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Full time12 November 2000
Argentina
33–37
South Africa
River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 2000Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CArgentina conversion · Gonzalo Quesada2–0
  2. 1’TArgentina try · Felipe Contepomi7–0
  3. 2’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada10–0
  4. 9’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse10–5
  5. 12’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–7
  6. 12’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse10–12
  7. 14’CArgentina conversion · Gonzalo Quesada12–12
  8. 14’TArgentina try · Jose Orengo17–12
  9. 28’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery17–14
  10. 28’TSouth Africa try · Mark Andrews17–19
  11. 35’TSouth Africa try · Braam van Straaten17–24
  12. 41’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada20–24
  13. 43’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada23–24
  14. 51’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery23–26
  15. 51’TSouth Africa try · Robbie Fleck23–31
  16. 63’CArgentina conversion · Gonzalo Quesada25–31
  17. 73’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten25–34
  18. 78’TArgentina try · Eduardo Simone30–34
  19. 79’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten30–37
  20. 88’PArgentina penalty · Gonzalo Quesada33–37

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Omar Hasan JalilProp
  2. 2Federico MéndezHooker
  3. 3Mauricio ReggiardoProp
  4. 4Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro AllubSecond row
  6. 6Santiago PhelanFlanker
  7. 7Rolando MartinFlanker
  8. 8Gonzalo Longo ElíaNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Gonzalo QuesadaFly-half
  11. 11Diego AlbaneseWing
  12. 12Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  13. 13Jose OrengoCentre
  14. 14Octavio BartolucciWing
  15. 15Ignacio CorletoFull-back
  16. 16Mario LedesmaBench
  17. 17Roberto GrauBench
  18. 18Guilllermo UgartemendiaBench
  19. 19Martín DurandBench
  20. 20Nicolás FernandezBench
  21. 21Felipe ContepomiBench
  22. 22Eduardo SimoneBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Albert van den BergSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Andre VenterFlanker
  7. 7Corne KrigeFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Percy MontgomeryFly-half
  11. 11Breyton PaulseWing
  12. 12Robbie FleckCentre
  13. 13Grant EsterhuizenCentre
  14. 14Chester WilliamsWing
  15. 15Thinus DelportFull-back
  16. 16Charl MaraisBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Hottie LouwBench
  19. 19AJ VenterBench
  20. 20Dan van ZylBench
  21. 21Braam van StraatenBench
  22. 22Pieter RossouwBench

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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.