Rassie praises Springboks’ ‘grind’ after Argentina hit out

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus was happy with his team’s ability to grind out a win in testing conditions after they were made to work incredibly hard to edge Argentina 17-10 in a low scoring one-off Test in Buenos Aires on Saturday night.

Just three tries in total were scored over the 80 minutes, one to each team in the first half with them locked at 10-all at the break, before eighthman Cameron Hanekom dotted down the lone score in the second period off the back of a powerful scrum.‘It was going to be disjointed’ The Boks though have plenty to work on ahead of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series, but they will be happy to have seen a large number of players return from injury, and can take winning momentum into the first Test at Ellis Park later this month.