Australia vs South Africa LIVE: Rugby Championship result and final score as Wallabies beat Springboks
The Wallabies and Springboks met in Adelaide looking to bounce back from defeats last time out
Australia bounced back from a humiliating loss in their last outing to beat world champions South Africa 25-17 at Adelaide Oval on Saturday to move to the top of the Rugby Championship standings.
Flanker Fraser McReight scored two tries and Man of the Match Marika Koroibete also crossed, with Noah Lolesio adding 10 points from the kicking tee in an assured performance at flyhalf.
The Springboks, looking for a first win over the Wallabies in Australia since 2013, besieged the home try line for lengthy periods, but Handre Pollard’s penalty was their only reward until Kwagga Smith scored two tries in the last five minutes.
Argentina, who topped the standings after thrashing Australia 48-17 in San Juan two weeks ago, take on the All Blacks in Christchurch in the second match of the round later on Saturday.
New Zealand 5-3 Argentina, 14 minutes
Argentina are somewhat unfortunate to be called for a knock-on from the restart, with the ball appearing to have gone backwards from the hand.
Ethan de Groot then forces Joel Sclavi to infringe at the set-piece.
TRY! NEW ZEALAND 5-3 Argentina (Samison Taukei’aho try, 12 minutes)
An unstoppable drive and Samison Taukei’aho rides the chariot to the line!
Argentina elect not to contest, assembling themselves for a counter-punch as it comes to floor. But the All Blacks are patient, finding a fissure through which their sled dogs can pull with Taukei’aho in total control at the rear. The hooker eschews any thought of breaking away even as spaces open, Argentina losing bodies every metre as the All Black mass hurries to the line.
New Zealand 0-3 Argentina, 9 minutes
Richie Mo’unga knows every inch of this Christchurch surface, and covers space shrewdly as Argentina try to find touch. Samisoni Taukei’aho then carries in a forthright manner, and a no arms tackle from Julian Montoya on Shannon Frizell gives New Zealand a penalty.
Mo’unga finds the corner.
PENALTY! New Zealand 0-3 ARGENTINA (Emiliano Boffelli penalty, 8 minutes)
Boffelli has no concerns about the distance from 45 metres out - it’s all about the direction...
It’s true! Argentina on the board first.
New Zealand 0-0 Argentina, 6 minutes
New Zealand’s two opensides make back-to-back tackles, Ardie Savea requiring three to shift him as he tries to limpet over the ball, and Sam Cane driving through Marcos Kremer.
Cane had been offside, though. Penalty to Argentina, and the big-booted Emiliano Boffelli will try to succeed where Richie Mo’unga failed from the tee.
New Zealand 0-0 Argentina, 5 minutes
A nice kick from Juan Cruz Mallia, stepping up into the line and poking in between the bodies in the All Blacks’ backfield, earning Argentina some territorial gain after a solid defensive set.
Shannon Frizell drops to a knee and receives some treatment.
Missed penalty! New Zealand 0-0 Argentina, 3 minutes
Clean strike, but away to the left. Richie Mo’unga’s radar isn’t qiute right, and Argentina tonk back upfield.
New Zealand 0-0 Argentina, 1 minute
Early attacking possession for the All Blacks, a New Zealand hand disrupting a pass from Carreras and tapping it back their way. Down over the ten-metre line they advance, but Marcos Kremer decisively halts Ethan De Groot’s angled run just as momentum starts to build.
A penalty to New Zealand for a ruck infringement.
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