Match South Africa Vs Argentina
 South Africa |
Vs |  Argentina |
Full Time Score: South Africa 37-13 Argentina
Kick-Off for South Africa Springboks Vs Argentina Rugby World Cup 2007 Semi-Finals: 21:00 on 14th October.
Match Summary:
A great performance by South Africa, who came out on top form, with Fourie Du Preez scoring within the first 6 minutes, Percy was on top shape and missed no kicks the entire game.
With all the talk this week around Felipe Contepomi being the Maradonna of Argentine Rugby, he still missed a penalty in the 18th minute for Argentina.
In the 32nd minute Bryan Habana scored a great try for South Africa, with another from fellow teammate and man of the match Danie Rossouw in the 39th minute, taking the half time score to 24-6 in South Africa’s favour.
In the second half, Argentina came out much stronger, and managed to score an early try to close the gap on the scoreboard. After 20 minutes of intense game play , just like in the previous Semi-Final, there was no score -until a penalty kick by Percy Montgomery in the 70th minute.
Bryan Habana went on to score his 8th try of the Rugby World Cup 2007 Finals, equalling the record 8 tries Jona Lomu scored in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
By the 77th minute, with a conversion by Montgomery the game was completely over for Argentina, who will be extremely disappointed with their performance, but the Springboks were a much better team on the day.
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Live Score Result: South Africa 37-13 Argentina Semi Final
Minute-By-Minute Commentary (Full Time) - Update (Hit F5)
1 Min - Kick-off! There is a full capacity 80, 000 crowd at the Stade de France tonight.
6 Min - Brilliant Try by Fourie Du Preez (RSA).
7 Min - Percy Montgomery (RSA) Converts the Try.
8 Min - Felipe Contepomi (ARG) Misses Drop-Goal Attempt.
13 Min - Penalty to (ARG) given by John Smit (RSA).
14 Min - Felipe Contepomi (ARG) Scores a Penalty Kick.
16 Min - Percy Montgomery (RSA) Scores a Penalty Kick.
18 Min - Felipe Contepomi (ARG) Misses a Penalty Kick.
29 Min - Pichot (ARG) Scores a Penalty Kick.
31 Min - Bryan Habana (RSA) Scores a Try.
32 Min - Percy Montgomery (RSA) Converts The Try.
39 Min - Danie Rossouw (RSA) Scores a Try.
40 Min - Percy Montgomery (RSA) Converts The Try.
Half Time Whistle!
41 Min - Butch James Kicks-off the second half!
44 Min - Manuel Contepomi (ARG) Scores a Try - Went to the Video Referee.
45 Min - Felipe Contepomi (ARG) Converts The Try.
64 Min - Bryan Habana (RSA) Try Denied for a Forward Pass.
69 Min - 10 Minutes Remain! Pichot (ARG) concedes unnecessary penalty.
70 Min - Percy Montgomery (RSA) Scores a Penalty Kick.
75 Min - Percy Montgomery (RSA) Scores a Penalty Kick.
76 Min - Bryan Habana (RSA) Scores a Try. Equaling Jona Lomu’s Record.
77 Min - Percy Montgomery (RSA) Converts The Try.
Full Time! It’s England Vs South Africa in the Rugby World Cup Final!
Previous Encounters: 11 total games played, South Africa won 11 games, Argentina won 0 games.
Stadium : Stade de France, Paris
Starting lineups for South Africa Vs Argentina:
South Africa Springboks
Os du Randt, John Smit (captain), CJ van der Linde, Bakkies Botha, Victor Matfield, Schalk Burger, Juan Smith, Danie Rossouw, Fourie du Preez, Butch James, Bryan Habana, Francois Steyn, Jaque Fourie, JP Pietersen, Percy Montgomery.
Substitutes:
Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Johannes Muller, Bobby Skinstad, Ruan Pienaar, Andre Pretorius, Wynand Olivier.
Argentina Los Pumas
Rodrigo Roncero, Mario Ledesma Arocena, Martin Scelzo, Carlos Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, Patricio Albacete, Lucas Ostiglia, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Gonzalo Longo Elia, Agustin Pichot (captain), Juan Martin Hernandez, Horacio Agulla, Felipe Contepomi, Manuel Contepomi, Lucas Borges, Ignacio Corleto
Substitutes:
Alberto Vernet Basualdo, Omar Hasan Jalil, Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, Federico Todeschini, Gonzalo Tiesi
