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Full time22 November 2008
Ireland
17–3
Argentina
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Ireland won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 37’PArgentina penalty · Santiago Fernandez0–3
  2. 40’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–3
  3. 52’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara6–3
  4. 69’DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara9–3
  5. 75’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara12–3
  6. 78’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe17–3

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Rob KearneyWing
  12. 12Luke FitzgeraldCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Malcolm O'KellyBench
  19. 19Donnacha RyanBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Keith EarlsBench

Argentina

  1. 1Rodrigo RonceroProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Juan Pablo OrlandiProp
  4. 4Rimas Álvarez KairelisSecond row
  5. 5Patricio AlbaceteSecond row
  6. 6Martín DurandFlanker
  7. 7Juan Martín Fernandez LobbeFlanker
  8. 8Juan Manuel LeguizamonNumber 8
  9. 9Nicolás VergalloScrum-half
  10. 10Santiago FernandezFly-half
  11. 11Rafael CarballoWing
  12. 12Miguel AvramovicCentre
  13. 13Federico Martin AramburuCentre
  14. 14Francisco Javier Leonelli MoreyWing
  15. 15Horacio AgullaFull-back
  16. 16Alberto Vernet BasualdoBench
  17. 17Marcos AyerzaBench
  18. 18Esteban LozadaBench
  19. 19Alvaro GalindoBench
  20. 20Agustín FiguerolaBench
  21. 21Mauro ComuzziBench
  22. 22Bernardo StortoniBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 16–8 Argentina, 1 drawn in 25 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Argentina going in

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