzebeth banished.
Argentina reduced the deficit to 24-21 with just over 10 minutes to go, but the Boks ran away with it with their second penalty try and a late score by Kurt-Lee Arendse.
AT A GLANCE
Springboks 38 (Jasper Wiese, Siya Kolisi, Kurt-Lee Arendse tries; 2 penalty tries; Francois Steyn 3 con, pen) Argentina 21 (Gonzalo Bertranou, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Matias Moroni tries; Emiliano Boffelli 3 con). HT: 17-5.
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