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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London · 30 October 2015Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 11 points.Half-time 13–0 · Tries 2–1 · ARG 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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14′33′41′48′52′69′643825583Attacks1125Ball won61221126516423044587559221940%Own 2222%Own half42%Opp half56%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA19532
ARG10417
← Argentina attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
6′South AfricaTry, JP Pietersen, converted5–0
43′South AfricaTry, Eben Etzebeth, conversion missed21–3
82′ArgentinaTry, Juan Pablo Orlandi, converted24–11
14′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
33′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
41′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
42′ArgentinaDrop goal scored
48′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
52′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
69′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ARG card
6′JP Pietersen43′Eben Etzebeth82′Juan Pablo Orlandi
RSA

Team stats

ARG
35%Possession65%
37%Territory63%
96Carries184
367Metres gained560
8Clean breaks7
17Defenders beaten32
134Passes245
3Offloads10
195Tackles made104
32Tackles missed17
67/70Rucks won141/147
15/16Lineouts won13/14
4/4Scrums won5/6
6/6Mauls won0/0
14Turnovers won4
10Penalties conceded15
44Kicks from hand32
640Kick metres559
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 1/2, penalties 4/5 · ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Jannie Du PlessisBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Willem AlbertsBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Jan SerfonteinBench

Argentina

  1. 1Juan FigalloProp
  2. 2Julian MontoyaHooker
  3. 3Ramiro HerreraProp
  4. 4Matias AlemannoSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Javier Ortega DesioFlanker
  7. 7Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Juan Manuel LeguizamonNumber 8
  9. 9Tomas CubelliScrum-half
  10. 10Nicolas SanchezFly-half
  11. 11Horacio AgullaWing
  12. 12Jeronimo de la FuenteCentre
  13. 13Matias MoroniCentre
  14. 14Santiago CorderoWing
  15. 15Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoFull-back
  16. 16Lucas NogueraBench
  17. 17Juan Pablo OrlandiBench
  18. 18Santiago Garcia BottaBench
  19. 19Guido Petti PagadizabalBench
  20. 20Facundo IsaBench
  21. 21Martín LandajoBench
  22. 22Santiago Gonzalez IglesiasBench
  23. 23Juan Pablo SocinoBench

Match officials

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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.