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Full time20 August 2016
South Africa
30–23
Argentina
Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2016Head-to-head

South Africa won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TSouth Africa try · Ruan Combrinck5–0
  2. 9’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies7–0
  3. 17’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez7–3
  4. 19’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies10–3
  5. 25’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez10–6
  6. 26’TArgentina try · Matias Orlando10–11
  7. 28’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez10–13
  8. 57’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies13–13
  9. 66’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez13–16
  10. 68’TArgentina try · Santiago Cordero13–21
  11. 69’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez13–23
  12. 72’TSouth Africa try · Johan Goosen18–23
  13. 73’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies20–23
  14. 75’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies23–23
  15. 80’TSouth Africa try · Warren Whiteley28–23
  16. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies30–23

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Julian RedelinghuysProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Teboho MohojeFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lionel MapoeCentre
  14. 14Ruan CombrinckWing
  15. 15Johan GoosenFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Jaco KrielBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Juan de JonghBench
  23. 23Jesse KrielBench

Argentina

  1. 1Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroProp
  2. 2Agustín CreevyHooker
  3. 3Ramiro HerreraProp
  4. 4Matias AlemannoSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Juan Manuel LeguizamonFlanker
  8. 8Facundo IsaNumber 8
  9. 9Martín LandajoScrum-half
  10. 10Nicolas SanchezFly-half
  11. 11Manuel MonteroWing
  12. 12Juan Martín HernándezCentre
  13. 13Matias OrlandoCentre
  14. 14Santiago CorderoWing
  15. 15Joaquin TuculetFull-back
  16. 16Julian MontoyaBench
  17. 17Felipe ArreguiBench
  18. 18Enrique Pieretto HeilandBench
  19. 19Guido Petti PagadizabalBench
  20. 20Javier Ortega DesioBench
  21. 21Tomas CubelliBench
  22. 22Santiago Gonzalez IglesiasBench
  23. 23Ramiro MoyanoBench

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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.