ArgentinaSouth AfricaLos Pumas (9) 12 / 26 (20) Springboks (Final Score)

The Argentinian Pumas and South African Springboks did battle in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match at

Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires at 21:40 SA Time (16:40 ARG Time, 19:40 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Los Pumas:

  • Penalties – Nicolas Sanchez (4)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – 0
  • Conversions – 0

Springboks:

  • Penalties – Pat Lambie (3)
  • Drop Goals – Pat Lambie (1)
  • Tries – Bryan Habana (1), Lwazi Mvovo (1)
  • Conversions – Pat Lambie (2)

Teams:

Argentinian Pumas
South African Springboks
15 August at 21:40 SA Time
  • Team: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Martin Landajo, 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 7 Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe, 6 Tomas Lezana, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Benjamín Macome, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustín Creevy (Captain), 1 Lucas Noguera
  • Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 ??, 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 19 Matías Alemanno, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 ??, 23 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino
  • Team: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Lwazi Mvovo, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damien de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Schalk Burger, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield (Captain), 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Trevor Nyakane
  • Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Handré Pollard, 23 Jan Serfontein

Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)

601 Responses to Rugby World Cup warm-up’s: Argentina vs South Africa – Live Game Article

  • 301

    Bokke scrum Free Kick… playing the ball in the tunnell

    Was a nice strong Bokke scrum!

    They opt to scrum again!

  • 302

    Another scrum. Corner line out better option I thought

  • 303

    Bokke penalty, smack bang in front, 5m out!

  • 304

    The Boks really need to be taking their opportunities. They are being wasted

  • 305

    They opt to scrum again… good stuff!

  • 306

    Little Bokke knock, after a strong Bokke scrum

  • 307

  • 308

    Pienaar on fullback knocking on

  • 309

    Glen Jackson advises there is 2 minutes to go… even though the hooter has already gone.

  • 310

    Argies laasweek se wen dubbel en dwars verdien, maar mens kan net wonder wat sou gebeur het met ‘n ander ref en ‘n paar ander spankeuses ?

  • 311

    Reset scrum…

    Must say, the Bokke scrums have been much better… maybe reffed much better too!

  • 312

    Tighthead by the Bokke!!

  • 313

    Pumas penalty, 5m from their on line, quick tap and go

  • 315

    Alberts ook baie goed gedoen veral na hy so lank af was

  • 316

    Well done Boks, a better performance, aided by an absolutely kuk performance by the Argies. A lot of work to go, but I stand by my thoughts. Matfield should be no where near this team, shouldn’t even be a thought in the Coaches mind, not even in a coaching role. There, I have just opened myself up to ridicule by the kenners, but so be it.

  • 317

    Final Score: South African Springboks (20) 26 / 12 (9) Argentinian Pumas

  • 318

    a much improved performance by the Boks. A few stand-outs. Front row were good. Lineouts were good. Lambie ran the game. Mvovo looked sharp. An allround much better performance.

  • 319

    one criticism. Boks still can’t finish. Too many turnovers given away when the tryline is within fingertip reach. Lost count how many times this happened today. Can’t afford this in a close game.

  • 320

    Well, thank heavens for that!! 🙂

  • 321

    Little less smash up when we carry and more moving of the ball could be something to work on for the boks.

    In the end a good result. Good line speed and agression at the breakdowns on defense. Played in the right areas. Scrum was better line out good consistent pressure on their throw in. Still lacking ball control when on attack; It cost us at least two tries. Still slipping into defensive mindset when in front although it was better than against the Aussies.

    At last a win after four defeats in a row.

  • 322

    316: jy is meer as welkom om jou mening te he of Matfield een van ons beste slotte is of nie vir die WB. Maar dit is nie die punt nie, die punt is dat Matfield na ‘n paar weke se beserings ‘n goeie game gehad het. Gaan kyk gerus weer na die game, al die tackles wat hy ook ingesit het, saam met sy goeie lynstaanwerk, het ook goed skoongemaak en ‘n paar keer goed gepass.

    Haal maar daardie vet duk WP brille af en gee erkenning waar dit erkenning verdien, rerig, dit is nie so moeilik nie !

    😆

  • 323

    OK, my Bok summary:

    Loosehead: Both Trevor & Beast did bloody well, no problems there
    Hooker: Adriaan Strauss was strong in the scrums and found his jumpers, Schalk Brits added impetus with ball in hand
    Tighthead: Marcell van der Merwe scrummed well enough, so too Frans Malherbe… no serious problems there today. Both better than Koch.
    Locks: Eben worked hard, must just bloody curb his hot-headedness. Victor was solid, put in the tackles, was a general in the lineouts and captained well. Flip was solid without being spectacular
    Loosies: Storng work and in your face defence by Brüssow, Willem Alberts (added some grunt) and Schalla was solid on No 8. Pieter-Steph fitted in well at replacement blindsider.
    Scrumhalf: We’re still missing something here, big time!!
    Flyhalf: Lambie played very well, kicked well to posts, no problem. So, who is our No 1 choice flyhalf??
    Centres: Damian de Allende was strangely misfiring, I thought, but he’s a must at No 12 for the World Cup. Jesse Kriel was solid. Jan Serfontein was not bad, maybe a bit game rusty. Jean de Villiers can be dropped as far as I am concerned.
    Wings: Bryan Habana worked very hard, he had a great game. Lwazi Mvovo is our answer for right wing… forget Cornal Hendricks & JP Pietersen!!
    Fullback: Zane was solid on defence… his defence is better than that of Willie le Roux, but he lacks Willie’s attacking X-factor.

  • 324

    319 @ Tassies:
    Pretty much a sweeping statement of south african rugby for the last two years.

  • 325

    @ Just For Kicks:
    Your mind appears to have been made up 😆

  • 326

    DSTV studio guests – Mallett, Naas, & Ashwin Willemse – say Matfield had a very good game…

  • 327

    Kirschner was study enough but we missed Willie le Roux’s play making. Willie doesnot smash up and that was part of the reason we couldn’t finish; smash up when we need to send the ball to someone in space. We scored our two tries that way.

  • 328

    Hopelik het HM nou ‘n paar harde lesse geleer die afgelope 2 naweke, en dit vir die Bokke goed uitwerk vir die WB.

  • 329

    OK, so this game was not a magical quick fix, we’d be kidding ourselves if we thought so.

    Due to all the changes, it was expected that we would not finish as well as a well-oiled machine, but these Bokke did us proud.

    Biggest PLUS was defence.. it was IN the Pumas faces!

  • 330

    Lots, lots of hard work remain before the Rugby World Cup!

    Now I am looking forward who the final Springbok squad will be!

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