| South Africa |
| 34 |
| Argentina |
| 21 |
| 18 August 2018 | ||||||
| Kingspark, Durban | ||||||
| The Rugby Championship Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Siya Kolisi | Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Rassie Erasmus | Attendance: 26800 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 33 | 101 | |
| Hooker | Malcolm Marx | Lions | 24 | 14 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Frans Malherbe | WP | 27 | 19 | |
| Lock | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 26 | 67 | |
| Lock | Pieter-Steph du Toit | WP | 25 | 36 | |
| Flank | Francois Louw | Bath | 33 | 57 | |
| Flank (C) | Siya Kolisi | WP | 27 | 31 | |
| Eighthman | Warren Whiteley | Lions | 30 | 17 | |
| Scrumhalf | Faf de Klerk | Sale | 26 | 14 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Handré Pollard | Blue Bulls | 24 | 29 | 2 conversions |
| Left Wing | Aphiwe Dyantyi | Lions | 23 | 3 | 2 tries |
| Inside Centre | André Esterhuizen | Sharks | 24 | 2 | |
| Outside Centre | Lukhanyo Am | Sharks | 24 | 3 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Makazole Mapimpi | Sharks | 28 | 1 | 2 tries |
| Full Back | Willie le Roux | Wasps | 28 | 44 | |
| Reserve | Steven Kitshoff | WP | 26 | 27 | |
| Reserve | Thomas du Toit | Sharks | 23 | 4 | |
| Reserve | Marco van Staden | Blue Bulls | 22 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Damian Willemse | WP | 20 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Bongi Mbonambi | WP | 27 | 16 | |
| Reserve | Lionel Mapoe | Lions | 30 | 12 | |
| Reserve | Embrose Papier | Blue Bulls | 21 | 2 |
| Argentina: 3 tries, 3 conversions |
 Team for the Durban test: Back: Thomas du Toit, Warren Whiteley, Marvin Orie, André Esterhuizen, Malcolm Marx, Frans Malherbe, Lukhanyo Am Middle: Faf de Klerk, Bongi Mbonambi, Makazole Mapimpi, Aphiwe Dyantyi, Lionel Mapoe, Damian Willemse, Marco van Staden, Embrose Papier Front: Handré Pollard, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Francois Louw, Siya Kolisi (captain), Rassie Erasmus (coach) Tendai Mtawarira, Eben Etzebeth, Willie le Roux, Steven Kitshoff |