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Full time27 August 2016
Argentina
26–24
South Africa
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta, Argentina · The Rugby Championship 2016Head-to-head

Argentina won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies0–3
  2. 24’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez3–3
  3. 31’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez6–3
  4. 32’TArgentina try · Joaquin Tuculet11–3
  5. 34’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez13–3
  6. 44’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies13–6
  7. 46’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana13–11
  8. 47’CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Goosen13–13
  9. 49’TArgentina try · Juan Manuel Leguizamon18–13
  10. 50’CArgentina conversion · Juan Martín Hernández20–13
  11. 55’PArgentina penalty · Juan Martín Hernández23–13
  12. 65’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn23–16
  13. 69’TSouth Africa try · Pieter-Steph Du Toit23–21
  14. 75’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn23–24
  15. 79’PArgentina penalty · Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias26–24

Line-ups

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. 23Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Vincent KochProp
  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. 18Lourens AdriaanseBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Jaco KrielBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench
  23. 23Jesse KrielBench

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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.