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Rugby-South Africa team to face Argentina

GUILDFORD, England, Oct 28 (Reuters) - South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer named the following team to play Argentina in their Rugby World Cup bronze medal match at the Olympic Stadium in London on Friday (2000 GMT): Team: 1-Tendai Mtawarira, 2-Bismarck du Plessis, 3-Frans Malherbe, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 5-Victor Matfield (captain), 6-Francois Louw, 7-Schalk Burger, 8-Duane Vermeulen, 9-Ruan Pienaar, 10-Handre Pollard, 11-Bryan Habana, 12-Damian De Allende, 13-Jesse Kriel, 14-JP Pietersen, 15-Willie le Roux. Replacements: 16-Adriaan Strauss, 17-Trevor Nyakane, 18-Jannie du Plessis, 19-Lood de Jager, 20-Willem Alberts, 21-Rudy Paige, 22-Pat Lambie, 23-Jan Serfontein (Compiled by Nick Said; editing by Ken Ferris)