Overview
- Kickoff is Saturday at 12:10 (Argentina time) at Kings Park in Durban, with live coverage on ESPN and Disney+ Premium.
- Felipe Contepomi confirmed a starting pack of Mayco Vivas, Julián Montoya and Joel Sclavi, with Franco Molina and Lucas Paulos at lock and Pablo Matera in the back row.
- Rassie Erasmus named a Springboks XV captained by Siya Kolisi, featuring Malcolm Marx, Eben Etzebeth, Damian de Allende, Cheslin Kolbe and Damian Willemse.
- The table remains compressed with Australia on 11 points, South Africa and New Zealand on 10, and Argentina on 9, with bonus points likely to decide the title.
- Kings Park holds about 52,000 fans, Argentina have only one away Rugby Championship win over South Africa (2015), and the return fixture follows next week at Twickenham.