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Rugby Championship result: South Africa 22 Argentina 21
The All Blacks are champions of this year's competition, but the Boks pipped Argentina on Saturday to finish second.
Manie Libbok and Faf de Klerk of the Springboks celebrate their win against Argentina on Saturday. Picture: Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images
South Africa beat Argentina 22-21 in their final Rugby Championship match of the season at Ellis Park in Joburg on Saturday.
The Boks had beaten the Wallabies and lost to the All Blacks, while the Pumas had lost to the All Blacks and beaten the Wallabies.
New Zealand, who beat Australia in their final match in Melbourne on Saturday morning (SA time), finished the competition unbeaten and as champions.
Below is how The Citizen covered the match at Ellis Park.
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After today’s match the Boks and Pumas will meet again next week, in Buenos Aires, in a friendly, before coach Jacques Nienaber names his 33-man squad to go to France for thee Rugby World Cup.
TEAMS
BOKS: Willie le Roux, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Manie Libbok, Grant Williams, Duane Vermeulen (capt), Pieter-Steph du Toit, Marco van Staden, Marvin Orie, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Steven Kitshoff. Bench: Bongi Mbonambi, Trevor Nyakane, Vincent Koch, Kwagga Smith, RG Snyman, Faf de Klerk, Lukhanyo Am, Damian Willemse
PUMAS: Juan Cruz Mallia, Mateo Carreras, Lucio Cinti, Santiago Chocobares, Juan Imhoff, Santiago Carreras, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Santiago Grondona, Pablo Matera, Tomas Lavanini, Lucas Paulos, Francisco Gomez Kodela, Julian Montoya (capt), Thomas Gallo. Bench: Ignacio Ruiz, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Joel Sclavi, Pedro Rubiolo, Facundo Isa, Gonzalo Bertranou, Tomas Albornoz, Matias Moroni.
