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Full time18 August 2018
South Africa
34–21
Argentina
Jonsson Kings Park, Durban, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2018Head-to-head

South Africa won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’TSouth Africa try · Lukhanyo Am5–0
  2. 16’TArgentina try · Nicolas Sanchez5–5
  3. 17’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez5–7
  4. 28’TArgentina try · Pablo Matera5–12
  5. 29’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez5–14
  6. 33’TSouth Africa try · Aphiwe Dyantyi10–14
  7. 43’TSouth Africa try · Aphiwe Dyantyi15–14
  8. 45’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard17–14
  9. 50’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi22–14
  10. 54’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi27–14
  11. 68’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez27–16
  12. 68’TArgentina try · Matias Moroni27–21
  13. 71’TSouth Africa try · Faf de Klerk32–21
  14. 72’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard34–21

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Pieter-Steph Du ToitSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Siya KolisiFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Aphiwe DyantyiWing
  12. 12Andre EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14Makazole MapimpiWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Thomas Du ToitBench
  19. 19Marvin OrieBench
  20. 20Marco van StadenBench
  21. 21Embrose PapierBench
  22. 22Lionel MapoeBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

Argentina

  1. 1Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroProp
  2. 2Agustín CreevyHooker
  3. 3Juan FigalloProp
  4. 4Guido Petti PagadizabalSecond row
  5. 5Matias AlemannoSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Marcos KremerFlanker
  8. 8Javier Ortega DesioNumber 8
  9. 9Gonzalo BertranouScrum-half
  10. 10Nicolas SanchezFly-half
  11. 11Ramiro MoyanoWing
  12. 12Bautista EzcurraCentre
  13. 13Matias MoroniCentre
  14. 14Bautista DelguyWing
  15. 15Emiliano BoffelliFull-back
  16. 16Diego FortunyBench
  17. 17Santiago Garcia BottaBench
  18. 18Santiago MedranoBench
  19. 19Tomas LavaniniBench
  20. 20Tomas LezanaBench
  21. 21Martín LandajoBench
  22. 22Santiago Gonzalez IglesiasBench
  23. 23Juan Cruz MalliaBench

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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.