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Springboks clinch Rugby Championship

10th August, 2019
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South Africa have claimed their first major title in a decade after beating Argentina 46-13 to clinch the Rugby Championship in Salta.

A Handre Pollard-inspired South Africa have warmed up for the World Cup in superb style, beating Los Pumas to claim the Southern Hemisphere crown – the Boks’ first piece of silverware in ten years.

Fly half Pollard scored two of his side’s five tries and kicked five penalties and three conversions for a personal haul of 31 points, his best in an international.

Earlier on Saturday, world champions New Zealand lost 47-26 to Rugby Championship runners-up Australia in Perth.

The competition has been shortened to one round of matches due to the Rugby World Cup in Japan, which starts on September 20.

South Africa last won the Rugby Championship, then known as the Tri Nations, in 2009.

Argentina became the fourth team to join the championship in 2012.

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