| South Africa |
| 44 |
| Argentina |
| 21 |
| 16 November 1996 | ||||||
| Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires | ||||||
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| Captain: Gary Teichmann | Referee: Ed Murray (Scotland) | |||||
| Coach: André Markgraaff | Attendance: 20000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Dawie Theron | Griquas | 30 | 4 | |
| Hooker | James Dalton | Lions | 24 | 9 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Adrian Garvey | Sharks | 28 | 1 | |
| Lock | Kobus Wiese | Lions | 32 | 14 | |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 24 | 25 | |
| Flank | Ruben Kruger | Blue Bulls | 26 | 22 | 2 tries |
| Flank | André Venter | Cheetahs | 26 | 4 | 1 try |
| Eighthman (C) | Gary Teichmann | Sharks | 29 | 10 | |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 25 | 24 | |
| Flyhalf | Henry Honiball | Sharks | 30 | 7 | 4 conversions, 2 penalties |
| Left Wing | Jacques Olivier | Blue Bulls | 28 | 13 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Hennie le Roux | Lions | 29 | 23 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | Japie Mulder | Lions | 27 | 19 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | James Small | Sharks | 27 | 32 | |
| Full Back | André Joubert | Sharks | 32 | 26 | |
| Reserve | André Snyman | Blue Bulls | 22 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Fritz van Heerden | WP | 26 | 7 | |
| Reserve | Henry Tromp | Blue Bulls | 29 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Toks van der Linde | WP | 26 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Wayne Fyvie | Sharks | 24 | 2 |
| Argentina: 2 tries, 1 conversion, 3 penalties |