Heading into the ultimate spherical of fixtures within the Rugby Championship, the Springboks had been stage on 14 log factors with the All Blacks, however trailed the Kiwis by 13 on factors’ distinction.
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With the All Blacks internet hosting Australia at Eden Park on Saturday, the hope from a South African perspective would have been for the Wallabies to both declare a win, deny New Zealand a bonus-point, or no less than not lose by an enormous margin.
As it turned out, the Wallabies may handle none of that, with an error-filled efficiency permitting the All Blacks to essentially have all of it their very own approach as they powered to a 40-14 bonus-point win.
New Zealand at the moment are nearly definitely assured of claiming the Rugby Championship title now contemplating that the Springboks may solely edge in entrance in the event that they beat Argentina by 39 factors together with a try-scoring bonus level.
If groups end stage on log factors, the figuring out components will probably be most wins, then total factors distinction.
If nonetheless stage then the factors distinction in matches between the 2 groups would be the remaining deciding issue, which is no less than in favour of the Boks.
The All Blacks have a doubtlessly unassailable lead on the log:
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Kick-off at Hollywodbets Kings Park on Saturday is at 17:05.
Springbok crew: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Frans Steyn, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Subs: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Duane Vermeulen, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Faf de Klerk, 23 Kurt-Lee Arendse.
Argentina crew: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Matias Moroni , 12 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.
Subs: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Pedro Rubiolo, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Bautista Delguy.
STATS & FACTS
Springbok file in opposition to Argentina in South Africa:
Played 15, Won 14, Lost 1; Points for 550, Points in opposition to 272, Average rating 37-17; Tries scored 65, Tries conceded 25; Highest rating 73, Biggest win 60 pts (73-13), Win % 93%
Springbok file at Hollywoodbets Kings Park (total):
Played 34, Won 21, Lost 10, Drawn 3; Points for 835; Points in opposition to 601; Tries for 87; Tries in opposition to: 59.
Springbok crew information at Hollywoodbets Kings Park:
Biggest win: 101-0 v Italy on 19 June 1999
Most tries: 15 v Italy on 19 June 1999
Most conversions: 13 v Italy on 19 June 1999
Most penalty targets: 8 v New Zealand on 1 August 2009
Most drop targets: 3 v South America on 3 May 1980 and v Ireland on 6 June 1981
Milestones:
- Eben Etzebeth will prolong his run as essentially the most capped Springbok participant in opposition to Argentina with this match marking his 19th Test in opposition to Los Pumas from 2012 to 2022.
- Following his two tries final weekend, Malcolm Marx is now the Springbok hooker with essentially the most Test tries – 13. Bongi Mbonambi is second on the record with 11 Test tries.
Miscellaneous:
- The complete Test caps for the Springbok beginning line-up is 809.
- There are 318 caps within the backline with 491 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are an extra 292
- The common caps per participant within the backline are 46, the forwards 59, whereas the gamers on the bench common 36.
