[2024 TRC] South Africa vs Argentina 28/9/2024

[Jaguares]

Date: Saturday, 28 September
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Local kick-off: 17:00
GMT kick-off: 15:00
NZL kick-off: 3:00 (Sunday, 29 September)
AUS (AEST) kick-off: 1:05 (Sunday, 29 September)
RSA kick-off: 17:00
ARG kick-off: 12:00
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (NZ)
Assistant Referees: James Doleman (NZ), Craig Evans (Wal)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZ)

South Africa: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche

Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Handre Pollard , 23 Lukhanyo Am

Argentina: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Matais Moroni, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Juan Martín Gonzalez, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Julian Montoya, 1 Thomas Gallo

Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Ignacio Calles, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22 Lucio Cinti, 23 Juan Cruz Mallia

 

[Horacito]

my heart says pumas +5
my brain says SA +21

whatever happens, very proud of this team

 

[The Seeker]

I've got South Africa in this one.

 

[Derpus]

I hope to see more Saffa fans spitting their dummy. Lets go Argies.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Again I wouldn't be overly surprised one way or the other but less so than last week.

It's a difficult fixture to predict. I believe that if we play it conservatively it is ours to lose but Argentina can punish you if you aren't switched on at all times or if we get a card. Looking forward to another epic game!

 

[Gavin]

That first lineout for South Africa was mental.

Caught by the front pod then a no look over the head toss to the middle pod, whilst in the air.

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

There have been some very innovative lineouts over the last few months.

 

[Horacito]

being a pumas fan is always a rollercoster

 

[The Seeker]

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

I think this match was more of an outlier than last week tbh. We rarely convert our chances with that accuracy and no cards for us and three for Argentina is not what one would expect of late. In fact I believe Argentina went into this match with the fewest cards earned across the competition I think I remember hearing.

Was good watching for a Bok fan and happy for a title. It almost makes up for a sad Stormers showing.

Argentina might have ended 3rd on the log but have been the side responsible for the most excitement IMO.

 

[Umaga's Witness]

argentina cant reallycompete with south africa or nz unless there are few scrums or the ref isnt penalising theweaker scrum. scrum has been a weakness fosuch a long time now, used o be their strngth

 

[Derpus]

being a pumas fan is always a rollercoster

Swap ya.

 

[Horacito]

argentina cant reallycompete with south africa or nz unless there are few scrums or the ref isnt penalising theweaker scrum. scrum has been a weakness fosuch a long time now, used o be their strngth

When I was a boy, in the times of Pedro Sporleder, the notion of Argentina having a weak scrum was literally unthinkable
I mean, we had a time when Martin Castrogiovanni had to exile to italy cuz he couldn't replace omar hasan

it pains me, mf, to se how far we done fell
it is undeniably true that we need a better scrum ASAP

 

[ChicagoKid]

Los chicos argentinos tienen que dejar de comer tanta pasta, provoleta y dulce de leche y empezar a comer más carne. Los puntales son atléticos pero les falta potencia.