{"id":336896,"date":"2023-07-31T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=336896"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:20:12","slug":"best-boks-v-argentina-etzebeth-shines-in-sorry-send-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-app.com\/rugby\/best-boks-v-argentina-etzebeth-shines-in-sorry-send-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Boks v Argentina: Etzebeth Shines In Sorry Send-off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eben Etzebeth asserted his dominance as the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-app.com\/rugby\/rugby-championship\/vermeulen-to-captain-springboks-in-rugby-championship-opener-2023-07-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Springboks<\/a><\/strong> stuttered to a 22-21 win over Argentina in their final Test on home soil before the World Cup in Johannesburg on Saturday, writes Quintin van Jaarsveld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a farewell and Rugby Championship finale to forget for the men in green and gold. Ellis Park was half-full, the team\u2019s new World Cup anthem and the first performance thereof by Mgarimbe during the halftime break were widely panned and the Springboks\u2019 performance wasn\u2019t much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn\u2019t those fighting for places in the World Cup squad who stood up for the hosts but rather experienced campaigners, with Etzebeth leading the charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our top three Springbok standouts were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="ju52fzvkvd"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="ju52fzvkvd"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-app.com\/sports\/rugby-union\/the-rugby-championship\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bet Now: Rugby<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Eben Etzebeth<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Etzebeth was a monster among men in what was his 20th Test against Argentina, a South African record. He was a runaway freight train with ball in hand, his tour de force starting with him bumping off Thomas Gallo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div   id="ju52fzvkvd"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udca5 Eben Etzebeth. Ese es el tweet.<br><br>\u2b50 Mir\u00e1 el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RugbyChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RugbyChampionship<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarPlusLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StarPlusLA<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESPNEnStarPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESPNEnStarPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PUMASxESPN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PUMASxESPN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8rTEawCRxj\">pic.twitter.com\/8rTEawCRxj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ScrumRugby (@ScrumESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrumESPN\/status\/1685314045711097857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more memorably, the herculean lock ran straight over Santiago Carreras to score the opening try, this after he\u2019d created momentum with a trick play from a lineout in which he fired the ball back to Malcolm Marx. He put in a big defensive shift as well, his 16 tackles second only to Pieter-Steph du Toit\u2019s 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div   id="ju52fzvkvd"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\udca5 Eben Etzebeth y su caracter\u00edstica potencia le dan a Sud\u00e1frica el primer try del partido.<br><br>\u2b50 Mir\u00e1 el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RugbyChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RugbyChampionship<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarPlusLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StarPlusLA<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESPNEnStarPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESPNEnStarPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PUMASxESPN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PUMASxESPN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rNSxYzEUH9\">pic.twitter.com\/rNSxYzEUH9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ScrumRugby (@ScrumESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrumESPN\/status\/1685314464390787072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a messy game in which the Boks never got out of first gear, Etzebeth\u2019s power and intensity were vital and fully deserving of the Man of the Match award he walked away with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Steven Kitshoff<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kitshoff was colossal at the breakdown. I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again &#8211; he\u2019s the best pilfering prop in world rugby and he showed as much here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He saved the day twice, winning a penalty in his 22 in the first half and producing an even more crucial jackal on his line when the Boks were under siege in the 50th minute. He also won an earlier turnover in the attacking 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpicy Plum\u201d counter-rucked really well when he wasn\u2019t able to get his hands on the ball as well, got around the park and was strong at scrum time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Faf de Klerk<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Replacing poor Grant Williams, who was knocked out mere seconds into the match in a nasty collision with a jumping Juan Cruz Mallia, De Klerk wasn\u2019t as accurate with his box kicks as one\u2019s come to expect from him but he made up for it with an industrious performance overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made a good break early on, a backline-high 11 tackles, including two crucial spot hits and pounced on a loose ball and smartly passed early to Manie Libbok to run in what proved to be the decisive try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also ate up a valuable minute of game time at the death when his pressure on Juan Martin Gonzalez at the back of the scrum resulted in a 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