Jaguars win the first home game, all black, Kangaroos lose their way to Cape Town

This Saturday, the 2025 Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship ended the second round.

Argentina lost to New Zealand in Cordoba last week. This week they continued to play against All Blacks at the Jose Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires. Previously, the Jaguars had never defeated All Black on the ground. Shortly after the opening, Argentina No. 10 Albonnoz was substituted due to injury. All Blacks scored two consecutive matches in 6 minutes, but Beden Barrett missed the additional shot. In the 30th minute, the last defender Will Jordan ended up in the dark. Argentina seized the opportunity to regain the match, and the two sides drew 13-13 at halftime. After the opening of the second half, Argentina substitute Santiago Carreras made two consecutive free throws. At this time, Mackenzie replaced Barrett and All Blacks fell into a passive position. In the 58th minute, No. 9 Garcia won the second team for the Jaguars. After a successful additional shot, Argentina led by 13 points 26-13. Since then, although Quanhei regained his team with the goal of the side ball + Daoer tactics, he still failed to recover the score. In the end, Argentina won its first local victory against the All Blacks 29-23.

South African Springbok ushered in a second battle against the Australian Kangaroo in Cape Town. Springbok, who lost Jingzhou in the last game, made a major adjustment in this game, and Bock, who gave an own assist, was replaced by Pollard. The home team still took the initiative in the first half. After being taken away by the Kangaroos for a while, in the 10th minute, Pollard scored a long diagonal assisted No. 14 Moodie to win the first team. In the 34th minute, Smith won the second team. Springbok led 20-10 in the first half. In the second half, the tenacious little Kangaroo launched a counterattack. They scored two consecutive matches within 20 minutes, chasing the score difference to only 1 point. At the critical moment, the powerful forward group won the third formation for Springboks. In the end, they narrowly defeated the Kangaroos 30-22 to avoid losing streak.