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The Springboks beat Argentina 38-21 in their Rugby Championship clash, but it wasn't enough to wrestle the trophy away from New Zealand. | Sport24news

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The Springboks beat Argentina 38-21 at Kings Park, but the success wasn't enough to give them the Rugby Championship.

This meant one of, if not the weakest and most vulnerable All Black sides of the professional era won the Rugby Championship by simply being better at converting their opportunities. It was rather ironic, but also fitting that the Boks' final points tally ended up a point short of the 39 they needed if they'd kept a clean sheet against the Pumas.

Fran Steyn, playing in his first Test at 10 since 2008, epitomised the Boks' lack of clear-mindedness with an iffy showing. After all, a red carpet in the form of pre-match entertainment that catered to everyone, was rolled out.It was the most nervous of starts from the Springboks. A wrap-around they tried, despite having a penalty advantage from a maul, wasn't well read by Damian de Allende.

Moodie, who was still at school when Imhoff put the then fresh Jesse Kriel to school, made the tackle and the Boks were clear of danger. It seemed, like he did back against Italy 14 years ago in his last start at 10, like he was trying too hard instead of keeping things simple. The try meant the Boks needed to be on 46 points and it didn't help that, like in Buenos Aires, they allowed the Pumas to dictate the flow and the pace of the game.They were duly punished when flank Juan Martin Gonzalez, who was yellow-carded in the 26th minute, hared down the left-hand touchline, stepped Le Roux silly, and dotted down in the 46th minute.

They did have a smidgen of accuracy when they converted a 55th-minute penalty into a penalty try as the Argentinians couldn't stop a rolling maul.

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