TheBreakdown
Full time18 August 2012
South Africa
27–6
Argentina
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2012Head-to-head

South Africa won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–0
  2. 15’PArgentina penalty · Juan Martín Hernández3–3
  3. 18’TSouth Africa try · Zane Kirchner8–3
  4. 19’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn10–3
  5. 26’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn13–3
  6. 29’TSouth Africa try · Marcell Coetzee18–3
  7. 30’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn20–3
  8. 32’PArgentina penalty · Juan Martín Hernández20–6
  9. 58’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana25–6
  10. 59’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn27–6

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Andries BekkerSecond row
  6. 6Marcell CoetzeeFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Keegan DanielNumber 8
  9. 9Francois HougaardScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Lwazi MvovoWing
  12. 12Frans SteynCentre
  13. 13Jean De VilliersCentre
  14. 14Bryan HabanaWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Patric CilliersBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Jacques PotgieterBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Pat LambieBench
  22. 22JJ EngelbrechtBench

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Eusebio GuinazuHooker
  3. 3Juan FigalloProp
  4. 4Manuel CarizzaSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Julio Farias CabelloFlanker
  7. 7Alvaro GalindoFlanker
  8. 8Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás VergalloScrum-half
  10. 10Juan Martín HernándezFly-half
  11. 11Horacio AgullaWing
  12. 12Santiago FernandezCentre
  13. 13Marcelo BoschCentre
  14. 14Gonzalo CamachoWing
  15. 15Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoFull-back
  16. 16Bruno PostiglioniBench
  17. 17Marcos AyerzaBench
  18. 18Juan Pablo OrlandiBench
  19. 19Tomás LeonardiBench
  20. 20Leonardo SenatoreBench
  21. 21Martín LandajoBench
  22. 22Martín RodríguezBench

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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
Argentina going in

Also on this day

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