South Africa can clinch the Rugby Championship with a game to spare this weekend. The world champion Springboks face Argentina in Santiago del Estero on Saturday.

Argentina closed in on the Springboks in the Rugby Championship title race after Saturday's shock result. Here is how the standings look with one round to go.

A late penalty could have won them the game, but South Africa can still win the title if they get one point from the return match next week.

Argentina shocked world champions the Springboks 29-28 in a thrilling Rugby Championship encounter in Santiago del Estero on Saturday.

A group still led by Pablo Matera will have to match South Africa today. The visitors are without four of their regular starting five at the back of the scrum - if Argentina can get on top of that remodelled group at the breakdown and dominate the lineout, a shock could very well be on the cards.

South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus refused to blame Manie Libbok for the surprise 29-28 Rugby Championship defeat in Argentina on Saturday after the flyhalf missed a kick from virtually in front of the posts to win the game.

There are some interesting deciding factors if the Springboks and Argentina finish level on log points in the Rugby Championship standings.

With one round to go in the Rugby Championship, we run through the permutations of the final weekend with the Springboks and Argentina still in the running for the title. After defeating Australia and New Zealand twice in the opening four rounds of the tournament,