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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Parc des Princes, Paris · 19 October 2007Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 24 points.Half-time 3–17 · Tries 1–5 · FRA 1 yellow card · ARG 2 yellow cards

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2933546670783330Attacks1118Ball won104483021925027179344371152%Own 2268%Own half65%Opp half68%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA5512
ARG9816
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA1/11/10
ARG3/31/10
← Argentina attack · France attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
29′ArgentinaTry, Felipe Contepomi, converted3–8
33′ArgentinaTry, Omar Hasan Jalil, converted3–15
54′ArgentinaTry, Federico Martin Aramburu3–22
66′ArgentinaTry, Ignacio Corleto3–27
70′FranceTry, Clément Poitrenaud, converted8–27
78′ArgentinaTry, Felipe Contepomi, converted10–32
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FRA card · 2 ARG cards
29′Felipe Contepomi33′Omar Hasan Jalil54′Federico Martin Aramburu66′Ignacio Corleto70′Clément Poitrenaud78′Felipe Contepomi
FRA

Team stats

ARG
61%Possession39%
62%Territory38%
119Carries59
638Metres gained424
16Defenders beaten12
136Passes72
20Offloads6
55Tackles made98
12Tackles missed16
77/82Rucks won43/43
20/21Lineouts won5/6
11/11Mauls won1/1
2Turnovers won10
5Penalties conceded15
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · ARG conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Lionel NalletSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Yannick NyangaFlanker
  7. 7Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12David MartyCentre
  13. 13David SkrelaCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Sébastien BrunoBench
  17. 17Pieter de VilliersBench
  18. 18Sébastien ChabalBench
  19. 19Rémy MartinBench
  20. 20Pierre MignoniBench
  21. 21Lionel BeauxisBench
  22. 22Vincent ClercBench

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Alberto Vernet BasualdoHooker
  3. 3Omar Hasan JalilProp
  4. 4Rimas Álvarez KairelisSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Martín DurandFlanker
  7. 7Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Gonzalo Longo ElíaNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin PichotScrum-half
  10. 10Juan Martín HernándezFly-half
  11. 11Horacio AgullaWing
  12. 12Felipe ContepomiCentre
  13. 13Manuel ContepomiCentre
  14. 14Federico Martin AramburuWing
  15. 15Ignacio CorletoFull-back
  16. 16Eusebio GuinazuBench
  17. 17Marcos AyerzaBench
  18. 18Esteban LozadaBench
  19. 19Juan Manuel LeguizamonBench
  20. 20Nicolás FernandezBench
  21. 21Federico TodeschiniBench
  22. 22Hernán SenillosaBench

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Context

All-time, France 40–15 Argentina, 1 drawn in 56 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Argentina 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.