| South Africa |
| 46 |
| Argentina |
| 15 |
| 9 November 1996 | ||||||
| Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires | ||||||
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| Captain: Gary Teichmann | Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland) | |||||
| Coach: André Markgraaff | Attendance: 16000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Dawie Theron | Griquas | 30 | 3 | |
| Hooker | James Dalton | Lions | 24 | 8 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Adrian Garvey | Sharks | 28 | 0 | |
| Lock | Kobus Wiese | Lions | 32 | 13 | |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 24 | 24 | 1 try |
| Flank | Ruben Kruger | Blue Bulls | 26 | 21 | |
| Flank | André Venter | Cheetahs | 25 | 3 | 1 try |
| Eighthman (C) | Gary Teichmann | Sharks | 29 | 9 | |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 25 | 23 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Henry Honiball | Sharks | 30 | 6 | 3 conversions, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Jacques Olivier | Blue Bulls | 27 | 12 | |
| Inside Centre | Hennie le Roux | Lions | 29 | 22 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | Japie Mulder | Lions | 27 | 18 | |
| Right Wing | James Small | Sharks | 27 | 31 | 1 try |
| Full Back | André Joubert | Sharks | 32 | 25 | 1 try, 1 conversion |
| Reserve | Toks van der Linde | WP | 26 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Fritz van Heerden | WP | 26 | 6 |
| Penalty Tries: 1 |
| Argentina: 2 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty |