South Africa enjoyed a comfortable win over Argentina in the opening round of The Rugby Championship buit since Argentina’s win in Durban in 2015, the teams have met five times and on paper there is little to suggest why the Pumas have only managed to pick up one win from those games.
Experienced scrumhalf Francois Hougaard will make his 44th Test appearance for the Springboks when South Africa face Argentina in the high altitude of Salta in Round 2.
Uzair Cassiem will start at No 8 for the Springboks in the opening match of The Rugby Championship at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
Argentina head coach Daniel Hourcade has named his side for the opening Rugby Championship game, against South Africa at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
World Rugby today announced the match official appointments for the 2017 Rugby Championship with 18 officials and five TMOs taking charge of the 12 matches and the standalone Bledisloe Cup match in October.
South Africa secured a 3-0 series whitewash of France with a 35-12 victory at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.Tries from Jesse Kriel, Eben Etzebeth, Malcolm Marx and Rudy Paige proved too much for France.
New Zealand and South Africa have been placed in Pool B together, while Australia is in Pool D with Wales. Argentina find themselves in Pool C with England and France.
The pool draw for Rugby World Cup 2019 will take place on Wednesday 10 May in the historic Japanese city of Kyoto at the iconic Kyoto State Guest House. Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa await which Pool they will be drawn into for the tournament.
The new look Springbok team started out frenetically and showed glimpses of promise late in the game but they weren’t consistent enough to prevent the Welsh from inflicting a 27-13 defeat in Cardiff.
Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Jamba Ulengo and Uzair Cassiem will make their Springbok debuts against Wales in Cardiff while a fourth uncapped player, Jean-Luc du Preez, has been included on the bench for the final match of the November Tour.
Record try-scorer Bryan Habana is back at left wing for the Springboks when they face Italy in Florence on Saturday, while Nizaam Carr will get his first start for South Africa against the same opponents he made his Test debut against two years ago.
New Zealand's Beauden Barrett has been named Men's Player of the Year, head coach Steve Hansen Coach of the Year and the All Blacks Team of the Year at the 2016 World Rugby Awards in London.
