The Pumas they fell before the Springboks by 48 to 7 in the last date of the Rugby Championship 2024 which was disputed in Nelspruit. The Argentine team could not beat the two-time world champions and finished the competition in third place, while the locals won the title. I relived the game on Disney+.
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In a totally final and hostile climate in the Mbombela Stadium, The Pumas They went in search of their first consecration in the contest. But heus Box They managed to make the home team feel with their audience and from the start they managed to impose their game with great intensity, something similar to what happened in Santiago del Estero. In this way at seven minutes, Perfect Fassi opened the scoring, while Pieter-Steph du Toit put, through the conversions of Jaden Hendriksethe partial result 14-0.
The Argentine team showed reaction with a very good rugby pass, after the South African wave. He created good actions, played the ball and ended up achieving it with the help of Thomas Albornoz after great assistance from Juan Martin Gonzalez.
Yes ok The Pumas They began to grow in their game, first they suffered the departure of Santiago Chocobares, who had to leave the field due to an injury, and then Mateo Carreras saw yellow at 29 minuteswhich It meant a break in the first stage. Almost immediately Do it He took advantage of the extra man and extended the advantage for the locals. Then, at the end, Cheslin Kolbe did his thing to stretch the score 27 a 7.
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In the complement the intensity of the match dropped in which little was played in the first minutes. It is so Hendrikse could not convert a penalty and the national team suffered again from indiscipline since Pablo Matera was admonished, which was the second card in the match and the championship.
In an uphill match on the scoreboard, The Pumas couldn’t find the connectionalthough they tried to exhaust the different instances to discount. But at the 63′ and after the TMO review using the Bunker rule, Matera was sent off by the referee Ben O’Keeffe. As if that were not enough, Santiago Carreras saw the yellow and after that action, The Springboks brought out all their weapons.
The last ten minutes were all for the locals: Malcolm Marx, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Jesse Krielscored the tries, while Handre Pollard He scored the three conversions that allowed the locals to celebrate the title with a 48 a 7.
SYNTHESIS:
SOUTH AFRICA (48): : 1- Ox Nche, 2- Bongi Mbonambi, 3- Frans Malherbe, 4- Eben Etzebeth, 5- Ruan Nortje, 6- Siya Kolisi, 7- Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8- Jasper Wiese, 9- Jaden Hendrikse, 10- Manie Libbok, 11- Kurt-Lee Arendse, 12- Damian de Allende, 13- Jesse Kriel, 14- Cheslin Kolbe, 15- Aphelele Fassi.
Changes: 44′ Vincent Koch and Malcolm Marx by Bongi Mbonambi and Frans Malherbe; 53′ Kwagga Smith and Gerhard Steenekamp by Ox Nche and Jasper Wiese; 57′ Cobus Reinach and Lukhanyo Am by Damian de Allende and Jaden Hendrikse; 60′ Elrigh Louw by Siya Kolisi; 67′ Handre Pollard by Manie Libbok.
Coach: Race Erasmus.
THE PUMAS (7): 1- Thomas Gallo, 2- Julián Montoya, 3- Joel Sclavi, 4- Pedro Rubiolo, 5- Tomás Lavanini, 6- Juan Martín González, 7- Santiago Grondona, 8- Joaquín Oviedo, 9- Gonzalo García, 10- Tomás Albornoz , 11- Mateo Carreras, 12- Santiago Chocobares, 13- Matías Moroni, 14- Rodrigo Isgró, 15- Santiago Carreras.
Changes: 25′ Lucio Cinto for Santiago Chocobares; 36′ Juan Cruz Mallía and Pablo Matera for Rodrigo Isgró and Juan Martín González; 41′ Juan Martín González for Pablo Matera; 44′ Pablo Matera for Santiago Grondona; 49′ Franco Molina and Pedro Delgado for Tomás Lavanini and Joel Sclavi; 57′ Ignacio Ruiz and Ignacio Calles by Thomas Gallo and Julián Montoya; 68′ Lautaro Bazán Vélez for Gonzalo García.
Coach: Felipe Contepomi.
POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF: 7′ Try by Aphelele Fassi converted by Jaden Hendrikse (SA), 14′ Try by Pieter-Steph du Toit converted by Jaden Hendrikse (SA), 19′ Try by Tomás Albornoz converted by él mismo (LP), 21′ Penal by Jaden Hendrikse (SA), 32′ Try by Aphelele Fassi (SA), 38′ Try by Cheslin Kolbe (SA).
Partial result: SOUTH AFRICA 27-7 LOS PUMAS
POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF: 69′ Try by Malcolm Marx converted by Handre Pollard, 72′ Try by Pieter-Steph du Toit converted by Handre Pollard (SA), 77′ Try by Jesse Kriel converted by Handre Pollard (SA).
Final result: SOUTH AFRICA 48-7 LOS PUMAS
WARNED: 29′ Mateo Carreras (LP), 68′ Santiago Carreras (LP).
EXPELLED: 55′ Pablo Matera (LP).
ARBITRATOR: Ben O’Keeffe (NZ)
BASKETBALL COURT: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa.
