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Full time23 August 2014
Argentina
31–33
South Africa
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta, Argentina · The Rugby Championship 2014Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez3–0
  2. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–3
  3. 14’DArgentina drop goal · Juan Martín Hernández6–3
  4. 24’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–6
  5. 27’TArgentina try · Manuel Montero11–6
  6. 28’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez13–6
  7. 31’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard13–9
  8. 33’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana13–14
  9. 34’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard13–16
  10. 48’TArgentina try · Tomas Cubelli18–16
  11. 49’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez20–16
  12. 52’TArgentina try · Joaquin Tuculet25–16
  13. 57’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez28–16
  14. 60’TSouth Africa try · Cornal Hendricks28–21
  15. 61’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn28–23
  16. 70’TSouth Africa try · Marcell Coetzee28–28
  17. 71’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn28–30
  18. 75’PArgentina penalty · Marcelo Bosch31–30
  19. 78’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn31–33

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Marcos AyerzaProp
  2. 2Agustín CreevyHooker
  3. 3Ramiro HerreraProp
  4. 4Mariano GalarzaSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Juan Manuel LeguizamonNumber 8
  9. 9Martín LandajoScrum-half
  10. 10Nicolas SanchezFly-half
  11. 11Manuel MonteroWing
  12. 12Juan Martín HernándezCentre
  13. 13Marcelo BoschCentre
  14. 14Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoWing
  15. 15Joaquin TuculetFull-back
  16. 16Matias CorteseBench
  17. 17Bruno PostiglioniBench
  18. 18Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroBench
  19. 19Matias AlemannoBench
  20. 20Leonardo SenatoreBench
  21. 21Tomas CubelliBench
  22. 22Jeronimo de la FuenteBench
  23. 23Horacio AgullaBench

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Damian de AllendeCentre
  14. 14Cornal HendricksWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Tendai MtawariraBench
  18. 18Frans MalherbeBench
  19. 19Bakkies BothaBench
  20. 20Marcell CoetzeeBench
  21. 21Francois HougaardBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench
  23. 23Lwazi MvovoBench

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Context

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

Argentina going in
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.