TheBreakdown
Full time9 August 2008
South Africa
63–9
Argentina
Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate 2008Head-to-head

South Africa won by 54 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PArgentina penalty · Felipe Contepomi0–3
  2. 10’PArgentina penalty · Felipe Contepomi0–6
  3. 26’PArgentina penalty · Felipe Contepomi0–9
  4. 33’TSouth Africa try · Adi Jacobs5–9
  5. 34’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James7–9
  6. 36’TSouth Africa try · Jongi Nokwe12–9
  7. 37’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James14–9
  8. 44’TSouth Africa try · Pierre Spies19–9
  9. 45’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James21–9
  10. 50’TSouth Africa try · JP Pietersen26–9
  11. 51’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James28–9
  12. 55’TSouth Africa try · Fourie Du Preez33–9
  13. 56’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James35–9
  14. 62’TSouth Africa try · Joe Van Niekerk40–9
  15. 63’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James42–9
  16. 64’TSouth Africa try · Joe Van Niekerk47–9
  17. 65’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James49–9
  18. 72’TSouth Africa try · Bismarck Du Plessis54–9
  19. 73’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James56–9
  20. 78’TSouth Africa try · JP Pietersen61–9
  21. 79’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James63–9

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Luke WatsonFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Jongi NokweWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Brian MujatiBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Joe Van NiekerkBench
  20. 20Fourie Du PreezBench
  21. 21Jaque FourieBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Pedro LedesmaProp
  4. 4Rimas Álvarez KairelisSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Martín DurandFlanker
  7. 7Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Juan Manuel LeguizamonNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás VergalloScrum-half
  10. 10Felipe ContepomiFly-half
  11. 11Horacio AgullaWing
  12. 12Federico Martin AramburuCentre
  13. 13Miguel AvramovicCentre
  14. 14Jose Maria Nunez PiossekWing
  15. 15Bernardo StortoniFull-back
  16. 16Alberto Vernet BasualdoBench
  17. 17Marcos AyerzaBench
  18. 18Esteban LozadaBench
  19. 19Alvaro GalindoBench
  20. 20Alfredo LalanneBench
  21. 21Benjamin UrdapilletaBench
  22. 22Rafael CarballoBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 36–4 Argentina, 1 drawn in 41 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.