ARG
No.Name
7Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, FL
2Agustin Creevy, H
8Juan Manuel Leguizamon, -
4Benjamin Macome, L
9Martin Landajo, SH
3Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, P
5Tomas Lavanini, L
6Tomas Lezana, FL
1Lucas Noguera, P
15Joaquin Tuculet, FB
14Santiago Cordero, W
13Matias Moroni Pavlovsky, C
12Juan Pablo Socino, C
11Juan Imhoff, W
10Nicolas Sanchez, FH
4
Replacements
16Julian Montoya, -
17Santiago Garcia Botta, -
18Juan Pablo Orlandi, -
19Matias Alemanno, -
20Pablo Matera, -
21Tomas Cubelli, -
22Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, -
23Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, -

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Jose Amalfitani (Velez Sarsfield)
9:40 PM, August 14, 2015
Attendance: 49,540

Match Commentary

84'12-26 End of half
84'12-26 End of half
82'Argentina fail to clear, and South Africa back on the attack before glen Jackson calls time when Lwazi Mvovo sills the ball.
81'South Africa win a tighthead and go on the attack going left and right with Lwazi Mvovo breaking on the left wing before the Boks go off their feet at the ensuing ruck.
81'+312-26 End of second half
80'Glen Jackson does not agre with the hooter, saying we have two minutes still to play.
78'Strong scrum from South Africa until Schalk Burger spills the ball at the base.
76'South Africa build phases inside the 5m, from the scrum, with their replacements looking dangerous. They go for anothe scrum after Cobues Rienach taken early.
76'Player substituted - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
76'Substitute on - Cobus Reinach , South Africa
75'Strong scrum from South Africa, and they win a free-kick when Argentins penalised for "playing the ball in the tunnel".
75'Player substituted - Zane Kirchner , South Africa
75'Substitute on - Handre Pollard , South Africa
75'Player substituted - Matias Moroni Pavlovsky , Argentina
75'Substitute on - Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias , Argentina
74'Pieter-Steph du Toit has made a big impact as a flanker since replacing Willem Alberts.
74'Substitute on - Santiago Garcia Botta , Argentina
74'Player substituted - Lucas Noguera , Argentina
71'South Africa denied ball during the 10 minutes Lavanini has been off the pitch. Argentina have done well, and Santiago chips and chases from inside his own half only for Pat Lambie to come from nowhere to touch down and save the day.
68'South Africa penalised again for engaging early, and Argentina now in visitors' 22. The win the lineout and build phases but again look unable to break the line before Eben Etzebeth wins a penalty.
67'Argentina break from deep after winning a turnover, their broken-field running good, and they win a scrum on halfway.
65'South Africa win an uncontested lineout but ignore the maul option, instead playing wider. Peter-Steph du Toit and Eben Etzebeth run hard a straight but the Pumas hold the latter up in a maul to win a scrum. They then win a clearing free-kick as South Africa push early.
64'South Africa win a penalty at the scrum, and Lambie this time finds touch inside the 22.
64'Player substituted - Damian de Allende , South Africa
64'Substitute on - Jan Serfontein , South Africa
64'Player substituted - Willem Alberts , South Africa
64'Substitute on - Pieter-Steph du Toit , South Africa
63'Yellow card - Tomas Lavanini , Argentina
62'Tomas Lavanini for no-arms at a ruck, but Pat Lambie bombs the opportunity to build pressure by kicking the penalty dead as he goes for too much distance.
61'Argentina try to run the ball, but passing and movement is incredibly laboured, and Santiago Cordero thwn spills the ball on the wing under no pressure after a cutout ball.
59'South Africa win a scrum penalty and Pat Lambie puts them deep inside Argentina 22. Boks win the lineout and put the ball though phases but they lose the ball at the base of the ruck and Argentina pounce and clear with a breakout.
59'Substitute on - Tomas Cubelli , Argentina
59'Player substituted - Martin Landajo , Argentina
59'Player substituted - Joaquin Tuculet , Argentina
59'Substitute on - Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino , Argentina
57'Argentina build pressure through phases until Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe's tip pass goes forward, and South Africa will be happy with their defence that looks impregnable today.
56'Substitute on - Flip van der Merwe , South Africa
56'Player substituted - Victor Matfield , South Africa
56'12-26 Penalty goal - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
53'Player substituted - Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro , Argentina
53'Substitute on - Juan Pablo Orlandi , Argentina
52'Argentina again try to play the ball wide deep inside their 22, but South Africa's defence is fast out the blocks and they go backwards before Nico Sanchez tries a chip over the line. South Africa recycle and attack before Glen Jackson finds an Argentina penalty.
52'12-23 Penalty goal - Nicolas Sanchez , Argentina
52'Player substituted - Juan Manuel Leguizamon , Argentina
52'Substitute on - Pablo Matera , Argentina
52'Player substituted - Benjamin Macome , Argentina
52'Substitute on - Matias Alemanno , Argentina
51'South Africa concede yet another penalty at the breakdown, and the Pumas now seem to have redressed the balance of power there. Or perhaps Glen Jackson is just seeing things differently to earlier.
49'Player substituted - Marcel van der Merwe , South Africa
49'Substitute on - Frans Malherbe , South Africa
48'South Africa now have an all-new front-row on the paddock, and we're interested to see the effect. The Boks' bench has not been strong this year.
48'Player substituted - Trevor Nyakane , South Africa
48'Substitute on - Tendai Mtawarira , South Africa
46'Argentina deep in South Africa territory through 12 phases, with Juan Manuel Leguizamon involved heavily, but they fail to do more than bend the line millimetres at a time until Glen Jackson awards them a penalty and they then spill the ball from the ensuing lineout move.
44'Boks go short side and Pat Lambie puts Bryan Habana into space with a cutout passes. The winger feeds Damien de Allende but the centre spills the ball in contact.
42'South Africa steal Argentina's lineout and Pat Lambie drops a supreme goal. Lambie making a real statement to be included over Handre Pollard as the starting fly-half at the Rugby World Cup. Executing everything brilliantly and directing the Boks around the paddock.
42'9-23 Drop goal - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
41'Substitute on - Julian Montoya , Argentina
41'Player substituted - Agustin Creevy , Argentina
41'Player substituted - Adriaan Strauss , South Africa
41'Substitute on - Schalk Brits , South Africa
41'9-20 End of first half
40'We're under way again through Nico Sanchez, but South Africa are soon deep in opposition territory after Bryan Habana snipes through the middle, stepping this way and that, until he loses his footing.
40'Argentina put the ball into touch from the ensuing penalty, and that's half-time.
40'9-20 Start of second half
39'9-20 Penalty goal - Nicolas Sanchez , Argentina
38'Eben Etzebeth now penalised for not rolling away at the breakdown on halfway, and Nico Sanchez strikes a wonderful goal. Deep restart and Bryan Habana flies to regather deep in Pumas territory, but the chance is lost when Argentina effect a steal and then win a penalty after an offence that sparks a mini melee. Handbags really, and Victor Matfield told to speak to Eben Etzebeth for his off-the-ball action.
35'South Africa dominating both territory and possession - 76% an 67% respectively - and Pumas probably doing well to be within 14 points still, particularly given the penalties they're conceding at the breakdown.
34'Argentina try to run the ball from deep in 22 after the kick-off, after Nico Sanchez is closed down and prevented from clearing after slow ball, but their backs are neither big enough or fast enough to break the line; they roost deep into South African territory as soon as Sanchez gets a little more time.
34'6-20 Penalty goal - Nicolas Sanchez , Argentina
32'Pumas awarded penaly after Adriaan Strauss slows their breakdown delivery but they'll be worried by their ability to bend the line in close, with forwards and backs alike set backward in the initial contact.
32'3-20 Conversion - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
30'3-18 Try - Lwazi Mvovo , South Africa
29'Lwazi Mvovo scores a quite brilliant try, finishing with strong running around and through poor Pumas defence after brilliant handling in the backline, most notably by Schalk Burger's who's tip pass put the winger into space initially.
28'South Africa beginning to assert with Pumas undoing their own efforts by conceding penalty after penalty, often as not for failing to release of not rolling away at the breakdown. Pumas need to address this quickly by thinking on their feet.
28'3-13 Conversion - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
27'3-11 Try - Bryan Habana , South Africa
26'Intense pressure from South Africa and the dam breaks at last when the Boks go wide with a long pass to Bryan Habana, who is one of three Boks unmarked and he just falls over the line.
23'Argentina penalised at the ensuing scrum and South Africa kick for the corner. South Africa rumble from the linout before Pumas penalised for not rolling away so we go again. Heinrich Brussow held up over the line from another lineout drive but Pumas penalised again.
21'South Africa attack from midfield with great hands from Lwazi Mvovo and Schalk Burger and a great pick-up from Ruan Pienaar but the No.9 spills the ball forward under pressure of a covering tackle with the tryline begging.
20'Argentina rumble forward from the lineout but South Africa can clear deep after another steal from Heinrich Brussow.
19'Nice variation there from the Boks in their own territory with Pat Lambie chipping a crossfield kick-pass but it's too big for Jesse Kriel and we have a Argentina lineout.
18'3-6 Penalty goal - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
17'Another good kick from Pat Lambie to put the Boks back in front.
15'Argentina now penalised for not rolling away at a ruck. Breakdown is a brutal and hard-fought battle right now, with both teams committing bodies, although Glen Jackson is perhaps a bit quick on the whistle perhaps in reaction to South African criticism of the Pumas last week.
15'3-3 Penalty goal - Nicolas Sanchez , Argentina
14'Marcel van der Merwe penalised for binding on the arn after the scrum finally is set, and Nico Sanchez chips an easy penalty goal to equalise the score.
8'The game is yet to establish a rhythm or a tempo with Glen Jackson's whistle dominating proceedings right now. The scrum in particular is a mess, with multiple resets.
7'South Africa clear lines after Lucas Noguera Paz penalised for bringing down set-piece.
7'0-3 Penalty goal - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
6'Pat Lambie puts to ball over the black dot from 40m. Lovely kick. Argentina straight on the attack from the kick-off after South Africa knock on, and first scrum of the game after Pumas also knock on.
5'Augustin Creevy penalised for not releasing under pressure at the breakdown from Heinrich Brussow.
2'Juan Imhoff goes close to repeating heroics from last week, dancing through defence before he is forced into touch by Eben Etzebeth after running half length of the field from a turnover effected when Zane Kirchner spilled the ball in contact. Big warding to the Boks that Pumas' win last week was no fluke.
1'We're underway through Pat Lambie and the Springboks go hard in to the opening breakdown. but Argentina equally strong in defence and ver solid at opening lineout.
1'Hello and welcome to our Live coverage of the Argentina-South Africa Test from Estadio Jose Amalfitani in Buenos Aires, where the Springboks will be looking to right last week's horror show against the Pumas. Funny old game, as the Boks probably should have beaten both Australia and New Zealand while Argentina had been poor in their two games before they destroyed South Africa. Key selection here are surely those of Pat Lambie for the benched Handre Pollard at No.10 for South Africa and Argentina fly-half Nicolas Sanchez. Juan Martin Hernandez, last week's Man of the Match, had originally been shifted to second five-eighth, ut he now misses with a bout of gasrto. Marcos Ayerza also is a late withdrawal Read our preview here.
1'0-0 Start of first half