South Africa beat Argentina 29-27 to win Rugby Championship title — LIVE

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By Jacques van der Westhuyzen

Head of Sport


Cobus Reinach and Malcolm Marx both scored two tries.


The Springboks edged Argentina 29-27 in a hard-fought Rugby Championship match at Twickenham in London on Saturday to win the trophy for a second time in a row.

It is the first time the Boks have gone back-to-back in the competition and the sixth time they have won the trophy in total.

The Boks scored four tries to the three by the Pumas, with Cobus Reinach and Malcolm Marx both dotting down twice.

It was a solid Bok performance, but they gave away a number of penalties, while the Pumas fought until the very end, and played their part in the match. The Pumas again led at the break, before the Boks pulled away in the middle stages of the second period. Argentina scored a converted try late on to win a consolation bonus point.

New Zealand finished the competition as runners up.

Below is how The Citizen covered the match.

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TEAMS

Argentina: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Justo Piccardo, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Juan Cruz Mallía, 10 Gerónimo Prisciantelli, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 8 Santiago Grondona, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julián Montoya (capt), 1 Mayco Vivas.
Bench: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Juan González, 21 Joaquín Oviedo, 22 Agustín Moyano, 23 Rodrigo Isgró.

South Africa: 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 (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche. Bench: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Jesse Kriel.

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