Johan Grobbelaar was one of the Springboks who had a decent performance against Argentina. Picture: Juan Jose Gasparini/Gallo Images Springbok hooker Johan Grobbelaar said his team’s performance was far from perfect in their one-off Test in Buenos Aires on Saturday. But the hard-fought17-10 victoryagainst a determined Argentina at home laid a foundation to build on for South Africa’s four Tests against New Zealand in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series.
Argentina’s young side, which featured four debutants in the absence of several stars, capitalised on a slew ofSpringbok errors, especially in the first half. South Africa was dismally poor in the aerial contest, made handling errors, lost scrum penalties, and were bumped off in tackles. They only started to improved when the bomb squad came on after 50 minutes, and they re-adjusted their kicking game plan.
In the end, one score was the difference as theSpringbok defenceheld fast when it mattered. The result extended South Africa’s winning streak over the South American nation to four games, as well as their unbeaten run at the venue going back to 1993. “It was always going to be difficult.
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I’m glad we go the win at the end. The Argies, they never go away. “We had to fight for it right until the end.
It could have easily been a draw.” He referred to Argentina’s 15-phase attack at the death, when they looked certain to score before a knock-on just in front of the try line. While Grobbelaar’s long-range lineouts were iffy, he wasone of the better Springbokson the day.
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