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South Africa 16-0 Argentina
Play-off result: South Africa 24-13 Argentina
Pietersen, Etzebeth tries, Pollard con & 4 pens for SA
Orlandi try, Sanchez drop-goal, pen & con for Argentina
Aimee Lewis
South Africa 16-0 Argentina
Surprisingly, Argentina have dominated possession and have spent quite a bit of time in South Africa's end of the field. But it means nothing when you're 16 points adrift.
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South Africa 16-0 Argentina
And that's a wrap for the first half. Exciting? Erm, how do I put it nicely...
South Africa 16-0 Argentina
Argentina slowing the ball in the shadow of their own uprights and Handre Pollard takes the opportunity to turn the screw before half-time.
The outside-half could kick it in his slippers. Three points. Pollard now the most ruthless accumulator of points in this tournament.
Bryan Habana is stuck on 15 World Cup tries at the moment. The winger has had three half-chances, but has yet to cross the white line. History, like the rest of us, must wait.
Glimpses of the Argentina which lit up this tournament. Matias Moroni beating defenders during a dance to the South African 22m. The centre, in an attempt to offload, loses the ball though and the Springboks clear the danger.
Decibels rise inside the Olympic Stadium, which can mean only one thing - Bryan Habana has a whiff of a sniff at the tryline.
Habana kicks ahead, attempts to sneak in between Nicolas Sanchez and Santiago Cordero, but is penalised for taking out Sanchez as the pair tumble to the turf.
South Africa 10-0 Argentina
Former British and Irish lion Iain Balshaw is enjoying the bronze-medal match... (Other beers are available.)
South Africa 13-0 Argentina
Nicolas Sanchez penalised for coming in at the side, gifting Handre Pollard another kickable opportunity.
Between the posts his effort goes and that's another three points for the outside-half and his team.
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My, my, my. When will Bryan Habana cross the line? South Africa on the front foot, Handre Pollard with a loopy shoulder-high pass to his left wing... Habana juggles the ball but can't keep hold of it and another opportunity slips by.
The Pumas unable to sustain pressure. Full-back Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino holding on and the referee toots his whistle in South Africa's favour once more.
Argentina enjoying their most fruitful phase of play. A shuffle of the hips from Tomas Cubelli and the scrum-half has outfoxed South Africa's defensive line and is 10m from the line. Brilliant.
... Argentina thunder forward...
Argentina have edged the possession - but have seen little of the ball in the South Africa 22.
Nicolas Sanchez spins it wide to Santiago Cordero and the winger's Fred Astaire-like footwork gets the better of one Springbok defender, but not another. Cordero is unable to hold on to the ball and Argentine momentum dies a death.
Argentina fans at full voice, sensing their team need support as they prepare to put-in on their own 22.
South Africa not binding straight, though, and Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino boots the free-kick down Willie Le Roux's throat in the opposition 22m. A breather.
South Africa 10-0 Argentina
Former England cricketer Matthew Hoggard has either planted a Twitter wind-up, or needs a little lesson in the Rugby World Cup format...