South Africa eye winning start against Argentina



2018 Rugby Championship


South Africa v Argentina 


Match Day 1
Jonsson Kings Park Stadium 
Durban, South Africa
Saturday, 18 August 2018
Kick-off is at 17h05 CAT
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
 
South Africa will take on Argentina in their first match of the 2018 Rugby Championship at the Jonsson Kings Park Stadium in Durban on Saturday.
 
South Africa eye winning start against Argentina

The Springboks lost 25-10 to England in their previous match which was an international friendly encounter in Cape Town two months ago.
 
The defeat ended South Africa's two-match winning having beaten England in two successive international friendly matches. 
 
South Africa concluded their 2017 Rugby Championship season with a 25-24 defeat to New Zealand in Cape Town last October.
 
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Meanwhile, Argentina suffered a 44-15 defeat to Scotland in their previous match which was an international friendly game in Resistencia two months ago.
 
This was the Pumas' third consecutive defeat in international friendly games having lost to Wales twice, before facing Scotland. 
 
Argentina concluded their 2017 Rugby Championship campaign with a 37-20 defeat to Australia in Mendoza last October. 
 
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Form Guide 
South Africa - L,L,W,W,L
Argentina - W,W,L,L,L
 
Head-to-Head ((In all competitions)
Matches - 26 
South Africa - 23 
Argentina - 2
Draws - 1
 
Teams
 
South Africa: 15-Willie le Roux, 14-Makazole Mapimpi, 13-Lukhanyo Am, 12-Andre Esterhuizen, 11-Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10-Handre Pollard, 9-Faf de Klerk, 8-Warren Whiteley, 7-Siya Kolisi (captain), 6-Francois Louw, 5-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 3-Frans Malherbe, 2-Malcolm Marx, 1-Tendai Mtawarira.
 
Argentina: 15-Emiliano Boffelli, 14-Bautista Delguy, 13-Matias Moroni, 12-Bautista Ezcurra, 10-Nicolas Sanchez, 9-Gonzalo Bertranou, 8-Javier Ortega Desi, 7-Marcos Kremer, 6-Pablo Matera, 5-Matias Alemanno, 4-Guido Petti, 3-Juan Figallo, 2-Agustin Creevy (captain), 1-Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.
 
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Published: 08/16/2018