| South Africa |
| 30 |
| Argentina |
| 23 |
| 20 August 2016 | ||||||
| Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit | ||||||
| The Rugby Championship Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Adriaan Strauss | Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Allister Coetzee | Attendance: 27357 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 31 | 78 | |
| Hooker (C) | Adriaan Strauss | Blue Bulls | 30 | 57 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Julian Redelinghuys | Lions | 26 | 5 | |
| Lock | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 24 | 47 | |
| Lock | Lood de Jager | Cheetahs | 23 | 20 | |
| Flank | Francois Louw | Bath | 31 | 46 | |
| Flank | Oupa Mohoje | Cheetahs | 26 | 8 | |
| Eighthman | Warren Whiteley | Lions | 28 | 6 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Faf de Klerk | Lions | 24 | 3 | |
| Flyhalf | Elton Jantjies | Lions | 26 | 5 | 3 conversions, 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Toulon | 33 | 117 | |
| Inside Centre | Damian de Allende | WP | 24 | 16 | |
| Outside Centre | Lionel Mapoe | Lions | 28 | 4 | |
| Right Wing | Ruan Combrinck | Lions | 26 | 2 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Johan Goosen | Racing | 24 | 6 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Vincent Koch | Saracens | 26 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Steven Kitshoff | Bordeaux | 24 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Pieter-Steph du Toit | WP | 24 | 11 | |
| Reserve | Jaco Kriel | Lions | 26 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Juan de Jongh | WP | 28 | 14 | |
| Reserve | Jesse Kriel | Blue Bulls | 22 | 12 |
| Argentina: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 3 penalties |
 Team for the Nelspruit test: Back: Lionel Mapoe, Jaco Kriel, Warren Whiteley, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Oupa Mohoje, Vincent Koch, Ruan Combrinck, Jesse Kriel Middle: Rudy Paige, Bongi Mbonambi, Elton Jantjies, Johan Goosen, Hein Mentz (MRU president), Juan de Jongh, Steven Kitshoff, Julian Redelinghuys, Faf de Klerk Front: Damian de Allende, Eben Etzebeth, Bryan Habana, Allister Coetzee (coach), Adriaan Strauss (captain), Ian Schwartz (manager), Tendai Mtawarira, Francois Louw, Lood de Jager |