Teams

South Africa Argentina
Tries Penalty try (29), Engelbrecht (32), Strauss (45), Alberts (52), de Villiers (55), du Preez (62), Habana (65), Vermeulen (69), BW du Plessis (75) Tries Contepomi (79)
Cons Steyn (30, 33, 47, 55, 63, 67, 70, 76) Cons Contepomi (80)
Pens Steyn (5, 9, 18, 37) Pens Contepomi (16, 22)
    Team
15 FB
Willie le Roux
14 W
Bjorn Basson
13 C
JJ Engelbrecht
12 C
Jean de Villiers (c)
11 W
Bryan Habana
10 FH
Morne Steyn
9 SH
Ruan Pienaar
1 P
Tendai Mtawarira
2 H
Adriaan Strauss
3 P
Jannie du Plessis
4 L
Eben Etzebeth
5 L
Juandre Kruger
6 F
Francois Louw
7 F
Willem Alberts
8 N8
Duane Vermeulen
    Replacements
16 H
Bismarck du Plessis
17 P
Gurthro Steenkamp
18 P
Coenie Oosthuizen
19 L
Flip van der Merwe
20 F
Siya Kolisi
21 SH
Fourie du Preez
22 FB
Patrick Lambie
23 C
Jan Serfontein
    Team
15 FB
Juan Martin Hernandez
14 W
Gonzalo Camacho
13 C
Marcelo Bosch
12 C
Felipe Contepomi (c)
11 W
Juan Imhoff
10 FH
Nicolas Sanchez
9 SH
Martin Landajo
1 P
Juan Figallo
2 H
Eusebio Guinazu
29
3 P
Matias Diaz
4 L
Manuel Carizza
5 L
Patricio Albacete
6 F
Pablo Matera
7 F
Juan Manuel Leguizamon
8 N8
Leonardo Senatore
50
    Replacements
16 H
Agustin Creevy
17 P
Nahuel Lobo
18 P
Juan Pablo Orlandi
19 L
Mariano Galarza
20 L
Julio Farias Cabello
21 SH
Tomas Cubelli
22
Santiago Fernandez
23 FB
Horacio Agulla

Match stats

South Africa   Argentina
9 (1 penalty try) Tries 1
8 from 9 Conversion goals 1 from 1
4 from 4 Penalty goals 2 from 2
92.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 21
142 Passes 64
108 Runs 58
686 Metres run with ball 268
Attacking
65% (54%/76%) Possession (1H/2H) 35% (46%/24%)
74% (57%/87%) Territory (1H/2H) 26% (43%/13%)
15 Clean breaks 5
32 Defenders beaten 7
8 Offloads 7
69 from 69 (100.0%) Rucks won 38 from 40 (95.0%)
12 from 12 (100.0%) Mauls won 0 from 1 (0.0%)
8 Turnovers conceded 8
Defensive
54/7 Tackles made/missed 96/32
89.0% Tackling success rate 75.0%
Set pieces
8 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 1 won, 4 lost (20.0%)
15 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 3 lost (75.0%)
Discipline
4 (0) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 11 (2)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB le Roux 0/1 0 8/8/12 117 0 2 2 0 0/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Basson 0/0 0 0/1/7 20 0 1 0 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Engelbrecht 1/0 5 0/0/7 97 2 3 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 1/0 5 0/5/9 81 2 3 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 1/0 5 1/3/6 58 3 2 0 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Steyn 0/1 28 8/28/3 16 0 1 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Pienaar 0/0 0 8/39/5 27 0 2 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Strauss 1/0 5 0/4/9 17 0 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 1 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 0/1/5 33 1 4 0 1 7/0 3/1 0 0/0
L Kruger 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 8/1 0 0/0
F Louw 0/0 0 0/7/2 8 1 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Alberts 1/0 5 0/1/5 10 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Vermeulen 1/0 5 0/6/10 70 1 2 1 0 6/0 1/0 1 0/0
(H) BW du Plessis 1/0 5 0/3/5 18 0 1 2 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Oosthuizen 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Kolisi 0/0 0 0/1/4 33 1 2 1 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) du Preez 1/1 5 1/29/3 1 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Lambie 0/0 0 0/3/2 40 2 2 0 0 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(C) Serfontein 0/0 0 0/1/2 32 2 3 0 1 0/1 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

Arg stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hernandez 0/0 0 3/0/2 16 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Camacho 0/0 0 0/3/6 20 0 3 2 0 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Bosch 0/0 0 1/5/3 10 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Contepomi 1/0 13 1/2/1 6 1 0 0 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Imhoff 0/0 0 0/2/5 27 1 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sanchez 0/0 0 6/9/3 37 0 0 0 1 10/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Landajo 0/0 0 5/21/3 0 0 0 1 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Figallo 0/0 0 0/2/4 5 0 0 1 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
H Guinazu 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 1 0 1/1 0/0 1 1/0
P Diaz 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Carizza 0/0 0 0/3/1 0 0 0 0 0 7/1 2/0 0 0/0
L Albacete 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Matera 0/0 0 0/2/5 18 1 1 1 0 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Leguizamon 0/0 0 0/3/6 20 0 1 0 1 12/3 2/0 1 0/0
N8 Senatore 0/0 0 1/1/4 25 0 0 0 1 0/1 0/0 3 1/0
(H) Creevy 0/0 0 0/1/2 27 1 0 0 0 4/3 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Lobo 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 1 0 0 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Orlandi 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Galarza 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/2 1/0 0 0/0
(L) Farias Cabello 0/0 0 0/1/3 10 0 0 0 1 1/3 2/0 0 0/0
(SH) Cubelli 0/1 0 1/7/1 9 1 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Agulla 0/0 0 3/1/4 30 0 0 0 2 4/1 1/0 1 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

Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Argentina
0 start of first half start of first half
5 Steyn - penalty goal 3 - 0
9 Steyn - penalty goal 6 - 0
13 Albacete - sub off
Farias Cabello - sub on
16 6 - 3 Contepomi - penalty goal
18 Steyn - penalty goal 9 - 3
22 9 - 6 Contepomi - penalty goal
29 penalty try 14 - 6 Guinazu - yellow card
30 Steyn - conversion 16 - 6 Hernandez - sub off
Agulla - sub on
32 Engelbrecht - try 21 - 6
33 Steyn - conversion 23 - 6
34 Creevy - sub on
Imhoff - sub off
37 Steyn - penalty goal 26 - 6
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Lobo - sub on
Diaz - sub off
Imhoff - sub on
Creevy - sub off
45 Strauss - try 31 - 6
47 Steyn - conversion 33 - 6
50 Senatore - yellow card
52 Alberts - try 38 - 6
54 du Preez - sub on
Pienaar - sub off
Oosthuizen - sub on
JN du Plessis - sub off
Strauss - sub off
BW du Plessis - sub on		 Creevy - sub on
Guinazu - sub off
55 de Villiers - try
Steyn - conversion		 45 - 6
57 van der Merwe - sub on
Kruger - sub off
Steenkamp - sub on
Mtawarira - sub off
58 Lambie - sub on
le Roux - sub off		 Landajo - sub off
Cubelli - sub on
59 Carizza - sub off
Galarza - sub on
60 Orlandi - sub on
Figallo - sub off
62 du Preez - try 50 - 6
63 Steyn - conversion 52 - 6
64 Kolisi - sub on
Alberts - sub off
65 Habana - try 57 - 6
67 Steyn - conversion
de Villiers - sub off
Serfontein - sub on		 59 - 6
69 Vermeulen - try 64 - 6
70 Steyn - conversion 66 - 6
75 BW du Plessis - try 71 - 6
76 Steyn - conversion 73 - 6
79 73 - 11 Contepomi - try
80 end of second half
end of half		 73 - 13 Contepomi - conversion
end of second half
end of half
0
80 73 - 13 Contepomi - conversion

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 60 points
Rugby Championship points South Africa 5 (1 try bonus), Argentina 0
 
Ground name National Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance 52867
 
Referee CJ Pollock (New Zealand)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
Argentina Test debuts none