| South Africa |
| 13 |
| Argentina |
| 6 |
| 16 August 2014 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
| The Rugby Championship Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Jean de Villiers | Referee: John Lacey (Ireland) | |||||
| Coach: Heyneke Meyer | Attendance: 30453 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 29 | 55 | |
| Hooker | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 30 | 60 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Jannie du Plessis | Sharks | 31 | 54 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Toulon | 34 | 79 | |
| Lock | Lood de Jager | Cheetahs | 21 | 3 | |
| Flank | Francois Louw | Bath | 29 | 30 | |
| Flank | Marcell Coetzee | Sharks | 23 | 16 | |
| Eighthman | Duane Vermeulen | WP | 28 | 19 | |
| Scrumhalf | Ruan Pienaar | Ulster | 30 | 76 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Handré Pollard | Blue Bulls | 20 | 1 | 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Toulon | 31 | 97 | |
| Inside Centre (C) | Jean de Villiers | WP | 33 | 96 | |
| Outside Centre | Damian de Allende | WP | 22 | 0 | |
| Right Wing | Cornal Hendricks | Cheetahs | 26 | 3 | |
| Full Back | Willie le Roux | Cheetahs | 24 | 15 | |
| Reserve | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 22 | 23 | |
| Reserve | Morné Steyn | Francais | 30 | 56 | 1 penalty |
| Reserve | Adriaan Strauss | Cheetahs | 28 | 34 | |
| Reserve | Frans Malherbe | WP | 23 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Trevor Nyakane | Cheetahs | 25 | 4 |
| Argentina: 2 penalties |
 Team for the Pretoria Test: Back: Frans Malherbe, Francois Louw, Duane Vermeulen, Eben Etzebeth, Lodewyk de Jager, Willem Alberts, Jannie du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Ruan Pienaar Middle: Morné Steyn, Cornal Hendricks, Damian de Allende, Handré Pollard, Jan Serfontein, Marcell Coetzee, Tendai Mtawarira, Willie le Roux, Francois Hougaard, Trevor Nyakane Front: Ricardo Loubscher (asst coach), Bryan Habana, Johann van Graan (asst coach), Jean de Villiers (captain), Heyneke Meyer (coach), Bismarck du Plessis (vice capt), Ian Schwartz (team manager), Bakkies Botha, John McFarland (asst coach) |