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Full time19 August 2017
South Africa
37–15
Argentina
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2017Head-to-head

South Africa won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies3–0
  2. 21’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies6–0
  3. 32’TArgentina try · Martín Landajo6–5
  4. 38’TSouth Africa try · Courtnall Skosan11–5
  5. 38’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies13–5
  6. 46’PArgentina penalty · Nicolas Sanchez13–8
  7. 49’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies16–8
  8. 52’TSouth Africa try · Raymond Rhule21–8
  9. 54’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies23–8
  10. 59’TArgentina try · Emiliano Boffelli23–13
  11. 60’CArgentina conversion · Juan Martín Hernández23–15
  12. 66’TSouth Africa try · Siya Kolisi28–15
  13. 67’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies30–15
  14. 72’TSouth Africa try · Pieter-Steph Du Toit35–15
  15. 73’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies37–15

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Coenie OosthuizenProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Jaco KrielFlanker
  8. 8Uzair CassiemNumber 8
  9. 9Ross CronjeScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Courtnall SkosanWing
  12. 12Jan SerfonteinCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Raymond RhuleWing
  15. 15Andries CoetzeeFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Jean-Luc Du PreezBench
  21. 21Francois HougaardBench
  22. 22Curwin BoschBench
  23. 23Damian de AllendeBench

Argentina

  1. 1Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroProp
  2. 2Agustín CreevyHooker
  3. 3Enrique Pieretto HeilandProp
  4. 4Guido Petti PagadizabalSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Tomas LezanaFlanker
  8. 8Leonardo SenatoreNumber 8
  9. 9Martín LandajoScrum-half
  10. 10Nicolas SanchezFly-half
  11. 11Emiliano BoffelliWing
  12. 12Jeronimo de la FuenteCentre
  13. 13Matias OrlandoCentre
  14. 14Ramiro MoyanoWing
  15. 15Joaquin TuculetFull-back
  16. 16Julian MontoyaBench
  17. 17Lucas NogueraBench
  18. 18Ramiro HerreraBench
  19. 19Marcos KremerBench
  20. 20Javier Ortega DesioBench
  21. 21Tomas CubelliBench
  22. 22Juan Martín HernándezBench
  23. 23Matias MoroniBench

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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

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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.