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Men's Internationals 2026 · Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires · 8 August 2026Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 7 points.Half-time 10–8 · Tries 1–2

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940634273Attacks525Ball won20224849701221073527863225737%Own 2245%Own half53%Opp half73%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ARG18815
RSA15730
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG1/11/20
RSA2/21/10
← South Africa attack · Argentina attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′ArgentinaTry, Benjamin Grondona, converted8–3
40′South AfricaTry, Edwill Van Der Merwe, converted10–8
63′South AfricaTry, Cameron Hanekom, converted10–15
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
9′Benjamin Grondona40′Edwill Van Der Merwe63′Cameron Hanekom
ARG

Team stats

RSA
46%Possession54%
37%Territory63%
129Carries148
298Metres gained556
6Clean breaks4
30Defenders beaten15
189Passes147
12Offloads6
188Tackles made157
15Tackles missed30
99/102Rucks won114/115
13/15Lineouts won9/10
2/2Scrums won6/7
0/1Mauls won4/4
2Turnovers won5
7Penalties conceded8
38Kicks from hand43
1,163Kick metres1,136
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 1/2 · RSA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Boris WengerProp
  2. 2Ignacio RuizHooker
  3. 3Francisco MorenoProp
  4. 4Guido Petti PagadizabalSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Benjamin GrondonaFlanker
  8. 8Joaquin MoroNumber 8
  9. 9Simon Benitez CruzScrum-half
  10. 10Santiago CarrerasFly-half
  11. 11Ignacio MendyWing
  12. 12Faustino Sanchez ValaroloCentre
  13. 13Lucio CintiCentre
  14. 14Rodrigo IsgroWing
  15. 15Geronimo PrisciantelliFull-back
  16. 16Leonel OviedoBench
  17. 17Mayco VivasBench
  18. 18Tomas Rapetti Bench
  19. 19Efrain EliasBench
  20. 20Juan PenoucosBench
  21. 21Juan Martin ScelzoBench
  22. 22Augustin MoyanoBench
  23. 23Matias MoroniBench

South Africa

  1. 1Boan VenterProp
  2. 2Johan GrobbelaarHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Elrigh LouwFlanker
  8. 8Cameron HanekomNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Ethan HookerWing
  12. 12Andre EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Canan MoodieCentre
  14. 14Edwill Van Der MerweWing
  15. 15Aphelele FassiFull-back
  16. 16Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  17. 17Gerhard SteenekampBench
  18. 18Zach PorthenBench
  19. 19Ben-Jason DixonBench
  20. 20Cobus WieseBench
  21. 21Marco van StadenBench
  22. 22Morne van den BergBench
  23. 23Handre PollardBench

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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.