Argentina tour - Johannesburg, 9 August 2008, 15:00 local, 13:00 GMT
South Africa (14) 63 - 9 (9) Argentina (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Argentina
0 start of first half start of first half
3 0 - 3 Contepomi - penalty goal
8 0 - 6 Contepomi - penalty goal
9 P Ledesma Arocena - sub off
Ayerza - sub on
24 0 - 9 Contepomi - penalty goal
30 Botha - sub off
Bekker - sub on
31 Jacobs - try 5 - 9
32 James - conversion 7 - 9
34 Nokwe - try 12 - 9
35 James - conversion 14 - 9
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
43 Spies - try
James - conversion		 21 - 9
45 Galindo - sub on
Fernandez Lobbe - sub off
49 Pietersen - try
James - conversion		 28 - 9
50 Januarie - sub off
du Preez - sub on
Nokwe - sub off
Montgomery - sub on
51 Fourie - sub on
de Villiers - sub off
54 du Preez - try
James - conversion		 35 - 9
55 Smith - sub off
van Niekerk - sub on
57 Fourie - sub off
Strauss - sub on		 Alvarez Kairelis - sub off
Lozada - sub on
60 van Niekerk - try 40 - 9
61 James - conversion 42 - 9
62 van Niekerk - try
James - conversion		 49 - 9
63 Avramovic - sub off
Carballo - sub on
64 van der Linde - sub off
Mujati - sub on
65 Roncero - sub off
Vernet Basualdo - sub on
69 Urdapilleta - sub on
Nunez Piossek - sub off
70 du Plessis - try 54 - 9
71 James - conversion 56 - 9
76 Pietersen - try
James - conversion		 63 - 9
77 Lalanne - sub on
Vergallo - sub off
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 54 points
 
Ground name Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance 28200
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
South Africa Test debuts JL Nokwe
Argentina Test debuts A Lalanne

Teams

South Africa Argentina
Tries Jacobs (31), Nokwe (34), Spies (43), Pietersen (49, 76), du Preez (54), van Niekerk (60, 62), du Plessis (70) Tries none
Cons James (32, 35, 43, 49, 54, 61, 62, 71, 76) Cons none
Pens none Pens Contepomi (3, 8, 24)
    Team
15 FB
Conrad Jantjes
14 W
JP Pietersen
13 C
Adrian Jacobs
12 C
Jean de Villiers
11 W
Jongi Nokwe
10 FH
Butch James
9 SH
Ricky Januarie
1 P
Tendai Mtawarira
2 H
Bismarck du Plessis
3 P
CJ van der Linde
4 L
Bakkies Botha
5 L
Victor Matfield (c)
6 F
Luke Watson
7 F
Juan Smith
8 N8
Pierre Spies
    Replacements
16 C
Adriaan Strauss
17 P
Brian Mujati
18 L
Andries Bekker
19 F
Joe van Niekerk
20 SH
Fourie du Preez
21 C
Jaque Fourie
22 W
Percy Montgomery
    Team
15 FB
Bernardo Stortoni
14 W
Jose Nunez Piossek
13 C
Miguel Avramovic
12 C
Federico Aramburu
11 W
Horacio Agulla
10 FH
Felipe Contepomi (c)
9 SH
Nicolas Vergallo
1 P
Rodrigo Roncero
2 H
Mario Ledesma Arocena
3 P
Pedro Ledesma Arocena
4 L
Rimas Alvarez Kairelis
5 L
Patricio Albacete
6 F
Martin Durand
7 F
Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe
8 N8
Juan Manuel Leguizamon
    Replacements
16 P
Alberto Vernet Basualdo
17 P
Marcos Ayerza
18 L
Esteban Lozada
19 F
Alvaro Galindo
20 SH
Alfredo Lalanne
21 W
Ben Urdapilleta
22 C
Rafael Carballo

Match stats

South Africa   Argentina
9 Tries 0
9 from 9 Conversion goals 0 from 0
0 from 0 Penalty goals 3 from 4
100.0% Kick at goal success 75.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
28 Kicks from hand 36
0 Passes 0
99 Runs 84
825 Metres run with ball 250
Attacking
7 Clean breaks 0
16 Defenders beaten 5
24 Offloads 12
46 from 51 (90.2%) Rucks won 68 from 73 (93.2%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
26 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
97/16 Tackles made/missed 79/17
85.8% Tackling success rate 82.3%
Set pieces
6 won, 1 lost (85.7%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 1 lost (90.9%)
19 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 6 won, 3 lost (66.7%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 9
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Jantjes 0/0 0 5/0/9 82 0 1 4 2 1/0 1/0 1 0/0
W Pietersen 2/0 10 3/0/7 168 2 2 1 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Jacobs 1/1 5 1/0/11 108 0 2 2 2 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
C de Villiers 0/1 0 1/0/5 63 1 2 1 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Nokwe 1/0 5 0/0/4 57 1 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH James 0/0 18 4/0/5 76 0 1 3 2 6/3 1/0 0 0/0
SH Januarie 0/0 0 3/0/4 12 0 0 0 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 1 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
H du Plessis 1/0 5 0/0/7 13 0 2 1 3 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
P van der Linde 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 1 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 1 0 3/0 2/0 2 0/0
L Matfield 0/1 0 0/0/3 10 0 1 1 3 11/0 9/0 2 0/0
F Watson 0/0 0 0/0/9 35 0 0 3 1 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/0/6 34 1 0 1 1 5/0 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Spies 1/0 5 0/0/11 68 1 0 1 2 11/2 1/0 1 0/0
(C) Strauss 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mujati 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Bekker 0/0 0 0/0/3 28 0 0 2 1 5/0 3/0 0 0/0
(F) van Niekerk 2/0 10 0/0/3 20 0 0 1 2 2/2 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) du Preez 1/1 5 2/0/2 29 1 1 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Fourie 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Montgomery 0/0 0 2/0/1 10 0 0 0 0 1/1 1/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Arg stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Stortoni 0/0 0 6/0/5 6 0 0 2 0 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Nunez Piossek 0/0 0 1/0/2 20 0 1 0 1 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Avramovic 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Aramburu 0/0 0 2/0/3 16 0 3 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Agulla 0/0 0 1/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
FH Contepomi 0/0 9 12/0/4 34 0 0 0 1 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Vergallo 0/0 0 4/0/7 28 0 0 1 1 2/1 2/0 0 0/0
P Roncero 0/0 0 0/0/6 16 0 0 1 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
H ME Ledesma Arocena 0/0 0 1/0/8 17 0 1 0 1 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
P P Ledesma Arocena 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Alvarez Kairelis 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 2 0/0
L Albacete 0/0 0 0/0/6 13 0 0 0 0 5/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Durand 0/0 0 0/0/3 17 0 0 2 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Fernandez Lobbe 0/0 0 1/0/5 3 0 0 0 1 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Leguizamon 0/0 0 3/0/14 31 0 0 1 3 3/1 0/0 2 0/0
(P) Vernet Basualdo 0/0 0 0/0/4 10 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ayerza 0/0 0 0/0/5 18 0 0 3 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Lozada 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 2/0 0 0/0
(F) Galindo 0/0 0 0/0/3 16 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Lalanne 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Urdapilleta 0/0 0 1/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Carballo 0/0 0 1/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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