Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a record 37 points, including three tries, as the Springboks beat Argentina 67-30 (half-time 25-23) to go top of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship log at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in Durban on Saturday.
Apart from his hat-trick of tries, Feinberg-Mngomezulu landed eight conversions and two penalty goals to push his individual points’ tally past the previous record of 35, that was set by Percy Montgomery against Namibia in Cape Town in 2007.
The first half delivered pulsating rugby with the Bok flyhalf scoring two tries and contributing a total of 20 points before the break, with a Malcolm Marx try from a lineout maul the other points by South Africa.
Argentina scored a try and were awarded a penalty try, while Pumas flyhalf Santiago Carreras kicked three penalty goals and converted a try by Santiago Chocobares, who scored from a rare mistake by Bok winger Cheslin Kolbe.
Kolbe atoned for this mistake with a superb try early in the second half, setting the tone as there was only one team on the field after the break.
Playing with a perfect blend of skill and power, the Boks added six more tries to their first-half tally – two by Pieter-Steph du Toit – to record a big win in front of more than 45,000 fans in Durban.
The bonus-point win also moved the Boks to 15 points on the Rugby Championship log, one more than the All Blacks, with one round of matches to go.
The Wallabies host New Zealand in Perth next Saturday, and South Africa take on Argentina in London.
