History of rugby union matches between Argentina and South Africa

Argentina and South Africa first met in 1993. Until 2012, these two teams did not tour each other regularly and encounters between them were rare in the professional era. This changed in 2012, when Argentina joined the SANZAR nations in the annual Rugby Championship tournament (formerly the Tri Nations). Argentina avoided defeat for the first time in the second match of the 2012 Rugby Championship with a draw on home ground, and won for the first time in the shortened Rugby Championship in 2015, in South Africa. They earned their first ever home victory over South Africa on 27 August during the 2016 Rugby Championship.

Summary

Overall

Details[1]	Played	Won by  Argentina	Won by  South Africa	Drawn	Argentina points	South Africa points
In Argentina	12	1	10	1	250	402
In South Africa	10	1	9	0	196	394
Neutral venue	2	0	2	0	26	61
Overall	24	2	21	1	472	857

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
24	27 August 2016	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	26 – 24	Argentina	2016 Rugby Championship
23	20 August 2016	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit	30 – 23	South Africa
22	30 October 2015	Olympic Stadium, London, England	24 – 13	South Africa	2015 Rugby World Cup Bronze final
21	15 August 2015	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	12 – 26	South Africa	2015 RWC Warm-up
20	8 August 2015	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	25 – 37	Argentina	2015 Rugby Championship
19	23 August 2014	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	31 – 33	South Africa	2014 Rugby Championship
18	16 August 2014	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	13 – 6	South Africa
17	24 August 2013	Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	17 – 22	South Africa	2013 Rugby Championship
16	17 August 2013	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg	73 – 13	South Africa
15	25 August 2012	Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	16 – 16	Draw	2012 Rugby Championship
14	18 August 2012	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	27 – 6	South Africa
13	9 August 2008	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	63 – 9	South Africa
12	14 October 2007	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	13 – 37	South Africa	2007 Rugby World Cup
11	5 November 2005	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires	23 – 34	South Africa	2005 end of year tests
10	4 December 2004	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires	7 – 39	South Africa	2004 end of year tests
9	28 June 2003	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	26 – 25	South Africa
8	29 June 2002	Pam Brink Stadium, Springs	49 – 29	South Africa
7	12 November 2000	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires	33 – 37	South Africa
6	16 November 1996	FC Oeste, Buenos Aires	21 – 44	South Africa
5	9 November 1996	FC Oeste, Buenos Aires	15 – 46	South Africa
4	15 October 1994	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	46 – 26	South Africa
3	8 October 1994	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	42 – 22	South Africa
2	13 November 1993	FC Oeste, Buenos Aires	23 – 52	South Africa
1	6 November 1993	FC Oeste, Buenos Aires	26 – 29	South Africa

References