Argentina claimed a historic victory over the Springboks at the Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades and clung on to a 29-28 win to keep the Rugby Championship alive going into the final round of fixtures.

South Africa can clinch the Rugby Championship with a game to spare this weekend. The world champion Springboks face Argentina in Santiago del Estero on Saturday.

With one round to go in the Rugby Championship, we run through the permutations of the final weekend as the Springboks and Argentina hunt for the title.

Argentina shocked world champions the Springboks 29-28 in a thrilling Rugby Championship encounter in Santiago del Estero on Saturday.

Manie Libbok’s missed penalty with a minute remaining meant that Argentina continued their excellent Rugby Championship campaign by adding a win over South Africa to their record victory over Australia and triumph in New Zealand earlier in the tournament.

Argentina have now beaten all three Rugby Championship opponents after they triumphed over the Springboks 29-28 in Santiago. The hosts scored four tries on the day with Mateo Carreras, Pablo Matera, Joel Sclavi and Tomas Albornoz scoring with the fly-half also kicking three conversions and a penalty in an epic shift.

The high-riding Springboks will win yet another trophy if they beat Argentina in Saturday night’s Rugby Championship match in the northern city of Santiago del Estero. The World Cup winners nailed the Freedom Cup earlier this month when they won back-to-back matches against the All Blacks,