Argentina vs South Africa Live: Rugby Championship Decider – Score Updates

Argentina are penalised at the maul’s formation, allowing South Africa an advantage with which to explore. Cobus Reinach crosskicks…and it just evades both Cheslin Kolbe and Canan Moodie, scuttling out of play before either can retrieve it.

Back for the penalty, then. Scrum the call – not a surprise given South Africa’s set-piece supremacy.

Moodie almost immediately makes a half-break, though his offload hits the deck. Argentina can’t get bodies back to resource the resultant ruck; penalty to South Africa inside the Pumas’ 22.

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu tries to take a quick tap, though is halted by the referee’s whistle. He sparks a scrap, but the pushing and shoving is calmed before it escalates.

Feinberg-Mngomezulu pokes the penalty to the corner.

A decision to make? Canan Moodie, already yellow carded once of course, flies out of the line and thrusts out a hand at a Juan Cruz Mallia pass. The on-field officials are happy that was a legitimate attempt to catch…and the television match official does not come in. Hmm – you’ve seen them given…

Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium sits right beneath a Heathrow flight path, and South Africa’s latest high hoist very nearly troubles the jumbo jets. The wind just drops as it is struck, though, making the claim simple for the Argentina catcher safely in the embrace of his own 22.

Carreras adds to his tally. Argentina’s fast and physical start gets a little bit better.

Bautista Delguy is having a stormer. The right wing steals in between two Springboks doing an “after you” routine, snaring the ball and then spinning away from Ethan Hooker like a ballroom dancer. He makes inroads all the way down to the South Africa 22, where they are then offside.

Santiago Carreras once again will aim for goal from right in front of the posts.

Oh so close! My, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu really is quite some threat, just a sliver of space found by the fly half’s sensational acceleration and fierce fend that follows. He tries to spring Cheslin Kolbe with a fizzed wide pass but overdoes the bubbles, effervescing it over the vertically-challenged wing’s head even as he leaps. Still, though, signs of just what a talent this young No 10 is.

Feinberg-Mngomezulu attempts to use that wind to his advantage, yet overcooks his up-and-under, allowing Santiago Carreras to settle safely beneath it and call a mark.

Argentina have been destroyed at every scrum so far, but manage to escape as Santiago Grondona makes sure to swiftly extract from No 8 with those ahead of him already forced into retreat. Geronimo Prisciantelli boots the ball upfield but can’t find touch in the swirling wind.

Burglary – almost! So nearly for Cobus Reinach, shooting out of the back of the lineout to intercept the pass of opposite number Simon Benitez Cruz but not quite able to claim with the line already beneath him.