{"id":189911,"date":"2025-10-04T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189911\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:47:09","slug":"springboks-battle-past-los-pumas-to-clinch-rugby-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189911\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks battle past Los Pumas to clinch Rugby Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Africa<\/a> retained the Rugby Championship<\/a> for the second year running after a tense 29\u201327 win over Argentina<\/a> at the Allianz Stadium in London \u2014 the first time the Springboks have claimed the title back-to-back.<\/p>\n

Malcolm Marx and Cobus Reinach<\/a> both scored twice as the double World Champions outlasted a spirited Los Pumas<\/a> side that led 13\u201310 at half-time.<\/p>\n

The match began in chaotic fashion when Canan Moodie<\/a> was shown a yellow card inside the opening minute for a head clash in contact. Argentina immediately went on the attack, spreading the ball wide before turning over possession, then launching a series of waves inside the Springbok 22.<\/p>\n

Their pressure told as Bautista Delguy<\/a> crossed in the corner for the opening try.<\/p>\n

A dominant Springbok scrum soon steadied things, and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu<\/a> landed a penalty to get them on the board. Argentina struck back through a penalty of their own to lead 10\u20133, while Malcolm Marx\u2019s jackaling kept the Boks from further damage.<\/p>\n

After sustained forward pressure, Reinach dived over from close range to score South Africa\u2019s first try, narrowing the gap to three points.<\/p>\n

Los Pumas, however, went into the break 13\u201310 in front.<\/p>\n

Early in the second half, Mayco Vivas<\/a> was sin-binned for a high tackle on Eben Etzebeth<\/a>, and the Boks immediately made the extra man count. From a driving maul, Marx powered over on the blindside to give South Africa the lead for the first time, 15\u201313.<\/p>\n

With a fresh front row introduced, the Springbok scrum again provided the platform. Reinach finished a multi-phase attack to extend the advantage, before Marx grabbed his second following a penalty against Marcos Kremer<\/a> for a high tackle. Feinberg-Mngomezulu added the extras to make it 29\u201313.<\/p>\n

Delguy hit back with his second try after collecting the ball from the floor following a loose Cheslin Kolbe<\/a> pass, narrowing the gap to nine points with ten minutes to play.<\/p>\n

A late tackle by Jan-Hendrik Wessels<\/a> handed Argentina another chance, though Santiago Carreras\u2019 penalty struck the upright. Moments later, Carreras hoisted a high kick that Rodrigo Isgr\u00f3 gathered to score, setting up a nervy finish at 29\u201327.<\/p>\n

South Africa held on to seal victory \u2014 and with it, the 2025 Rugby Championship title \u2014 maintaining their position as the world\u2019s No.1 side.<\/p>\n

Player of the Match: Cobus Reinach \u2014 the lively scrumhalf scored twice and was relentless in defence and kick chase.<\/p>\n

Scorers
Argentina: Tries \u2013 Delguy (2), Isgr\u00f3; Cons \u2013 Carreras (3); Pens \u2013 Carreras (2)
South Africa: Tries \u2013 Reinach (2), Marx (2); Cons \u2013 Feinberg-Mngomezulu (3); Pens \u2013 Feinberg-Mngomezulu<\/p>\n

Yellow cards: Canan Moodie (South Africa, 1\u2019) \u2013 head clash; Mayco Vivas (Argentina, 42\u2019) \u2013 high tackle<\/p>\n

Teams
Argentina: 15 Santiago Carreras<\/a>, 14 Bautista Delguy<\/a>, 13 Justo Piccardo<\/a>, 12 Santiago Chocobares<\/a>, 11 Juan Cruz Mall\u00eda, 10 Ger\u00f3nimo Prisciantelli, 9 Sim\u00f3n Ben\u00edtez Cruz, 8 Santiago Grondona<\/a>, 7 Marcos Kremer<\/a>, 6 Pablo Matera<\/a>, 5 Pedro Rubiolo<\/a>, 4 Guido Petti<\/a>, 3 Francisco Coria<\/a> Marchetti, 2 Juli\u00e1n Montoya (captain), 1 Mayco Vivas.
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz<\/a>, 17 Boris Wenger<\/a>, 18 Tom\u00e1s Rapetti, 19 Franco Molina<\/a>, 20 Juan Mart\u00edn Gonz\u00e1lez, 21 Joaqu\u00edn Oviedo, 22 Agust\u00edn Moyano, 23 Rodrigo Isgr\u00f3.<\/p>\n

South Africa: 15 Damian Willemse<\/a>, 14 Cheslin Kolbe<\/a>, 13 Canan Moodie<\/a>, 12 Damian de Allende<\/a>, 11 Ethan Hooker<\/a>, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu<\/a>, 9 Cobus Reinach<\/a>, 8 Jasper Wiese<\/a>, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit<\/a>, 6 Siya Kolisi<\/a> (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje<\/a>, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit<\/a>, 2 Malcolm Marx<\/a>, 1 Ox Nch\u00e9.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi<\/a>, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels<\/a>, 18 Wilco Louw<\/a>, 19 RG Snyman<\/a>, 20 Kwagga Smith<\/a>, 21 Grant Williams<\/a>, 22 Manie Libbok<\/a>, 23 Jesse Kriel.<\/p>\n

Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia), Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
TMO: Ian Tempest (England)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Africa retained the Rugby Championship for the second year running after a tense 29\u201327 win over Argentina…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-189911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}