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Full time4 December 2004
Argentina
7–39
South Africa
Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 2004Head-to-head

South Africa won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TSouth Africa try · Marius Joubert0–5
  2. 9’CSouth Africa conversion · Gaffie du Toit0–7
  3. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Gaffie du Toit0–10
  4. 14’TSouth Africa try · Gaffie du Toit0–15
  5. 15’CSouth Africa conversion · Gaffie du Toit0–17
  6. 23’TSouth Africa try · Fourie Du Preez0–22
  7. 24’CSouth Africa conversion · Gaffie du Toit0–24
  8. 26’TSouth Africa try · Jacques Cronje0–29
  9. 27’CSouth Africa conversion · Gaffie du Toit0–31
  10. 33’TSouth Africa try · Gaffie du Toit0–36
  11. 42’TArgentina try · Santiago Artese5–36
  12. 43’CArgentina conversion · Juan Fernández Miranda7–36
  13. 66’PSouth Africa penalty · Gaffie du Toit7–39

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Leopoldo de ChazalProp
  2. 2Federico MéndezHooker
  3. 3Eusebio GuinazuProp
  4. 4Pablo BouzaSecond row
  5. 5Santiago ArteseSecond row
  6. 6Martín DurandFlanker
  7. 7Lucas OstigliaFlanker
  8. 8Augusto PetrilliNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Juan Fernández MirandaFly-half
  11. 11Lucas BorgesWing
  12. 12Gonzalo TiesiCentre
  13. 13Manuel ContepomiCentre
  14. 14Pablo Gomez CoraWing
  15. 15Juan Martín HernándezFull-back
  16. 16Marcos AyerzaBench
  17. 17Alberto Vernet BasualdoBench
  18. 18Manuel CarizzaBench
  19. 19Martín SchustermanBench
  20. 20Nicolás FernandezBench
  21. 21Miguel AvramovicBench
  22. 22Francisco BoschBench

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Solly TyibilikaFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Jaco van der WesthuyzenFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Wayne JuliesCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Jaque FourieWing
  15. 15Gaffie du ToitFull-back
  16. 16Danie CoetzeeBench
  17. 17Os du RandtBench
  18. 18Gerrie BritzBench
  19. 19Joe Van NiekerkBench
  20. 20Michael ClaassensBench
  21. 21De Wet BarryBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

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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

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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.