Flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored 37 points for the Boks — a new record for points scored in a Test.
South Africa’s Springboks beat Argentina’s Pumas 67-30 to rocket to the top of the Rugby Championship standings with 15 points, ahead of their final match, against the same team next Saturday at Twickenham.
If the Boks win in London they’ll win the title, as they did last season. They have 15 log points, to New Zealand’s 14, while Australia have 11 and Argentina 9.
Flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a sensational 37 points including three tries, to go to the top of the list of point scorers in a single Test. The previous record holder was Percy Montgomery.
The Boks scored nine tries to two by the Pumas, who were also awarded a penalty try. Boks hooker Malcolm Marx was also sin-binned before half-time, reducing the team to playing with 14 men for 10 minutes.
The other try-scorers for the Boks were Marx, Cheslin Kolbe, Morne van den Berg, Pieter-Steph du Toit (2), and Manie Libbok.
The Boks finally backed up a good performance — in Wellington two weekends ago when they won 43-10 against the All Blacks — with another strong performance here, in Durban.
After a rather cagey opening 30 minutes, the Boks got into gear just before half-time, and blew Argentina away with a stunning final 50-odd minutes.
Below is The Citizen’s live coverage of the match in Durban.
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TEAMS
South Africa: Damian Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe, Canan Moodie, Damian de Allende, Ethan Hooker, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Cobus Reinach, Jasper Wiese, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (captain), Ruan Nortje, Eben Etzebeth, Thomas du Toit, Malcolm Marx, Boan Venter. Bench: Marco van Staden, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Wilco Louw, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Morne van den Berg, Manie Libbok, André Esterhuizen.
Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallia, Rodrigo Isgro, Lucio Cinti, Santiago Chocobares, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Carreras, Gonzalo Garcia, Joaquín Oviedo, Marcos Kremer, Pablo Matera, Lucas Paulos, Franco Molina, Joel Sclavi, Julian Montoya (capt), Mayco Vivas. Bench: Ignacio Ruiz, Boris Wenger, Francisco Coria Marchetti, Guido Petti, Pedro Rubiolo, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Simon Benitez Cruz, Tomas Albornoz
