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Factbox: South Africa v Argentina Rugby Championship test

(Reuters) - Factbox on the Rugby Championship test between Argentina and South Africa in Salta on Saturday: When: Aug. 27, 16.40 pm local (1940 GMT) Where: Estadio Padre Martearena, Salta (Capacity: 20,500) Referee: Jerome Garces (France) Assistants: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) ARGENTINA World ranking: 9 Coach: Daniel Hourcade Captain: Agustin Creevy Team: 15-Joaquin Tuculet, 14-Santiago Cordero, 13-Matias Orlando, 12-Juan Martin Hernandez, 11-Manuel Montero, 10-Nicolas Sanchez, 9-Martin Landajo, 8-Facundo Isa, 7-Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6-Pablo Matera, 5-Tomas Lavanini, 4-Matias Alemanno, 3-Ramiro Herrera, 2-Agustin Creevy, 1-Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Replacements: 16-Julian Montoya, 17-Felipe Arregui, 18-Enrique Pieretto, 19-Guido Petti, 20-Javier Ortega Desio, 21-Tomas Cubelli, 22-Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23-Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino SOUTH AFRICA World ranking: 3 Coach: Allister Coetzee Captain: Adriaan Strauss Team: 15-Johan Goosen, 14-Ruan Combrink, 13-Lionel Mapoe, 12-Damian de Allende, 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Elton Jantjies, 9-Faf de Klerk; 8-Warren Whiteley, 7-Oupa Mahoje, 6-Francois Louw, 5-Lood de Jager, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 3-Vincent Koch, 2-Adriaan Strauss, 1-Tendai Mtawarira Replacements: 16-Bongi Mbonambi, 17-Steven Kitshoff, 18-Lourens Adriaanse, 19-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20-Jaco Kriel, 21-Rudy Paige, 22-Morne Steyn, 23-Jesse Kriel OVERALL RECORD Played: 23 South Africa wins: 21 Argentina wins: 1 Draws: 1 In Salta: Second meeting 2014 Argentina 31-33 South Africa LAST FIVE MEETINGS 2016 South Africa 30-23 Argentina, Nelspruit 2015 Argentina 14-24 South Africa * London 2015 Argentina 12-26 South Africa, Buenos Aires 2015 South Africa 25-37 Argentina, Durban 2014 Argentina 31-33 South Africa, Salta *Indicates Rugby World Cup match (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)