The combination that Los Pumas need to win the Rugby Championship for the first time in their history

Infobae - 28/09
The Argentine national team will close the competition with a visit to the Springboks at the Mbombela Stadium this Saturday with the need to win if they want to keep the crown
The Pumas are forced to deliver another historic blow in South Africa if they want to win the Rugby Championship for the first time

The Pumas will face a test that could be historic. A confrontation that can be forever recorded in the golden books of Argentine sports. For the first time since joining the Rugby Championship a decade ago, the Argentines have the chance to be crowned champions and everything will be decided this Saturday.

Those led by Felipe Contepomi already had a historic performance after beating the three great teams of the Southern Hemisphere for the first time in the same edition, but there is room for one more double blow: beating the two-time world champion South Africa as a visitor and obtaining the title of the contest.

To do that, they will have to beat the Springboks this Saturday at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit in the duel that will start at 12:00 noon (Argentine time). But apart from achieving that feat that sounds like an almost impossible mission, they will have to get the bonus point for scoring three tries or more, but also beat the South Africans by more than seven point...
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