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    Boks punish Pumas

    Shaun GoosenBy Shaun GoosenAugust 18, 2018Updated:August 20, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Jonsson's Kings Park as ahead of South Africa's opening match of the 2018 Castle Lager Rugby Championship against Argentina. Photo: Shaun Goosen

    South Africa produced a powerful physical effort to slay Argentina 34-21 in their opening Rugby Championship game at Jonsson Kings Park Stadium in Durban on Saturday.

    In what was the second Test of the 2018 edition following New Zealand’s 38-13 victory over Australia in Sydney earlier in the day, Rassie Erasmus’ charges earned their third win in five games since his assumption to the role of Springbok head coach.

    The Argentines were their typical abrasive selves, but battled to cope with the attacking flair of the hosts late on.

    Local Sharks boy Lukhanyo Am broke the deadlock with the first score of the game before Nicholas Sanchez and Pablo Matera hit back against the run of play.

    The physical nature of the contest threatened to boil over at times, with the forwards in particular exchanging handbags on several occasions in the opening exchanges.

    Aphiwe Dyanti hit back with a try after claiming a sublime cross-kick from Wasps-man Willie le Roux at second receiver, but Handre Pollard’s second missed conversion meant the South Africans still trailed by four.

    Another wayward attempt at goal from Pollard, this time from a penalty, meant the sides headed for the shed with the South Americans leading by 14-10.

    Mario Ledesma’s tourists struggled to replicate the intensity they displayed in the first forty, and the Boks’ switch to a more expansive attacking approach eventually began to tell.

    Three quickfire Bok tries, another to the irrepressible Dyanti and two to another Sharks-man in Makazole Mapimpi, pushed their side out to a commanding lead as the match swung irrevocably in the Bok’s favor.

    Matias Moroni intercepted to give the men in blue and white some hope, but another try to Faf de Klerk all but concluded the result.

    The Boks will break before prepping for the second Test against Argentina next week at the Estadio Malvinas in Mendoza.

     

    Teams:

    South Africa – Willie le Roux, Makazole Mapimpi, Lukhanyo Am, Andre Esterhuizen, Aphiwe Dyantyi, Handre Pollard, Faf de Klerk, Warren Whiteley, Siya Kolisi, Francois Louw, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Francois Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Beast Mtawarira.

    Substitutes: Bongi Mbonambi, Steven Kitshoff, Thomas du Toit, Marvin Orie, Marco van Staden, Embrose Papier, Lionel Mapoe, Damian Willemse.

     

    Argentina – Emiliano Boffelli, Bautista Delguy, Matias Moroni, Bautista Ezcurra, Ramiro Moyano, Nicolas Sanchez, Gonzalo Bertranou, Javier Ortega Desio, Marcos Kremer, Pablo Matera, Matias Alemanno, Guido Petti, Juan Figallo, Agustin Creevy (captain), Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.

    Substitutes: Diego Fortuny, Santiago Garcia Botta, Santiago Medrano, Tomas Lavanini, Tomas Lezana, Martin Landajo, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Juan Cruz Mallia.

     

    Scores:

    South Africa

    Tries – Am, Dyanti (2), Mapimpi (2), de Klerk

    Cons – Pollard (2)

     

    Argentina

    Tries – Sanchez, Matera, Moroni

    Cons – Sanchez (3)

    Jonsson Kings Park as ahead of South Africa’s opening match of the 2018 Castle Lager Rugby Championship against Argentina.
    Photo: Shaun Goosen
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