| South Africa: (10) 23 |
| Tries: Am, Mapimpi Cons: Pollard 2 Pens: Pollard 3 |
| New Zealand: (15) 35 |
| Tries: Cane, Taukei'aho, Havili, S Barrett Cons: Mo'unga 3 Pens: Mo'unga 3 |
In the second round of the Rugby Championship, New Zealand defeated South Africa 35-23.
The All Blacks won the match thanks to a last-minute try by lock ScottBarrett.
Ian Foster's job might have been saved by the win.
Argentina ran in seven tries in a 48 17 victory over Australia.
The All Blacks had lost five of their previous six games, including a 16-point defeat by the South Africans.
South Africa led by two points with six minutes remaining before the All Blacks came back to win.
We did everything we could to work hard. It's difficult when you're coming off a couple of losses.
After a loss, I said it, but we made a big shift through our forward pack last week.
I felt we were creating a few opportunities because of the work the assistant coach had done there. We were rushing things and today we were more patient.
The All Blacks opened the scoring in the 25th minute with a penalty and soon raced into a 15-0 lead after a try from captain Sam Cane.
There was a good amount of time left in the first half. Lukhanyo Am scored a try and Handre Pollard converted to make it 15-10 at the break.
The teams traded penalties before Makazole Mapimpi scored South Africa's second try and they took the lead for the first time on 69 minutes at 23-21.
The All Blacks scored two tries in the final minutes to finish off the victory.
Argentina avenged last week's loss to Australia with a seven-try victory on Saturday.
Tries from Juan Imhoff, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Tomas Albornoz, and Thomas Gallo helped the side to a convincing victory.
They won for the first time in the Rugby Championship in 2020 and took the top spot.
A brief spell in the opening half never really threatened the hosts, despite the two tries scored by the Aussies.
Australia defeated Argentina by a score of 41-26 last Saturday.
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