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Full time16 November 1996
Argentina
21–44
South Africa
Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 1996Head-to-head

South Africa won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Jose Cilley2–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Jose Cilley5–0
  3. –PArgentina penalty · Jose Cilley8–0
  4. –PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada11–0
  5. –TArgentina try · Nicolás Fernandez16–0
  6. –TArgentina try · Rolando Martin21–0
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Joubert21–2
  8. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball21–4
  9. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball21–6
  10. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball21–8
  11. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball21–11
  12. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball21–14
  13. –TSouth Africa try · James Small21–19
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Japie Mulder21–24
  15. –TSouth Africa try · Hennie le Roux21–29
  16. –TSouth Africa try · Ruben Kruger21–34
  17. –TSouth Africa try · Ruben Kruger21–39
  18. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Venter21–44

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Roberto GrauProp
  2. 2Federico MéndezHooker
  3. 3Omar Hasan JalilProp
  4. 4Pedro SporlederSecond row
  5. 5German LlanesSecond row
  6. 6Raul PerezFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Pablo Jose CamerlinckxNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás FernandezScrum-half
  10. 10Jose CilleyFly-half
  11. 11Facundo SolerWing
  12. 12Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  13. 13Eduardo SimoneCentre
  14. 14Diego AlbaneseWing
  15. 15Ezequiel JuradoFull-back
  16. 16Martín ScelzoBench
  17. 17Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeBench
  18. 18Carlos PromanzioBench
  19. 19Cristian Viel TemperleyBench
  20. 20Christian BarreaBench
  21. 21Gonzalo QuesadaBench

South Africa

  1. 1Dawie TheronProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Kobus WieseSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Jacques OlivierWing
  12. 12Hennie le RouxCentre
  13. 13Japie MulderCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Kevin PuttBench
  17. 17Henry TrompBench
  18. 18Wayne FyvieBench
  19. 19Toks van der LindeBench
  20. 20Andre SnymanBench
  21. 21Fritz Van HeerdenBench

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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

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.