South Africa v Argentina live: Springboks thrash Pumas behind record Feinberg-Mngomezulu display in Rugby Championship
South Africa 67-30 Argentina: A crazy game in Durban saw the Springboks notch nine tries to leave the Rugby Championship title within their grasp and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a Springbok record 37 points

South Africa thrashed Argentina 67-30 in a crazy contest Durban as they took control of a thrilling Rugby Championship with a remarkable win.
The Springboks scored nine tries as they dispatched the Pumas with a scintillating second half display and they are top of the table by a point from New Zealand, heading into the final round of matches. That means that if they secure another bonus-point win over Argentina in a Twickenham tussle next weekend, South Africa will win defend their crown and win back-to-back Rugby Championship titles for the first time.
They secured this thrashing on the back of a record performance from fly half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu who scored a brilliant hat-trick and notched 37 points – breaking Percy Montgomery’s previous single-game Springbok best of 35.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu was the beating heart that made the South Africa performance tick and even allowed them to overcome Cheslin Kolbe’s moment of madness in the first half when, with his side having a goal-line dropout, he inexplicably tried to drop-kick the ball to Feinberg-Mngomezulu to take it but it went straight into the hands of Santiago Chocobares who could run it in for the try.
Relive a crazy Rugby Championship clash with our live blog below:
South Africa have title within their grasp
Job done for the Springboks and they now top the Rugby Championship table on 15 points, one ahead of New Zealand in second on 14.
That means they just need to match the All Blacks next week to claim the crown, so a bonus-point win over Argentina at Twickenham would give them the crown and see them win back-to-back Rugby Championship titles for the first time.
FULL-TIME! South Africa 67-30 Argentina
A ludicrous, ludicrous match. But a brilliant win for the Springboks, who were superb.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was the star as he scored a hat-trick and notched 37 points - a Springbok record. Incredible performance by the scrum half.
South Africa now have the Rugby Championship title in their own hands, one point clear at the top. Another bonus-point win over Argentina in London next weekend and they’ll retain the title they won last year.

TRY! South Africa 67-30 Argentina (Pieter-Steph du Toit, 80 mins)
And one final try to finish it off as Pieter-Steph du Toit gets his second try of the game! A ninth for South Africa. He powers over under the sticks after a couple of phases.
And a nice moment for 23-year-old Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu as he adds the simple conversion and now has 37 points in the match, breaking Percy Montgomery’s record for the most by a Springbok in a single match! Wow
South Africa 60-30 Argentina, 77 mins
Garcia carted off and we’re back underway for the final few minutes. Let’s hope the Argentine scrum half is ok.
South Africa 60-30 Argentina, 76 mins
This is really worrying. Gonzalo Garcia is down and needing serious treatment. He was caught by his own man as Libbok accidentally knocked Petti back into him and this looks like a bad neck injury.
The game has stopped, all the medics, the injury cart and stretcher are on. They’re very carefully putting Garcia on the stretcher. This might take a while.
TRY! South Africa 60-30 Argentina (Manie Libbok, 75 mins)
The Argentina defence has fallen apart here. This is schoolboy stuff. Manie Libbok is losing his balance but weaves between three tacklers who make half-hearted efforts, he then dinks a chip over another defender, collects the ball and runs in for the try. Too easy.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu adds the conversion and he’s now level with Percy Montgomery for the most points scored in a Springboks match, with 31! Is there time to break the record?
South Africa 53-30 Argentina, 70 mins
Carreras tries a neat offload to free Benitez Cruz but it’s forward and South Africa will have the scrum. Nothing going right for the Pumas in this second half

TRY! South Africa 53-30 Argentina (Pieter-Steph du Toit, 67 mins)
It's raining tries in Durban! Libbok with a lofted pass out to Hooker, on his home ground, and the winger steps inside one man before getting his hands free as he's tackled to offload out the back to Pieter-Steph du Toit who can crash over in the corner. Sublime.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu continues his ludicrously good day to nail the tricky conversion. It's seven tries to three now, so the bonus point is looking fairly safe for the Springboks now.
South Africa 46-30 Argentina, 64 mins
Willemse heads off as Manie Libbok enters the fray. South Africa’s playmakers have been sublime today
TRY! South Africa 46-30 Argentina (Morne van den Berg, 61 mins)
Brutal strength from De Allende! After Kolisi fights through one, two tackles, it’s quick hands and offloads to keep the Pumas off kilter. Then De Allende drags two defenders with him and is millimetres from the line.
Morne van den Berg, who has just come on, quickly picks up and dives for the line, dotting down. Bonus point back on for the Boks.
Bizarre conversion from Feinberg-Mngomezulu as it’s a simple kick from close range and he thumps it into the right upright. But it bounces off the inside and over the bar for the extra two points.
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