South Africa logically dominated Argentina on Saturday, during the 5th day of the Rugby Championship.
A South Africa in steamroller mode left only crumbs for Argentina on Saturday in Buenos Aires for the 5th day of the rugby championship and won, not without a little scare, with the offensive bonus (36-20 ).
Their exploit in New Zealand (25-18) followed by a terrible knockdown (53-3) left the Argentinians in a position to be able to exist until the end in this Rugby championship. This had to go through a new feat against the Boks, in search of two successes in Latin America after the regrets left in Australia, passed through the 1st meeting (17-25) before then correcting the situation (24-8). It was without counting on an imperial realism of the South Africans who scored at each of their intrusion into the opposing camp to seem to kill all suspense at the end of the first act.
First on a double penalty inflicted on the Pumas for a reversal of Jaden Hendriske in the in-goal by an offside tackle which pushed New Zealand referee James Doleman to release the Argentinian opener Santiago Carreras and to award a penalty try (10-3, 21st). As soon as they returned to the Argentinian camp on a ball kept on the ground, the South Africans used the penalty touch to drive the point home in numerical superiority. On a new Argentinian foul on a carried ball and another penalty, Hendriske faked the pass out of the ruck and signed the double between the posts (17-6, 29th).
If the Argentinians competed in the impacts, the Springboks were disconcertingly realistic in the scoring area. On a new intrusion into the 22 meters and a new ball carried, the Pumas, overwhelmed in pure power, could not once again collapse the yellow and green forward march. Hooker Malcom Marx’s try extinguished the 31,000 spectators at the Independiente football club’s residents’ stadium (22-6, 33rd).
Unable to contain Siya Kolisi, as powerful as he is agile with the ball in hand, or the furious advances of a great day Eben Etzebeth, the Pumas then lost their scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou for repeated fouls before the break.
Fright
Stung in their pride, the Pumas however came back with all their claws out and finally chained the playing times but blunders came to spoil their rare opportunities. The exit of Willie Le Roux for repeated faults (60th) and a double penalty this time for South Africa caused a wind of madness to blow through the stadium. Guilty of a high tackle on Tomas Cubelli who went on trial, Kwagga Smith was expelled and Argentina benefited from a penalty try (22-13, 66th).
South Africa was then only playing at 13 and an excellent combination of the Argentinian three-quarters allowed winger Matias Moroni to flatten between the posts for a converted try in a delirious stadium (22-20, 68th).
But without panicking in the least, South Africa, back to 14, resumed their basic ingredients made of zero-pass play. And facing two forwards, the three-quarter center Damian de Allende scored a 4th try (29-20, 75th) before the untenable hooker Malcolm Marx was rewarded in a corner on the siren for his excess of energy.