48-7 South Africa Argentina wins the Rugby Championship for the first time since 2019.
Aphelele Fassi scored two of the Springboks’ four first-half tries before helping out Cheslin Kolbe. Pieter-Steph du Toit, who was named player of the match, also scored the first of his two tries, and fly-half Tomas Albornoz scored for Argentina. The game’s pivotal moment occurred in the second half when Pablo Matera, a Pumas substitute, received a yellow card that was later upgraded to a 20-minute red for making contact with his head while attempting to clear Vincent Koch. Malcolm Marx took advantage of a blatant knock-on from full-back Santiago Carreras, who joined Matera in the sin bin. Du Toit scored once more, and the game’s last touchdown came from centre Jesse Kriel, who converted a dinked kick by Handre Pollard. With their victory, the Springboks also exacted revenge for their one-point loss in Argentina previous Saturday, which had kept them from winning the title a week early. It had been an hour and a half of travel. “The way we stood up after last week says a lot about