TheBreakdown
Full time5 November 2005
Argentina
23–34
South Africa
Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 2005Head-to-head

South Africa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PArgentina penalty · Felipe Contepomi3–0
  2. 9’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius3–3
  3. 15’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–6
  4. 17’TArgentina try · Martín Durand8–6
  5. 24’TArgentina try · Francisco Javier Leonelli Morey13–6
  6. 29’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery13–9
  7. 34’TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery13–14
  8. 35’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery13–16
  9. 42’TArgentina try · Manuel Contepomi18–16
  10. 43’CArgentina conversion · Felipe Contepomi20–16
  11. 45’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie20–21
  12. 46’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery20–23
  13. 49’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery20–26
  14. 53’PArgentina penalty · Felipe Contepomi23–26
  15. 59’DSouth Africa drop goal · Bolla Conradie23–29
  16. 78’TSouth Africa try · Juan Smith23–34

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Omar Hasan JalilProp
  4. 4Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeSecond row
  5. 5Pablo BouzaSecond row
  6. 6Martín DurandFlanker
  7. 7Juan Manuel LeguizamonFlanker
  8. 8Gonzalo Longo ElíaNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Felipe ContepomiFly-half
  11. 11Francisco Javier Leonelli MoreyWing
  12. 12Manuel ContepomiCentre
  13. 13Federico Martin AramburuCentre
  14. 14Lucas BorgesWing
  15. 15Juan Martín HernándezFull-back
  16. 16Eusebio GuinazuBench
  17. 17Martín ScelzoBench
  18. 18Manuel CarizzaBench
  19. 19Martín SchustermanBench
  20. 20Nicolás FernandezBench
  21. 21Federico TodeschiniBench
  22. 22Bernardo StortoniBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Solly TyibilikaFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Conrad JantjesWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17Eddie AndrewsBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Schalk BurgerBench
  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.