South Africa win first Rugby Championship since 2019

2024 Rugby Championship

South Africa (27) 48

Tries: Fassi 2, Du Toit 2, Kolbe, Marx, Kriel Cons: Hendrikse 2, Pollard 3 Pen: Hendrikse

Argentina (7) 7

Try: Albornoz Con: Albornoz

South Africa hammered Argentina successful Nelspruit to triumph nan Rugby Championship for nan first clip since 2019.

The Springboks scored 4 first-half tries, pinch Aphelele Fassi grabbing 2 earlier assisting Cheslin Kolbe.

Flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit scored 1 effort successful each half, having his nan first cancelled retired by Argentina fly-half Tomas Albornoz.

The second-half turning constituent came erstwhile Pumas replacement Pablo Matera saw his yellowish paper upgraded to a 20-minute reddish for making caput interaction erstwhile trying to clear retired Vincent Koch.

With full-back Santiago Carreras joining Matera successful nan sin-bin for a deliberate knock-on, Malcolm Marx took advantage from nan backmost of a maul.

And centre Jesse Kriel sewage connected nan extremity of Handre Pollard's imaginative dinked footwear to people nan last effort of nan game.

Victory intends nan Springboks besides avenged past weekend's one-point conclusion successful Argentina, which had denied them clinching nan title.

More to follow.

South Africa: Fassi, Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Hendrikse; Nche, Mbonambi, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Nortje, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Wiese.

Replacements: Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, Louw, Smith, Reinach, Pollard, Am.

Argentina: S Carreras; Isgro, Moroni, Chocobares, M Carreras; Albornoz, Garcia; Gallo, Montoya (capt), Sclavi, Rubiolo, Lavanini, Gonzalez, Grondona, Oviedo.

Replacements: Ruiz, Calles, Delgado, Molina, Matera, Bazan Velez, Cinti, Cruz Mallia.

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (NZL)

Sin-bin: M Carreras (29), S Carreras (68)

Red card: Matera (55)