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Full time30 May 1981
Argentina
19–19
England
Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Tour 1981Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –CArgentina conversion · Hugo Porta2–0
  2. –PArgentina penalty · Hugo Porta5–0
  3. –TArgentina try · Marcelo Campo9–0
  4. –TArgentina try · Marcelo Campo13–0
  5. –DArgentina drop goal · Hugo Porta16–0
  6. –DArgentina drop goal · Ricardo Landajo19–0
  7. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare19–2
  8. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare19–4
  9. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare19–7
  10. –TEngland try · Clive Woodward19–11
  11. –TEngland try · Clive Woodward19–15
  12. –TEngland try · Huw Davies19–19

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Fernando MorelProp
  2. 2Javier Perez CoboHooker
  3. 3Enrique RodriguezProp
  4. 4Eliseo BrancaSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro IachettiSecond row
  6. 6Ernesto UreFlanker
  7. 7Tomas PetersenFlanker
  8. 8Gabriel TravagliniNumber 8
  9. 9Ricardo LandajoScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo PortaFly-half
  11. 11Adolfo CapellettiWing
  12. 12Marcelo LoffredaCentre
  13. 13Rafael MaderoCentre
  14. 14Marcelo CampoWing
  15. 15Daniel Baetti SabahFull-back
  16. 16Jorge GauwelooseBench
  17. 17Juan PiccardoBench
  18. 18Alfredo Soares-GacheBench
  19. 19Roberto LuckeBench
  20. 20Carlos Sainz TrapagaBench
  21. 21Alejandro CubelliBench

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Steve MillsHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4John FidlerSecond row
  5. 5Bill BeaumontSecond row
  6. 6Mike RafterFlanker
  7. 7Nick JeavonsFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Huw DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Anthony SwiftWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back

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Context

All-time, Argentina 5–25 England, 2 drawn in 32 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
England going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.