Match Day Programme: South Africa vs. Argentina

The Springboks will be hoping the Wallabies can cause an upset in the first fixture of the day when they take on the All Blacks. An Australian win will grant the Springboks an opputunity to snatch the Rugby Championship trophy from New Zealand. Here is your day's match day programme.

Fixture: South Africa vs Australia

Venue: Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

Kickoff Time: 17:05 (Local), 16:05 (GMT)

Referee: Andrew Brace

Head-to-head Played:

Played: 34

South Africa Wins: 30

Argentina Wins: 3

Draws: 1

Points for:

South Africa: 1,193 

Argentina: 657

Biggest winning margin:

South Africa: 60 (17 Aug 2013)

Argentina:3 (25 Aug 2018)

Last Meeting: 24 September 2022 - South Africa 38-21 Argentina (Hollywoodbets Kings Park)

2023 Rugby Championship Results

South Africa

W 43-12 (h) v Australia

L 35-20 (h) v New Zealand

Argentina

L 12-41 (h) v New Zealand

W 32-34 (a) v Australia

Team News:

South Africa: Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made nine changes to the starting team that went down 35-20 against the All Blacks in Auckland two weeks ago, with the squad featuring a new halfback pairing of flyhalf Manie Libbok and scrumhalf Grant Williams. This will mark Williams’ first start for the team.

Argentina: Argentina coach Michael Cheika has changed five of the line-up that started in an upset win over Australia. Hooker Julian Montoya retains the captaincy, but his regular understudy and most-capped Puma, Agustin Creevy, will not make his 100th appearance as Ignacio Ruiz takes over the role.

● South Africa have won their last six straight men’s Tests against Argentina, conceding an average of just 16 points per game
across that term; the Springboks’ last defeat to Los Pumas came in August 2018 in Mendoza.

● South Africa have won their last three men’s Tests in a row when playing at home on the day, scoring exactly 17 points in the
first halves of each of those three games; they’ve not lost at home to Argentina since August 2015, picking up nine straight
wins in such fixtures since then.

● Argentina have won two of their last four men’s Tests played away from home including a 34-31 win over Australia in their
last Test; the last time they won back-to-back games outside Argentina was in November 2020.

● South Africa have logged one win and one loss thus far in the 2023 edition of The Rugby Championship; only once before in
the history of the competition (incl. Tri Nations) have the Springboks won multiple games in a World Cup year (W2 L1 in 2019).