There is no hiding place for the Pumas at the moment, they are never the fastest of starters but they haven't worried the Springboks yet.

Manie Libbock tries a chip to the corner again, towards Cheslin Kolbe but once again the winger is thwarted by a Puma.

The pressure from the Boks is relentless at the moment.

The noise in this tight, compact stadium is incredible and it goes up to 11 when Cheslin Kolbe makes an interception on halfway. He's stopped by the 22, but Springboks are running the show at the moment.

The first scrum, to the Boks, sees the home side totally disrupt the Pumas front eight five metres out. All the play is in the Argentina 22 at the moment.

Eben Etzebeth has had the ball a few times already, and at a line-out he flips it back to Pieter-Steph du Toit - never seen that before!

Rodrigo Isgro runs into a wall of green but Argentina recycle, and Santiago Carreras finds touch.

The hosts take it back and forth across the pitch until Libbock chips over the try line, but it is just too far ahead of Cheslin Kolbe.

A frantic start!

Here we go! Manie Libbok drops out and gets the match under way.

The fireworks are going off in the stadium to mark Eben Etzebeth's record-setting appearance. The man himself came out before his team mates carrying one of his children, and now the anthems are playing.

There are very few Argentina fans there, unsurprisingly, and some the ones who are there are sporting a mixture of the rugby team's hoops and the football team's stripes.

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South Africa have only played four times in the Mbombela Stadium, and the first time in 2013 also saw the debut of Siya Kolisi.

Here he he is alongside Eben Etzebeth just after they had beaten Scotland that day.

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Eben Etzebeth overtakes Victor Matfield as the most-capped Springbok today, while Siya Kolisi has played a 'mere' 88 times.

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Argentina dug deep last week to beat the Springboks in Santiago, and while you've got to say the World Cup holders are favourites today, the Pumas have it in them to upset the applecart.

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The All Blacks finished an iffy Rugby Championship with a 33-13 win over Australia, winning in Wellington for the first time since 2018.

"Really pleased to reverse the curse," said All Blacks skipper Scott Barrett.

"We didn't start too well but I'm really pleased with how we finished. Some grit in defence there and we held out the Aussies"

"And Sammy [Cane], 100 test matches. You know, every time he's come out here, he's put his body on the line and I'm hugely proud of him."

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The Springboks are five points clear at the top of the table after failing to clinch the title last weekend following a one-point defeat by Argentina.

That result gave the second-placed Pumas an outside chance of winning their first ever championship, although victory or even a bonus point - achieved by scoring three tries more than your opponent or finishing within seven points - will be enough for South Africa.

However, if Argentina win the match with a bonus point and South Africa fail to pick up a bonus point, Felipe Contepomi's side would triumph based on their two victories over Rassie Erasmus' men.

Clear? Thought so.

Today's match takes place at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, east of Johannesburg and about 40 km from the famous Kruger National Park.

The Boks have never lost here, having won four out of four, most recently against the All Blacks in 2022.

And eye-catchingly it has black and white zebra skin patterned seating, and "18 majestic orange giraffe columns that support the roof structure"!

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Boks coach Rassie Erasmus rested several of his key players for the 29-28 loss last weekend and makes nine changes in total for the rematch against Argentina.

Six double World Cup winners from 2019 and 2023 return to the starting XV, including captain Siya Kolisi and influential backs Cheslin Kolbe and Damian de Allende.

Despite missing a kick with seconds left to win the Rugby Championship, fly-half Manie Libbok gets a starting spot, with Handre Pollard dropping to the bench.

South Africa XV: Fassi, Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Hendrikse; Nche, Mbonambi, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Nortje, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Wiese.

Replacements: Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, Louw, Smith, Reinach, Pollard, Am.

Argentina have made seven changes to their winning starting XV as Gloucester's Santiago Carreras comes in at full-back and could kick goals after fly-half Tomas Albornoz missed with three attempts last weekend.

Other changes include sevens star Rodrigo Isgro being named on the wing, while flanker Juan Martin Gonzalez is a surprise inclusion ahead of Pablo Matera, who is on the bench despite a try in the last game.

Argentina XV: Carreras; Isgro, Moroni, Chocobares, Carreras; Albornoz, Garcia; Gallo, Montoya (capt), Sclavi, Rubiolo, Lavanini, Gonzalez, Grondona, Oviedo.

Replacements: Ruiz, Calles, Delgado, Molina, Matera, Bazan Velez, Cinti, Cruz Mallia.

South Africa are a win away from their first Rugby Championship since 2019, but Argentina are in with a chance of their first ever.

It could be a cracker in Nelspruit today!